Fluorine-containing ether compound, lubricant for magnetic recording medium and magnetic recording medium

Abstract

There is provided a fluorine-containing ether compound represented by the following formula: wherein R3, R5 and R7 are the same perfluoropolyether chains or at least one thereof is different; R2, R4, R6 and R8 are each independently a divalent linking group having one or more polar groups; R1 and R9 are each independently an end group containing a tertiary amine, and represented by —X—NR10R11 (X is a divalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms; R10 and R11 are the same or different aliphatic groups; and R10 and R11 may form a ring structure together with a nitrogen atom).

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.