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• the present invention relates to a conjugated aromatic compound, an optical material, and an optical element formed from the optical material and, more
• a conjugated aromatic compound and an optical material having high refractive-index dispersion characteristics (Abbe number (vd) ) and high secondary dispersion characteristics (0g,F) (anomalous dispersion characteristics) , and relates to an optical element formed from the optical material.
• Abbe number (vd) Abbe number (vd)
• g,F secondary dispersion characteristics
• the refractive index of an optical material gradually increases with a decrease in wavelength.
• an optical material such as a lens material or an organic resin
• vd Abbe number
• Fig. 1 secondary dispersion characteristics (0g,F) are known.
• the Abbe number and the 0g, F value are specific to each optical material, but many materials have them within a certain range.
• the secondary dispersion characteristics and Abbe numbers of known optical materials are shown in Fig. 1.
• A denotes glass
• ⁇ denotes resins.
• nF denotes the refractive index at a wavelength of 486.1 nm
• nC denotes the refractive index at a wavelength of 656.3 nm
• ng denotes the refractive index at a wavelength of 435.8 nm.
• optical materials e.g., lens materials and organic resins having " high 6g, F characteristics
• the chromatic aberration appearing on the axis is corrected by combining a positive lens element of a low-dispersion lens material and a negative lens element of a high-dispersion lens material. Therefore, when the structure of a lens or the number of lens elements is restricted or when the lens material to be used is limited, it may be very difficult to sufficiently correct chromatic aberration. As one method of solving these problems, optical elements of a glass material having anomalous dispersion characteristics have been designed.
• an optical element having, for example, an aspheric surface shape that is excellent in chromatic aberration correction function for example, formation of an organic resin on spherical surface glass is excellent in mass productivity, moldability, the degree of freedom in shape, and lightness and is therefore
• PTL 1 describes an optical resin composition composed of N-acryloylcarbazole, a
• the optical resin composition has good workability and becomes, in its hardened state, a material having sufficient anomalous dispersion characteristics and durability.
• the present inventors have focused on the fact that in order to obtain an optical element having a chromatic aberration correction function that is higher than ever, it is significantly effective for optical design that the secondary dispersion characteristics represented by the 0g,F value as the material
• characteristics of an optical element are larger ( " high 0g, F characteristics) so as to deviate from those of general- purpose materials. Specifically, characteristics shown as the range B (vd ⁇ 25 and 0g, F > 0.73) in Fig. 1, where the relationship between vd and 9g, F deviates from the plots of general-purpose materials, lens materials and organic resins, are significantly effective.
• the present invention in view of the above- described background, provides a conjugated aromatic compound and an optical material having characteristics of a high chromatic aberration correction function, high
• the present invention provides an optical element formed from the optical material.
• the conjugated aromatic compound in the present invention has the following Formula (1):
• Ar 1 represents a hydrogen atom or an aryl group optionally having a substituent
• Ar 2 and Ar 3 each represent a hydrogen atom or an aryl group optionally having a substituent but at least one of Ar 2 and Ar 3 represents an aryl group optionally having a substituent
• A represents an aromatic hydrocarbon group
• optical material according to the present invention contains the conjugated aromatic compound.
• the optical element according to the present invention is that molded from the optical material.
• the present invention can provide an optical material having characteristics shown as the range B in Fig. 1.
• an optical element molded from the optical material By using an optical element molded from the optical material, chromatic aberration can be efficiently eliminated, resulting in reduction in weight and size of an optical system.
• the term "high 0g, F characteristics" refers to the characteristics shown as the range B in Fig. 1.
• Fig. 1 is a graph showing a relationship between secondary dispersion characteristics and Abbe numbers of commercially available optical materials.
• Fig. 2A is a schematic view illustrating an optical element according to the present invention.
• Fig. 2B is a schematic view illustrating an optical element according to the present invention.
• the conjugated aromatic compound according to the present invention has the following Formula (1) :
• Ar represents a hydrogen atom or an aryl group optionally having a substituent
• Ar 2 and Ar 3 each represent a hydrogen atom or an aryl group optionally having a substituent but at least one of Ar 2 and Ar 3 represents an aryl group optionally having a substituent
• A represents an aromatic hydrocarbon group
• the present inventors have conducted intensive studies on materials satisfying the characteristics defined by the range B in Fig. 1 and, as a result, have found that a compound having a conjugate structure containing a . large number of ⁇ electrons and having an adequately long length can be a material having both the characteristics (high 0g,F) and practical utility. That is, the compound is a conjugated aromatic compound in which at least one aromatic compound (B) having at least 14 conjugating ⁇ electrons binds to an aromatic compound (A) through a sp2 carbon.
• ⁇ electron refers to an electron forming a ⁇ bond
• sp2 carbon atom refers to a carbon atom having two single bonds and one double bond in a planar structure.
• a material merely having a conjugate structure containing a large number of ⁇ electrons and having a long length cannot to be applied to practical use.
• a large aromatic compound (containing a large number of ⁇ electrons) has problems in synthesis, compatibility with another compound, and coloring.
• the aromatic compound (B) having at least 14 conjugating ⁇ electrons can be used.
• the aromatic compound (B) having at least 14 conjugating ⁇ electrons can have at least one benzene ring.
• the aromatic compound (B) having at least 14 conjugating ⁇ electrons can have at least one benzene ring and at least one olefin site.
• the aromatic compound (B) having at least 14 conjugating ⁇ electrons can have at least one benzene ring and one olefin site and can bind to the aromatic compound (A) on the benzene ring through an sp2 carbon atom.
• conjugate structures is small, the characteristics cannot reach the range B in Fig. 1.
• the aromatic compound (B) having at least 14 conjugating ⁇ electrons binds to the aromatic compound (A) at the olefin site through an sp2 carbon atom
• the optical absorption due to conjugation between the olefin site and the sp2 carbon atom is larger than the optical absorption due to conjugation between the benzene ring and the sp2 carbon ' atom to deteriorate the transmittance, which prevents the use of the compound as an optical material.
• the aromatic compound (B) having at least 14 conjugating ⁇ electrons binds to the aromatic compound (A) on the benzene ring through an sp2 carbon atom.
• a compound having a conjugate structure containing a large number of ⁇ electrons and having a long length such as polyacetylene or polythiophene, may have a color.
• the aromatic compound (A) is bound to the aromatic compound (B) having at least 14 conjugating ⁇ electrons through an sp2 carbon atom.
• conjugate structure having an adequate length can be also improved in practical utility, such as storage stability for an electrocyclic reaction, a Diels-Alder reaction, etc., compatibility, and coloring.
• the conjugated aromatic compound shown by Formula (1) of the present invention is a conjugated aromatic
• the group of the aromatic compound (B) having at least 14 conjugating ⁇ electrons in Formula (1) is a group having a structure represented by the following Formula (5) : Formula (5)
• Ar 1 represents a hydrogen atom or an aryl group
• Ar 2 and Ar 3 each represent a hydrogen atom or an aryl group optionally having a substituent but at least one of Ar 2 and Ar 3 represents an aryl group optionally having a substituent.
• Ar 1 can be a hydrogen atom
• Ar 2 and Ar 3 can each represent a hydrogen atom or an aryl group optionally having a substituent but at least one of Ar 2 and Ar 3
• Ar 1 can be a hydrogen atom
• Ar 2 and Ar 3 can be aryl groups, from the viewpoints of easiness of synthesis or acquisition of raw materials and characteristics.
• aryl group optionally having a substituent examples include phenyl groups, naphthyl groups,
• anthracenyl groups 4-methylphenyl groups, 4-methoxyphenyl groups, 4-chlorophenyl groups, 4-fluorophenyl groups, 4- bromophenyl groups, 4-iodophenyl groups, 4- dimethylaminophenyl groups, 4-vinylphenyl groups, 4- allylphenyl groups, 2-methylphenyl groups, 2-methoxyphenyl groups, 2-dimethylaminophenyl groups, 4-nitrophenyl groups, 2-vinylphenyl groups, and 2-allylphenyl groups, but are not limited thereto.
• the aryl group can be a phenyl group from the viewpoints of easiness of synthesis or acquisition of raw materials and characteristics.
• the aromatic hydrocarbon group A is not particularly limited as long as it is an aromatic compound, and examples thereof include those having benzene as their main skeletons, those having naphthalene as their main skeletons, those having anthracene as their main skeletons, those having fluorene as their main skeletons, those having biphenyl as their main skeletons, those having diaryl ether as their main skeletons, those having diaryl sulfide as their main skeletons, those having binaphthalene as their main skeletons, those having pyridine as their main
• acenaphthylene as their main skeletons, those having acridine as their main skeletons, those having benzothiazole as their main skeletons, those having quinoline as their main skeletons, those having isoquinoline as their main skeletons, those having pyrene as their main skeletons, those having indazole as their main skeletons, those having indole as their main skeletons, those having indane as their main skeletons, those having indene as their main skeletons, those having benzoquinoline as their main skeletons, those having benzoxazole as their main skeletons, those having biquinoline as their main skeletons, those having
• the aromatic hydrocarbon group A can be those having benzene as their main skeletons and those having naphthalene as the main skeletons, from the
• the aromatic hydrocarbon group having naphthalene as its main skeleton- can have a structure represented by the following Formula (2) :
• the aromatic hydrocarbon group having benzene as its main skeleton can have a structure represented by the following Formula (3):
• R 1 to R 5 each independently represent Y, a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or an aryl group optionally having a substituent, wherein Y represents a hydroxyl group or a group having a structure represented by the following Formula (4):
• R 6 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; and n is -0 or 1) .
• alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms examples include a methyl group, an ethyl group, a propyl group, an i-propyl group, a butyl group, an i-butyl group, and a t- butyl group.
• aryl group optionally having a substituent examples include phenyl groups, naphthyl groups,
• anthracenyl groups 4-methylphenyl groups, 4-methoxyphenyl groups, 4-chlorophenyl groups, 4-fluorophenyl groups, 4- bromophenyl groups, 4-iodophenyl groups, 4- dimethylaminophenyl groups, 2-methylphenyl groups, 2- methoxyphenyl groups, 2-dimethylaminophenyl groups, and 4- nitrophenyl groups, but are not limited thereto.
• R 1 to R 5 in Formula (3) can be as follows: R 1 and R 5 are methyl groups, and R 2 , R 3 , and R 4 are hydrogen atoms; R 1 , R 3 , and R 5 are methyl groups, and R 2 and R 4 are hydrogen atoms; R 1 is a methyl group, and R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , and R 5 are hydrogen atoms; R 1 , R 3 , and R 4 are methyl groups, and R 2 and R 5 are hydrogen atoms; R 1 and R 2 are methyl groups, and R 3 , R 4 , and R 5 are hydrogen atoms; R 1 is an isopropyl group, and R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , and R 5 are hydrogen atoms; R 1 and R 3 are each Y, and R 2 , R 4 , and R 5 are hydrogen atoms; R 1 and R 2 are each Y, and R 2 , R 4 , and R 5 are hydrogen atoms; R 1 and R 2 are each Y
• Y represents a hydroxyl group or a group having a structure represented by Formula (4).
• R 1 to R 5 in Formula (3) can be as follows: R 1 and R 5 are methyl groups, and R 2 , R 3 , and R 4 are hydrogen atoms; R 1 , R 3 , and R 5 are methyl groups, and R 2 and R 4 are hydrogen atoms; R 1 is a methyl group, and R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , and R 5 are hydrogen atoms; R 1 and R 3 are each Y, and R 2 , R 4 , and R 5 are hydrogen atoms; R 1 is Y, and R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , and R 5 are hydrogen atoms; R 1 is Y, and R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , and R 5 are hydrogen atoms; R 1 is Y, R 2 , R 3 , and R 5 are hydrogen atoms, and R 4 is a methyl group; R 1 and R 5 are methyl groups, R 2 and R 4 are hydrogen atoms, and R 3 is Y; or R 1 is Y, R 2
• the conjugated aromatic compound of the present invention is not particularly limited by the production route thereof and may be produced by any process.
• a process using, as raw materials, an aldehyde compound of the aromatic compound (A) constituting the aromatic hydrocarbon group A and an aromatic compound (B) having at least 14 conjugating ⁇ electrons constituting the group having a structure represented by Formula (5) can produce a conjugated aromatic compound without using any specific reaction.
• an organometallic species of the aromatic compound (B) having at least 14 conjugating ⁇ electrons is prepared, followed by a reaction with the aldehyde compound of the aromatic compound (A) to obtain an alcohol, and subsequent oxidation gives a
• the reaction can be performed by protecting the substituent.
• the hydroxyl group is protected with a protecting group before the reaction, and, after deprotection, a necessary number of (meth) acrylation is performed to obtain a conjugated aromatic compound.
• the aldehyde compound can be produced by any known process without particular limitation.
• a known process without particular limitation.
• a known process for example, a
• the organometallic species is not particularly limited as long as it is nucleophilic to react with aldehyde, and is, for example, a lithium species or a magnesium
• the lithium species can be prepared by letting, for example, butyllithium or t-butyllithium act on a
• the magnesium species can be prepared by letting, for
• magnesium or isopropyl magnesium bromide act on the compound.
• the organometallic species can be prepared under any known conditions without particular limitation.
• dehydrated tetrahydropyran or an ether-type solvent, such as diethyl ether can be used for preparing the
• the lithium species can be prepared at a low temperature.
• the resulting alcohol can be oxidized by any known method without particular limitation. Examples of the
• oxidizing agent include ozone, hydrogen peroxide, potassium permanganate, potassium chlorate, potassium dichromate, sodium bromate, halogens, osmium teroxide, manganese dioxide, DMSO, a Dess-Martin reagent, peracetic acid, mCPBA, chromic acid, lead oxides, and TPAP, but are not limited thereto.
• the protecting group for the hydroxyl group is not particularly limited as long as it is suitable for the conditions, and examples thereof include silyl protecting groups such as a methoxymethyl group, a tetrahydropyranyl group, and a trimethylsilyl group.
• deprotection can be each performed by any known methods.
• the (meth) acrylation can be performed by an
• Typical methods thereof are, for example, esterification of a hydroxyl group with
• dehydration-condensation agent such as ⁇ , ⁇ '- dicyclohexycarbodiimide .
• present invention has a (meth) acrylate group, in order to prevent polymerization during reaction or storage, a
• polymerization inhibitor may be used as needed.
• examples of the polymerization inhibitor include hydroquinones such as p-benzoquinone, hydroquinone, hydroquinone monomethyl ether, 2, 5-diphenyl-para-benzoquinone; N-oxyradicals such as tetramethylpiperidinyl-N-oxyradical (TEMPO) ; substituted catechols such as t-butyl catechol; amines such as
• phenothiazine diphenylamine, and phenyl-p-naphthylamine; and nitrosobenzene, picric acid, molecular oxygen, sulfur, and copper (II) chloride.
• nitrosobenzene picric acid, molecular oxygen, sulfur, and copper (II) chloride.
• hydroquinones can be used.
• the amount of the polymerization inhibitor is usually at least 10 ppm and preferably 50 ppm or more based on the conjugated aromatic compound and is usually at most 10000 ppm and preferably 1000 ppm or less. If the amount is too small, the effect as a polymerization inhibitor is not expressed or insufficient, which causes a risk of
• the inhibitor has a risk of acting as an impurity when an optical material, described below, is produced or causing disadvantageous effects such as
• the optical material of the present invention is a composition composed of the above-described conjugated aromatic compound, a polymerization initiator, and, as needed, a photosensitizer, and a resin.
• the content of the conjugated aromatic compound contained in the optical material of the present invention is too small, the optical characteristics may not reach the range B, and therefore the content is 10% by weight or more and preferably from 50 to 99% by weight.
• Examples of the polymerization initiator include those that generate radical species or cation species by light irradiation and those that generate radical species by heat, but are not limited thereto.
• Examples of the polymerization initiator that generates a radical species by light irradiation include 2- benzyl-2-dimethylamino-l- ( 4-morpholinophenyl ) -1-butanone, 1- hydroxy-cyclohexyl-phenylketone, 2-hydroxy-2-methyl-l- phenyl-propan-l-on, bis (2 , 4 , 6-trimethylbenzoyl ) - phenylphosphine oxide, 4-phenylbenzophenone, 4- phenoxybenzophenone, 4 , 4 ' -diphenylbenzophenone, and 4,4'- diphenoxybenzophenone, but are not limited thereto.
• Examples of the polymerization initiator that generates a cation species by light irradiation include iodonium (4- methylphenyl ) [4- (2-methylpropyl) phenyl] -hexafluorophosphate, but are not limited thereto.
• Examples of the polymerization initiator that generates a radical species by heat include azo compounds such as azobisisobutyronitrile (AIBN) and peroxides such as benzoyl peroxide, t-butylperoxypyvalate, t- butylperoxyneohexanoate, t-hexylperoxyneohexanoate, t- butylperoxyneodecanoate, t-hexylperoxyneodecanoate,
• azo compounds such as azobisisobutyronitrile (AIBN)
• peroxides such as benzoyl peroxide, t-butylperoxypyvalate, t- butylperoxyneohexanoate, t-hexylperoxyneohexanoate, t- butylperoxyneodecanoate, t-hexylperoxyneodecanoate,
• cumylperoxyneohexanoate and cumylperoxyneodecanoate, but are not limited thereto.
• sensitizer can be used.
• Typical examples of the sensitizer include benzophenone, 4 , 4-diethylaminobenzophenone, 1- hydroxycyclohexyl phenylketone, p-dimethylaminobenzoic acid isoamyl, 4-dimethylaminobenzoic acid methyl, benzoin, benzoin ethyl ether, benzoin isobutyl ether, benzoin isopropyl ether, 2, 2-diethoxyacetophenone, o-benzoylbenzoic acid methyl, 2-hydroxy-2-methyl-l-phenylpropan-l-on, and acylphosphine oxide.
• the addition ratio of a photoinitiator to a polymerizable resin component can be appropriately selected depending on light quantity and also additional heating temperature, and also can be adjusted depending on the target average molecular weight of a resulting polymer.
• the amount of the photoinitiator used in hardening or molding of the optical material of the present invention can be in the range of 0.01 to 10.00% by weight based on the polymerizable component.
• photoinitiators can be used depending on the reactivity of a resin and the wavelength of irradiation light.
• dimethacrylate 1
• 3-adamantanedimethanol dimethacrylate tricyclodecane dimethanol diacrylate
• dimethacrylate diethylene glycol dimethacrylate, 1,6- hexanediol dimethacrylate, tripropylene glycol
• dimethacrylate triethylene glycol diacrylate, triethylene glycol dimethacrylate, tetraethylene glycol diacrylate, tetraethylene glycol dimethacrylate, polyethylene glycol diacrylate, polyethylene glycol dimethacrylate, neopentyl glycol diacrylate, neopentyl glycol dimethacrylate, ethylene glycol bisglycidyl acrylate, ethylene glycol bisglycidyl methacrylate, bisphenol A diacrylate, bisphenol A diacrylate, bisphenol A
• tricyclodecane diacrylate trimethylolpropane triacrylate, trimethylolpropane trimethacrylate, glycerol diacrylate, glycerol dimethacrylate, pentaerythritol triacrylate,
• allyl compounds e.g., allylglycidyl ether, diallylphthalate, diallylterephthalate, diallylisophthalate, - diallylcarbonate, and diethylene glycol bisallylcarbonate
• vinyl compounds e.g., styrene, chlorostyrene, methylstyrene, bromostyrene, dibromostyrene, divinylbenzene, and 3,9- divinylspirobi (m-dioxane) ; and diisopropenylbenzene, but the resin is not limited thereto.
• the generic resin may be a thermoplastic resin, and examples thereof include polyolefin resins, e.g., ethylene homopolymers, random or block copolymers of ethylene and one or more cc-olefins such as propylene, 1-butene, 1-pentene, 1- hexene, and 4-methyl-l-pentene, random or block copolymers of ethylene and one or more of vinyl acetate, acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, methyl acrylate, and methyl methacrylate, propylene homopolymers, random or block copolymers of propylene and one or more a-olefins other than propylene, such as 1-butene, 1-pentene, 1-hexene, and 4-methyl-l- pentene, 1-butene homopolymers, ionomer resins, and mixtures of these polymers; hydrocarbon base resins such as petroleum resins and terpene resins; polyester resins such as
• polyethylene terephthalate, polybutylene terephthalate, and polyethylene naphthalate polyamide resins such as Nylon 6, Nylon 66, Nylon 11, Nylon 12, Nylon 610, Nylon 6/66, Nylon 66/610, and Nylon MXD; acrylic resins such as polymethyl methacrylate; styrene or acrylonitrile base resins such as polystyrene, styrene-acrylonitrile copolymers, styrene- acrylonitrile-butadiene copolymers, and polyacrylonitrile ; polyvinyl alcohol resins such as polyvinyl alcohol,
• ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymers polycarbonate resins; polyketone resins; polymethylene oxide resins; polysulfone resins; polyimide resins; and polyamideimide resins. These can be used alone or as a mixture of two or more thereof.
• the amount of the resin contained in the optical material of the present invention is too small, the long term stability of molded products may be decreased. Therefore, the amount is 1% by weight or more and preferably 20 to 90% by weight.
• a thin-layer structure is formed on a substrate made of a light-transmitting material through molding by disposing a metal mold on a glass substrate, pouring a fluid of an optical material or an optical resin composition between them, and lightly pressing them. While maintaining this state, the optical material or the optical resin composition is polymerized. The light irradiation for the
• the polymerization is conducted with light having an appropriate wavelength corresponding to the mechanism caused by radical generation using a photoinitiator, usually, ultraviolet or visible light.
• a photoinitiator usually, ultraviolet or visible light.
• the molded raw material, such as a monomer, for preparing an optical material is uniformly irradiated with light through. the light-transmitting
• the light quantity to be irradiated is
• the wavelength of the irradiation light is selected such that uniform irradiation through the optical-transmitting material serving as the substrate, for example, a glass substrate, is possible.
• the total thickness of the molded product of the optical material formed on the substrate of an optical-transmitting material can be reduced by means of the present invention.
• a molded product can be produced by thermal polymerization. In this case, a more uniform temperature of the whole molded raw material can be
• irradiation intensity, the light source, etc. with further consideration for film thickness, absorption of the resin component, and absorption of fine particle component.
• the process of forming the molded product of a mixture composition with the thermoplastic resin is not particularly limited.
• melt molding mechanical strength and dimensional accuracy
• melt molding examples include pressing, extrusion, and injection molding.
• injection molding can be used from the viewpoint of
• the molding conditions for the molding process are appropriately selected according to the application purpose or the molding method, but the temperature of the resin composition in injection molding is preferably in the range of 150 to 400°C, more preferably in the range of 200 to 350°C, and most preferably in the range of 200 to 330°C.
• the resin can be provided with
• Fig. 2A is a schematic view illustrating the thus- produced optical element.
• the reference number 10 in the figure denotes an optical member made of the above-described molded product, and the reference number 20 denotes a glass lens substrate.
• An optical element having an optical material disposed between glass lenses can be obtained by using an optical material unified with a glass lens substrate and another glass lens substrate, as needed.
• an optical element having an optical material disposed between glass lenses can be obtained by pouring an optical material between glass lenses disposed so as to face each other with the optical material surface sides therebetween, lightly pressing them, and, while maintaining this state, optically polymerizing the optical material.
• Fig. 2B is a schematic view illustrating the thus- produced optical element.
• the reference number 10 in the figure denotes an optical member made of the above-described molded product, and the reference numbers 30 and 40 denote glass lens substrates.
• the molded product formed by molding the optical material of the present invention by the above-described method can be used as an optical element.
• the optical element include camera lenses.
• Synthesis Example 1 Synthesis process of 2- ( 4-bromo-3 , 5- dimethylphenoxy) tetrahydropyran -
• Example 2 [0078] A chloroform solution (150 mL) of the compound (16.5 g) synthesized in Example 1 was cooled to 0°C.
• Example 1 Example 1 and that the amount of chloride methacrylate was changed to 0.14 g instead of 6.5 g, and the amount of triethylamine was changed to 0.18 g instead of 12 g.
• the structure of Product 4 was confirmed by 1H-N R. Table 1 shows optical characteristics and practical utility of
• Salicylaldehyde (3 g) was slowly added to a N,N- dimethylformamide solution (50 mL) of sodium hydride (55%, 1.2 g) at 0°C. The mixture was stirred at the same
• An intermediate compound was prepared by the same method described in Example 6 except that 2-methoxymethoxy- 5-methylbenzaldehyde (1.3 g) synthesized in the above- described Synthesis Example 3 was used instead of 2,6- dimethylbenzaldehyde (0.65 g).
• a 6 N hydrochloric acid solution (1 mL) was added to a tetrahydrofuran solution (30 mL) of the intermediate compound, and the mixture was stirred at 25°C for 12 hours. After confirmation of the degree of reaction progress by TLC, the reaction was
• bromotriphenyl ethylene (3.0 g) was slowly dropped into the tetrahydrofuran solution over 1 hour. The resulting mixture was stirred at the same temperature for 1 hour, and then 2 , 6-dimethylbenzaldehyde (0.66 g) was added thereto. The mixture was stirred for 12 hours while warming to 25°C.
• Transmittances were measured using films having a light path of 50 ⁇ and with a spectrophotometer, U-4000 (a trade name) , manufactured by Hitachi High-Technologies Corp.
• the transmittances are those at a wavelength of 430 nm.
• substituents were judged in the presence of a small amount (1000 ppm or less) of a polymerization inhibitor. Those having optical characteristics belonging to the range B in Fig. 1 and a transmittance of 90% or more at 430 nm are shown by O in total evaluation, and others than those are shown by x in the total evaluation.

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