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Definitions

• the present invention relates to a sensitive light-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition, a sensitive light-sensitive or radiation-sensitive film, a pattern forming method, a photomask, a method for producing an electronic device, and a compound. More specifically, the present invention relates to an ultramicrolithography process applicable to a manufacturing process of VLSI (Large Scale Integration) and a high-capacity microchip, a molding manufacturing process for nanoimprint, a manufacturing process of a high-density information recording medium, and the like.
• VLSI Large Scale Integration
• the present invention relates to a sensitive light-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition, a sensitive light-sensitive or radiation-sensitive film, a pattern forming method, a photomask, a method for producing an electronic device, and a compound, which are suitably used for other photolithography processes.
• immersion liquid a liquid having a high refractive index
• Patent Document 1 describes a resin having a group that decomposes by the action of an acid and increases its solubility in an alkaline developer, and a specific general formula that generates a sulfonic acid by irradiation with active light or radiation.
• a positive photosensitive composition characterized by containing the compound represented by the above is described.
• Patent Document 2 describes a resin which is decomposed by the action of an acid and whose solubility in an alkaline developer is increased, and a compound which generates an acid by irradiation with active light or radiation, and is represented by a specific formula.
• a light-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition containing a compound is described.
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• resolving power can be further improved in an ultrafine pattern forming method (particularly, a line width or a space width of 30 nm or less), and development is possible.
• a sensitive light-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition capable of further reducing defects.
• An object of the present invention is an actinic cheilitis capable of improving roughness performance, improving resolution, and reducing development defects in ultrafine (particularly, line width or space width of 30 nm or less) pattern formation.
• the present invention is to provide a radiation-sensitive resin composition.
• Another object of the present invention is a sensitive light-sensitive or radiation-sensitive film using the above-mentioned sensitive light-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition, a pattern forming method, a photomask, a method for producing an electronic device, and a compound. Is to provide.
• a compound having a specific anion structure is used for the benzenesulfonic acid anion.
• the present invention has been completed by finding that the above problems can be solved. That is, the present inventors have found that the above-mentioned problems can be achieved by the following configurations.
• a sensitive light-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition containing the following (A) and (B).
• (B) A compound that generates acid by irradiation with active light or radiation, and is represented by the following general formula (1).
• R 1 to R 5 independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent. At least one of R 1 to R 5 represents a group represented by the following general formula (R-1). M n + represents a cation moiety. n represents an integer of 2 or more.
• A represents a single bond or a (m + 1) valent linking group.
• Y represents a group independently represented by any of the following formulas (A1) to (A6).
• m represents an integer of 1 or more. When m represents an integer of 2 or more, the plurality of Ys may be the same or different.
• * Represents a bond to the benzene ring.
• R 6 represents a substituent having a carbon atom. Sulfur atom in the SO 2 in the formula (A2) is bonded to the carbon atom in R 6. Further, R 6 may be combined with A or L to form a ring. L represents a single bond, a carbonyl bond, an alkylene group, or a divalent aromatic group.
• R 7 represents a substituent having a carbon atom. N ⁇ of the formula (A3) is bonded to the above carbon atom in R 7. Further, R 7 may be combined with A to form a ring.
• R 8 represents a substituent having a carbon atom.
• Carbon atoms in the carbonyl bond of the formula (A4) is bonded to the carbon atom in R 8. Further, R 8 may be combined with A to form a ring.
• R 1 to R 5 independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent. At least one of R 1 to R 5 represents a group represented by the above general formula (R-1).
• R 101 to R 103 independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent. The two R 101 to R 103 may be combined with each other to form a ring.
• n represents an integer of 2 or more.
• the plurality of R 101s , the plurality of R 102s , and the plurality of R 103s may be the same or different from each other.
• Q 1 and Q 2 each independently represent a substituent.
• R 3 to R 5 independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent. At least one of R 3 to R 5 represents a group represented by the above general formula (R-1).
• R 101 to R 103 independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent. The two R 101 to R 103 may be combined with each other to form a ring.
• n represents an integer of 2 or more.
• the plurality of R 101s , the plurality of R 102s , and the plurality of R 103s may be the same or different from each other.
• R 10 to R 14 independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent. At least one of R 10 to R 14 is decomposed by the action of a group containing a polar group, a group containing a group which is decomposed by the action of an acid and whose polarity is increased, or a group which is decomposed by the action of an alkaline developer, and has a solubility in an alkaline developer. Is a group containing an increasing group. * Represents a bond to the benzene ring in the general formula (3).
• Q 1, Q 2 is a group each represented by the following general formula (Ar1), [3] ⁇ [5] The actinic ray-sensitive according to any one or Radiation-sensitive resin composition.
• R 15 ⁇ R 19 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent. At least one of R 15 to R 19 represents the following substituent X.
• * Represents a bond to the benzene ring in the general formula (3).
• Substituent X hydroxy group, carboxyl group, group having carbonyl bond, alkoxy group, acyloxy group, alkoxycarbonyloxy group, aryloxycarbonyloxy group, aryloxycarbonyl group, alkoxycarbonyl group, aryloxyalkyloxy group, alkoxyalkyl Oxy group, carbamoyl group, or imide group
• R 3 and R 5 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent.
• A represents a single bond or a (m + 1) valent linking group.
• Y represents a group represented by any of the above formulas (A1) to (A6) independently.
• m represents an integer of 1 or more. When m represents an integer of 2 or more, the plurality of Ys may be the same or different.
• R 20 to R 24 independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent. At least one of R 20 to R 24 represents the following substituent X.
• R 25 to R 29 independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent. At least one of R 25 to R 29 represents the following substituent X.
• R 101 to R 103 independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent.
• the two R 101 to R 103 may be combined with each other to form a ring.
• n represents an integer of 2 or more, and the plurality of R 101 , the plurality of R 102 , and the plurality of R 103 may be the same or different, respectively.
• Substituent X hydroxy group, carboxyl group, group having carbonyl bond, alkoxy group, acyloxy group, alkoxycarbonyloxy group, aryloxycarbonyloxy group, aryloxycarbonyl group, alkoxycarbonyl group, aryloxyalkyloxy group, alkoxyalkyl Oxy group, carbamoyl group, or imide group
• a in the general formula (R-1) and A in the general formula (4) are divalent aromatic groups [1]. ] To [8].
• the actinic light-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition according to any one of the items.
• R 3 and R 5 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent.
• R 20 to R 24 independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent. At least one of R 20 to R 24 represents the following substituent X.
• R 25 to R 29 independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent. At least one of R 25 to R 29 represents the following substituent X.
• R 30 to R 34 independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent. At least one of R 30 to R 34 represents a group represented by the following general formula (R-2).
• R 101 to R 103 independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent. The two R 101 to R 103 may be combined with each other to form a ring.
• n an integer of 2 or more, and the plurality of R 101 , the plurality of R 102 , and the plurality of R 103 may be the same or different, respectively.
• Substituent X hydroxy group, carboxyl group, group having carbonyl bond, alkoxy group, acyloxy group, alkoxycarbonyloxy group, aryloxycarbonyloxy group, aryloxycarbonyl group, alkoxycarbonyl group, aryloxyalkyloxy group, alkoxyalkyl Oxy group, carbamoyl group, or imide group
• A' represents a single bond or a (m1 + 1) valent linking group.
• Y represents a group represented by any of the above formulas (A1) to (A6) independently.
• m1 represents an integer of 1 or more.
• the plurality of Ys may be the same or different.
• * represents a bond to the benzene ring in the general formula (5).
• Q 1 and Q 2 each independently represent a substituent.
• R 3 to R 5 independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent. At least one of R 3 to R 5 represents a group represented by the following general formula (R-1).
• R 101 to R 103 independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent. The two R 101 to R 103 may be combined with each other to form a ring.
• n represents an integer of 2 or more.
• the plurality of R 101s , the plurality of R 102s , and the plurality of R 103s may be the same or different from each other.
• A represents a single bond or a (m + 1) valent linking group.
• Y represents a group independently represented by any of the following formulas (A1) to (A6).
• m represents an integer of 1 or more. When m represents an integer of 2 or more, the plurality of Ys may be the same or different.
• * Represents a bond to the benzene ring.
• R 6 represents a substituent having a carbon atom. Sulfur atom in the SO 2 in the formula (A2) is bonded to the carbon atom in R 6. Further, R 6 may be combined with A or L to form a ring. L represents a single bond, a carbonyl bond, an alkylene group, or a divalent aromatic group.
• R 7 represents a substituent having a carbon atom. N ⁇ of the formula (A3) is bonded to the above carbon atom in R 7. Further, R 7 may be combined with A to form a ring.
• R 8 represents a substituent having a carbon atom.
• Carbon atoms in the carbonyl bond of the formula (A4) is bonded to the carbon atom in R 8. Further, R 8 may be combined with A to form a ring.
• a radioactive resin composition can be provided.
• INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY it is possible to provide a sensitive light-sensitive or radiation-sensitive film, a pattern forming method, a photomask, a method for producing an electronic device, and a compound using the above-mentioned sensitive light-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition. ..
• the term "active light” or “radiation” refers to, for example, the emission line spectrum of a mercury lamp, far ultraviolet rays typified by an excimer laser, extreme ultraviolet rays (EUV: Extreme Ultraviolet), X-rays, soft X-rays, and electrons. It means a line (EB: Electron Beam) or the like.
• the term "light” means active light or radiation.
• exposure refers to not only exposure to the emission line spectrum of a mercury lamp, far ultraviolet rays typified by excimer lasers, extreme ultraviolet rays, X-rays, EUV, etc., but also electron beams and ions. Includes drawing with particle beams such as beams.
• "-" is used to mean that the numerical values described before and after it are included as the lower limit value and the upper limit value.
• (meth) acrylate represents at least one of acrylate and methacrylate.
• (meth) acrylic acid represents at least one of acrylic acid and methacrylic acid.
• the weight average molecular weight (Mw), the number average molecular weight (Mn), and the degree of dispersion (also referred to as molecular weight distribution) (Mw / Mn) of the resin are GPC (Gel Permeation Chromatography) apparatus (HLC manufactured by Toso Co., Ltd.).
• the notation that does not describe substitution or non-substitution includes a group having a substituent as well as a group having no substituent.
• the "alkyl group” includes not only an alkyl group having no substituent (unsubstituted alkyl group) but also an alkyl group having a substituent (substituted alkyl group).
• the "organic group” in the present specification means a group containing at least one carbon atom.
• the type of the substituent, the position of the substituent, and the number of the substituents when "may have a substituent” are not particularly limited.
• the number of substituents may be, for example, one, two, three, or more.
• the substituent include a monovalent non-metal atomic group excluding a hydrogen atom, and for example, the following substituent T can be selected.
• substituent T examples include halogen atoms such as fluorine atom, chlorine atom, bromine atom and iodine atom; alkoxy group such as methoxy group, ethoxy group and tert-butoxy group; aryloxy group such as phenoxy group and p-tolyloxy group; Alkoxycarbonyl groups such as methoxycarbonyl group, butoxycarbonyl group and phenoxycarbonyl group; acyloxy groups such as acetoxy group, propionyloxy group and benzoyloxy group; acetyl group, benzoyl group, isobutyryl group, acryloyl group, methacryloyl group and metoxalyl group and the like.
• halogen atoms such as fluorine atom, chlorine atom, bromine atom and iodine atom
• alkoxy group such as methoxy group, ethoxy group and tert-butoxy group
• aryloxy group such as
• alkylsulfanyl group such as methylsulfanyl group and tert-butylsulfanyl group; arylsulfanyl group such as phenylsulfanyl group and p-tolylsulfanyl group; alkyl group (for example, 1 to 10 carbon atoms); cycloalkyl group (for example, 1 to 10 carbon atoms).
• aryl group for example, 6 to 20 carbon atoms
• heteroaryl group hydroxyl group; carboxy group; formyl group; sulfo group; cyano group; alkylaminocarbonyl group; arylaminocarbonyl group; Examples thereof include an amide group; a silyl group; an amino group; a monoalkylamino group; a dialkylamino group; an arylamino group, a nitro group; a formyl group; and a combination thereof.
• composition of the present invention is an actinic or radiation-sensitive resin containing the following (A) and (B). It is a composition.
• A Resin whose polarity is increased by the action of acid
• B A compound that generates acid by irradiation with active light or radiation and is represented by the following general formula (1).
• R 1 to R 5 independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent. At least one of R 1 to R 5 represents a group represented by the following general formula (R-1). M n + represents a cation moiety. n represents an integer of 2 or more.
• A represents a single bond or a (m + 1) valent linking group.
• Y represents a group independently represented by any of the following formulas (A1) to (A6).
• m represents an integer of 1 or more. When m represents an integer of 2 or more, the plurality of Ys may be the same or different.
• * Represents a bond to the benzene ring.
• R 6 represents a substituent having a carbon atom. Sulfur atom in the SO 2 in the formula (A2) is bonded to the carbon atom in R 6. Further, R 6 may be combined with A or L to form a ring. L represents a single bond, a carbonyl bond, an alkylene group, or a divalent aromatic group.
• R 7 represents a substituent having a carbon atom. N ⁇ of the formula (A3) is bonded to the above carbon atom in R 7. Further, R 7 may be combined with A to form a ring.
• R 8 represents a substituent having a carbon atom.
• Carbon atoms in the carbonyl bond of the formula (A4) is bonded to the carbon atom in R 8. Further, R 8 may be combined with A to form a ring.
• the composition of the present invention is preferably a resist composition, and may be a positive type resist composition or a negative type resist composition. Further, it may be a resist composition for alkaline development or a resist composition for organic solvent development. Of these, a positive resist composition is preferable, and a resist composition for alkaline development is preferable. Further, the composition of the present invention is preferably a chemically amplified resist composition, and more preferably a chemically amplified positive resist composition.
• the composition of the present invention can improve roughness performance, improve resolution, and reduce development defects in ultrafine (particularly, line width or space width of 30 nm or less) pattern formation at a high level.
• the present inventors presume as follows.
• a resist composition containing a photoacid generator and an acid diffusion control agent as individual compounds has been widely known.
• the acid diffusion control agent in the unexposed portion captures the acid generated from the photoacid generator in the exposed portion, and the acid is excessively applied to the unexposed portion. It is said that diffusion can be suppressed.
• an acid diffusion control agent a salt of an acid having an acid strength weaker than that of an acid generated by a photoacid generator (so-called weak acid salt) is known.
• weak acid salt a salt of an acid having an acid strength weaker than that of an acid generated by a photoacid generator
• a pattern having excellent resolving power is formed by including the photoacid generator and the acid diffusion control agent such as the above-mentioned weak acid salt in the resist composition.
• the required performance of the conventional resist composition such as excellent resolution, excellent roughness performance, and difficulty in reducing development defects at a high level. It's getting harder.
• the photoacid generator and the acid diffusion control agent contained as individual compounds are, strictly speaking, photoacid generation. Aggregates easily between the agents and between the acid diffusion control agents, in other words, in the formed resist film, the portion where the concentration of the photoacid generator is high (or low) and the concentration of the acid diffusion control agent are high. It was considered that the (or low) portion was likely to be present, and as a result, the concentration distributions of the photoacid generator and the acid diffusion control agent were non-uniform. It is considered that such non-uniformity was a cause of deterioration of roughness performance, increase of development defects, and the like when the resist film was exposed, especially in the formation of ultrafine patterns.
• the sensitive light-sensitive or radiation-sensitive composition of the present invention is (B) a compound that generates an acid by irradiation with active light or radiation, and contains a compound represented by the above general formula (1). do.
• the compound represented by the general formula (I) has a structural moiety (sulfonic acid anion that binds to benzene) having a function corresponding to a photoacid generator and a structural moiety (Y) having a function corresponding to an acid diffusion control agent. Since both the group (the structural site that captures the sulfonic acid generated from the sulfonic acid anion) is contained in one molecule, it functions as both a photoacid generator and an acid diffusion control agent in the resist film.
• the compound can be present more uniformly. Therefore, excellent resolving power can be obtained, and the width of the pattern obtained after development is likely to be stable. That is, it is considered that the roughness performance of the formed pattern is further improved. Further, by suppressing the aggregation of the compound (B) in the composition, development defects can be reduced. Since the structural site (Y group) in the compound (B) of the composition of the present invention can interact with the resin as a so-called polar group, the aggregation of the compound (B) is further suppressed, and the acid generated by exposure It is considered that the diffusion of the compound to the unexposed portion can be suppressed, and the roughness performance of the formed pattern can be further improved.
• the strength of the acid generated from the photoacid generator is too strong, the acid generated in the exposed portion tends to cause excessive diffusion not only in the exposed portion but also in the unexposed portion.
• the strength of the acid generated from the structural part (sulfonic acid anion bonded to benzene) having a function corresponding to the photoacid generator is an acid whose strength is appropriately suppressed. It is presumed that the excessive diffusion to the unexposed portion can be suppressed, and the roughness performance of the formed pattern is further improved particularly in the formation of an ultrafine pattern.
• (A) A resin whose polarity is increased by the action of an acid (hereinafter, also referred to as “acid-decomposable resin” or “resin (A)”) will be described. As will be described later, the resin (A) may have a repeating unit having a photoacid generating group.
• the resin (A) In pattern formation using a resist composition containing the resin (A), typically, when an alkaline developer is used as the developer, a positive pattern is preferably formed and an organic developer is used as the developer. When is adopted, a negative pattern is preferably formed.
• the resin (A) usually contains a group that is decomposed by the action of an acid and whose polarity is increased (hereinafter, also referred to as “acid-degradable group”), and preferably contains a repeating unit having an acid-decomposable group.
• acid-degradable group a group that is decomposed by the action of an acid and whose polarity is increased
• An acid-degradable group is a group that is decomposed by the action of an acid to form a polar group.
• the acid-degradable group preferably has a structure in which the polar group is protected by a leaving group that is eliminated by the action of an acid. That is, the resin (A) has a repeating unit having a group which is decomposed by the action of an acid to produce a polar group.
• the polarity of the resin having this repeating unit is increased by the action of the acid, the solubility in the alkaline developer is increased, and the solubility in the organic solvent is decreased.
• the polar group is preferably an alkali-soluble group, for example, a carboxy group, a phenolic hydroxyl group, a fluorinated alcohol group, a sulfonic acid group, a phosphoric acid group, a sulfonamide group, a sulfonylimide group, (alkylsulfonyl) (alkylcarbonyl) methylene.
• alkylsulfonyl alkylcarbonyl imide group
• bis (alkylcarbonyl) methylene group bis (alkylcarbonyl) imide group
• bis (alkylsulfonyl) methylene group bis (alkylsulfonyl) imide group
• tris alkylcarbonyl
• Examples thereof include an acidic group such as a methylene group and a tris (alkylsulfonyl) methylene group, and an alcoholic hydroxyl group.
• a carboxy group a carboxy group, a phenolic hydroxyl group, a fluorinated alcohol group (preferably a hexafluoroisopropanol group), or a sulfonic acid group is preferable.
• a carboxy group or a phenolic hydroxyl group is more preferable.
• the acid-degradable group a group that decomposes by the action of an acid to generate a carboxy group or a group that decomposes by the action of an acid to produce a phenolic hydroxyl group is preferable.
• Rx 1 to Rx 3 are independently an alkyl group (linear or branched chain), a cycloalkyl group (monocyclic or polycyclic), and an aryl group (monocyclic). Or polycyclic), aralkyl group (linear or branched chain), or alkenyl group (linear or branched chain).
• Rx 1 to Rx 3 are alkyl groups (linear or branched chain)
• Rx 1 to Rx 3 preferably independently represent a linear or branched alkyl group, and Rx 1 to Rx 3 each independently represent a linear alkyl group. Is more preferable. Two of Rx 1 to Rx 3 may be bonded to each other to form a ring (either monocyclic or polycyclic).
• an alkyl group of Rx 1 to Rx 3 an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms such as a methyl group, an ethyl group, an n-propyl group, an isopropyl group, an n-butyl group, an isobutyl group, and a t-butyl group is preferable. ..
• Examples of the cycloalkyl group of Rx 1 to Rx 3 include a monocyclic cycloalkyl group such as a cyclopentyl group and a cyclohexyl group, and a polycyclic group such as a norbornyl group, a tetracyclodecanyl group, a tetracyclododecanyl group, and an adamantyl group. Cycloalkyl group is preferred.
• the aryl group of Rx 1 to Rx 3 is preferably an aryl group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms, and examples thereof include a phenyl group, a naphthyl group, and an anthryl group.
• the aralkyl group of Rx 1 ⁇ Rx 3, group obtained by substituting one hydrogen atom in an aryl group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms (preferably a phenyl group) in the alkyl group of Rx 1 ⁇ rx 3 described above are preferred, For example, a benzyl group and the like can be mentioned.
• a vinyl group is preferable.
• a cycloalkyl group is preferable as the ring formed by bonding two of Rx 1 to Rx 3.
• the cycloalkyl group formed by combining two of Rx 1 to Rx 3 is a cyclopentyl group, a monocyclic cycloalkyl group such as a cyclohexyl group, or a norbornyl group, a tetracyclodecanyl group, or a tetracyclododecanyl.
• a polycyclic cycloalkyl group such as a group or an adamantyl group is preferable, and a monocyclic cycloalkyl group having 5 to 6 carbon atoms is more preferable.
• the cycloalkyl group formed by combining two of Rx 1 to Rx 3 is, for example, a group in which one of the methylene groups constituting the ring has a hetero atom such as an oxygen atom, a hetero atom such as a carbonyl group, or vinylidene. It may be replaced by a group. Further, in these cycloalkyl groups, one or more of the ethylene groups constituting the cycloalkane ring may be replaced with a vinylene group.
• the group represented by the formula (Y1) or the formula (Y2) is, for example, an embodiment in which Rx 1 is a methyl group or an ethyl group, and Rx 2 and Rx 3 are bonded to form the above-mentioned cycloalkyl group. Is preferable.
• R 36 to R 38 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic group.
• R 37 and R 38 may be combined with each other to form a ring.
• the monovalent organic group include an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, an aralkyl group, an alkenyl group and the like. It is also preferable that R 36 is a hydrogen atom.
• the alkyl group, cycloalkyl group, aryl group, and aralkyl group may contain a heteroatom such as an oxygen atom and / or a group having a heteroatom such as a carbonyl group.
• cycloalkyl group, aryl group, and aralkyl group for example, one or more methylene groups are replaced with a group having a hetero atom such as an oxygen atom and / or a hetero atom such as a carbonyl group. May be good.
• R 38 may be bonded to each other with another substituent contained in the main chain of the repeating unit to form a ring.
• the group formed by bonding R 38 and another substituent of the main chain of the repeating unit to each other is preferably an alkylene group such as a methylene group.
• L 1 and L 2 independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, or a group in which these are combined (for example, a group in which an alkyl group and an aryl group are combined).
• M represents a single bond or a divalent linking group.
• Q is an alkyl group that may contain a hetero atom, a cycloalkyl group that may contain a hetero atom, an aryl group that may contain a hetero atom, an amino group, an ammonium group, a mercapto group, a cyano group, and an aldehyde.
• the alkyl group and the cycloalkyl group for example, one of the methylene groups may be replaced with a heteroatom such as an oxygen atom or a group having a heteroatom such as a carbonyl group.
• one of L 1 and L 2 is a hydrogen atom and the other is an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, or a group in which an alkylene group and an aryl group are combined.
• L 2 is preferably a secondary or tertiary alkyl group, and more preferably a tertiary alkyl group.
• the secondary alkyl group include an isopropyl group, a cyclohexyl group and a norbornyl group
• examples of the tertiary alkyl group include a tert-butyl group and an adamantan group.
• Tg glass transition temperature
• activation energy are high, so that in addition to ensuring the film strength, fog can be suppressed.
• Ar represents an aromatic ring group.
• Rn represents an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, or an aryl group.
• Rn and Ar may be combined with each other to form a non-aromatic ring.
• Ar is more preferably an aryl group.
• the non-aromatic ring in the non-aromatic ring in the non-aromatic ring, from the viewpoint of excellent acid decomposition property of the repeating unit, it is also preferable that the ring member atom adjacent to the ring member atom directly bonded to the polar group (or its residue) does not have a halogen atom such as a fluorine atom as a substituent.
• Other leaving groups that are eliminated by the action of an acid include a 2-cyclopentenyl group having a substituent (alkyl group, etc.) such as a 3-methyl-2-cyclopentenyl group, and 1,1,4.
• a cyclohexyl group having a substituent (alkyl group, etc.) such as 4-tetramethylcyclohexyl group may be used.
• the repeating unit represented by the following general formulas (2U) to (6U) is preferable because the effect of the present invention is more excellent, and the following general formula (2U) or the following general formula is used.
• the repeating unit represented by (3U) is more preferable.
• R U21, R U22, and R U23 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, a halogen atom, a cyano group, or an alkoxycarbonyl group.
• LU21 represents a single bond or a divalent linking group.
• RU24 to RU26 independently represent an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, an aralkyl group, or an alkenyl group. Two of RU24 to RU26 may be bonded to each other to form a ring.
• R U21, R U22, and the alkyl group represented by R U23 may be either linear or branched.
• the number of carbon atoms of the alkyl group is not particularly limited, but 1 to 5 is preferable, and 1 to 3 is more preferable.
• R U21, R U22, and the cycloalkyl group represented by R U23 cyclopentyl and monocyclic cycloalkyl groups such as cyclohexyl group, and norbornyl group, tetra tricyclodecanyl group, tetracyclododecanyl group, And a polycyclic cycloalkyl group such as an adamantyl group is preferable.
• R U21, R U22, and halogen atom represented by R U23 fluorine atom, chlorine atom, bromine atom, and an iodine atom, a fluorine atom or an iodine atom is preferable.
• R U21, R U22, and the alkyl group contained in the alkoxycarbonyl group represented by R U23 may be either linear or branched.
• the number of carbon atoms of the alkyl group contained in the alkoxycarbonyl group is not particularly limited, but 1 to 5 is preferable, and 1 to 3 is more preferable.
• a hydrocarbon group e.g., alkylene group, cycloalkylene group, alkenylene group , Allylene group, etc.
• the alkyl group represented by RU24 to RU26 may be either linear or branched.
• the number of carbon atoms of the alkyl group is not particularly limited, but 1 to 5 is preferable, and 1 to 3 is more preferable.
• the methylene group may be substituted with -CO- and / or -O-.
• Examples of the cycloalkyl group represented by RU24 to RU26 include a monocyclic cycloalkyl group such as a cyclopentyl group and a cyclohexyl group, and a norbornyl group, a tetracyclodecanyl group, a tetracyclododecanyl group, an adamantyl group and the like.
• the polycyclic cycloalkyl group of is preferred.
• As the aryl group represented by RU24 to RU26 a phenyl group is preferable.
• R U24 The aralkyl group represented by ⁇ R U26, with one hydrogen atom an aryl radical having 6 to 10 carbon atoms in the alkyl group represented by R U24 ⁇ R U26 described above (preferably a phenyl group)
• a substituted group is preferable, and examples thereof include a benzyl group and the like.
• the alkenyl group represented by RU24 to RU26 a vinyl group is preferable.
• a cycloalkyl group is preferable as the ring formed by bonding the two RU24 to RU26.
• Examples of the cycloalkyl group formed by combining two of RU24 to RU26 include a cyclopentyl group, a monocyclic cycloalkyl group such as a cyclohexyl group, or a norbornyl group, a tetracyclodecanyl group, and a tetracyclododecanyl.
• a polycyclic cycloalkyl group such as a group or an adamantyl group is preferable, and a monocyclic cycloalkyl group having 5 to 6 carbon atoms is more preferable.
• the cycloalkyl group formed by combining two of RU24 to RU26 is, for example, a group in which one of the methylene groups constituting the ring has a heteroatom such as an oxygen atom, a heteroatom such as a carbonyl group, or vinylidene. It may be replaced by a group. Further, in these cycloalkyl groups, one or more of the ethylene groups constituting the cycloalkane ring may be replaced with a vinylene group.
• Each of the above groups in the general formula (2U) may have a substituent, and examples of the substituent include the above-mentioned Substituent T.
• RU31 to RU34 independently represent a hydrogen atom or an organic group. However, at least one of RU31 and RU32 represents an organic group.
• X U31 is, -CO -, - SO-, or -SO 2 - represents a.
• Y U31 represents -O-, -S-, -SO- , -SO 2- , or -NR U38-.
• RU38 represents a hydrogen atom or an organic group.
• L U31 represents a single bond or a divalent linking group.
• RU35 to RU37 independently represent an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, an aralkyl group, or an alkenyl group. Although two may be bonded to each other to form a ring of R U35 ⁇ R U37.
• the organic group represented by RU31 to RU34 represents an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, an aralkyl group, or an alkenyl group.
• Examples of the alkyl group represented by RU31 to RU34, the cycloalkyl group, the aryl group, the aralkyl group, and the alkenyl group include the alkyl group represented by RU24 to RU26 in the above-mentioned general formula (2U), cyclo. Examples include groups similar to alkyl groups, aryl groups, aralkyl groups, and alkenyl groups.
• -CO- is preferable as X U31.
• the organic group represented by R U38 has the same meaning as organic groups represented by R U31 ⁇ R U34 described above, preferred embodiments are also the same.
• Y U31 —O— is preferable.
• the divalent linking group represented by L U31 has the same meaning as the divalent linking group represented by L U21 in the above-mentioned general formula (2U), and the preferred embodiment is also the same.
• Examples of the alkyl group represented by RU35 to RU37, the cycloalkyl group, the aryl group, the aralkyl group, and the alkenyl group include the alkyl group represented by RU24 to RU26 in the above-mentioned general formula (2U), cyclo. Examples include groups similar to alkyl groups, aryl groups, aralkyl groups, and alkenyl groups.
• a cycloalkyl group is preferable as the ring formed by bonding the two of RU35 to RU37.
• the cycloalkyl group formed by combining two of RU35 to RU37 is a cyclopentyl group, a monocyclic cycloalkyl group such as a cyclohexyl group, or a norbornyl group, a tetracyclodecanyl group, or a tetracyclododecanyl.
• a polycyclic cycloalkyl group such as a group or an adamantyl group is preferable, and a monocyclic cycloalkyl group having 5 to 6 carbon atoms is more preferable.
• the cycloalkyl group formed by combining two of RU35 to RU37 is, for example, a group in which one of the methylene groups constituting the ring has a heteroatom such as an oxygen atom, a heteroatom such as a carbonyl group, or vinylidene. It may be replaced by a group. Further, in these cycloalkyl groups, one or more of the ethylene groups constituting the cycloalkane ring may be replaced with a vinylene group.
• Each of the above groups in the general formula (3U) may have a substituent, and examples of the substituent include the above-mentioned Substituent T.
• RU41 and RU42 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an organic group.
• R U43 and R U44 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, an aralkyl group, or an alkenyl group. Note that the R U43 and R U44, may combine with each other to form a ring.
• the organic group represented by R U41 and R U42 has the same meaning as organic groups represented by R U31 ⁇ R U34 in the above Expression (3U), preferred embodiments are also the same.
• the alkyl group, cycloalkyl group, aryl group, aralkyl group, and alkenyl group may have a substituent, examples of the substituent, for example, the substituent T is Can be mentioned.
• the ring R U43 and R U44 is formed by combining a cycloalkyl group are preferable.
• the cycloalkyl group R U43 and R U44 is formed by bonding, a cyclopentyl group, or a monocyclic cycloalkyl group such as cyclohexyl group, or a norbornyl group, tetra tricyclodecanyl group, tetracyclododecanyl group, Alternatively, a polycyclic cycloalkyl group such as an adamantyl group is preferable, and a monocyclic cycloalkyl group having 5 to 6 carbon atoms is more preferable.
• Cycloalkyl group R U43 and R U44 is formed by bonding, for example, one of the methylene groups constituting the ring, a hetero atom such as an oxygen atom, a group having a hetero atom such as a carbonyl group, or vinylidene group It may be replaced. Further, in these cycloalkyl groups, one or more of the ethylene groups constituting the cycloalkane ring may be replaced with a vinylene group.
• R U51, R U52, and R U53 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, a halogen atom, a cyano group, or an alkoxycarbonyl group.
• L U51 represents a single bond or a divalent linking group.
• Ar U51 represents an aromatic ring group.
• R U54 to R U56 independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, an aralkyl group, or an alkenyl group. Note that the R U55 and R U56, may combine with each other to form a ring. Further, Ar U51 may be combined with RU53 or RU54 to form a ring.
• R U51, R U52, R U53 , and L U51 has the general formula R U21 in (2U), R U22, R U23, and L U21 in the above formula, preferred embodiments are also the same.
• the aromatic ring group represented by Ar U51 is not particularly limited, and examples thereof include a benzene ring and a naphthalene ring, and a benzene ring is preferable.
• the alkyl group, cycloalkyl group, aryl group, aralkyl group, and alkenyl group represented by RU54 to RU56 may have a substituent, and the substituent includes, for example, the above-mentioned substituent T. Can be mentioned.
• Examples of the ring R U55 and R U56, Ar U51 and R U53, and R U54 and Ar U51 formed by bonding, a cycloalkyl group are preferable.
• the cycloalkyl group formed by combining R U55 and R U56 , Ar U51 and R U53 , and R U54 and Ar U51 is a cyclopentyl group, a monocyclic cycloalkyl group such as a cyclohexyl group, or a norbornyl group.
• a polycyclic cycloalkyl group such as a tetracyclodecanyl group, a tetracyclododecanyl group, or an adamantyl group is preferable, and a monocyclic cycloalkyl group having 5 to 6 carbon atoms is more preferable.
• R U55 and R U56, Ar U51 and R U53, and cycloalkyl radicals R U54 and Ar U51 is formed by bonding, for example, one of the methylene groups constituting the ring, a hetero atom such as an oxygen atom, a carbonyl It may be replaced with a group having a heteroatom such as a group or a vinylidene group. Further, in these cycloalkyl groups, one or more of the ethylene groups constituting the cycloalkane ring may be replaced with a vinylene group.
• R U61, R U62, and R U63 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, a halogen atom, a cyano group, or an alkoxycarbonyl group.
• L U61 represents a single bond or a divalent linking group.
• RU64 and RU65 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, an aralkyl group, or an alkenyl group.
• RU66 represents an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, an aralkyl group, or an alkenyl group. Note that the R U65 and R U66, may combine with each other to form a ring.
• R U 61, R U62, and R U63, and L U 61 has the general formula R U21 in (2U), R U22, R U23, and L U21 in the above formula, preferred embodiments are also the same.
• Groups similar to groups, cycloalkyl groups, aryl groups, aralkyl groups, and alkenyl groups can be mentioned.
• R U64, R U65, and represented by R U66, the alkyl group, cycloalkyl group, aryl group, aralkyl group, and alkenyl group may have a substituent, examples of the substituent, for example, the Substituent T can be mentioned.
• the ring R U65 and R U66 formed by bonding, a cycloalkyl group are preferable.
• the cycloalkyl group R U65 and R U66 is formed by bonding, a cyclopentyl group, or a monocyclic cycloalkyl group such as cyclohexyl group, or a norbornyl group, tetra tricyclodecanyl group, tetracyclododecanyl group, Alternatively, a polycyclic cycloalkyl group such as an adamantyl group is preferable, and a monocyclic cycloalkyl group having 5 to 6 carbon atoms is more preferable.
• Cycloalkyl group R U65 and R U66 is formed by bonding, for example, one of the methylene groups constituting the ring, a hetero atom such as an oxygen atom, a group having a hetero atom such as a carbonyl group, or vinylidene group It may be replaced. Further, in these cycloalkyl groups, one or more of the ethylene groups constituting the cycloalkane ring may be replaced with a vinylene group.
• the content of the repeating unit having an acid-decomposable group is preferably 5 mol% or more, more preferably 10 mol% or more, still more preferably 15 mol% or more, based on all the repeating units in the resin (A).
• the upper limit thereof is preferably 95 mol% or less, more preferably 90 mol% or less, and particularly preferably 85 mol% or less.
• Xa 1 represents any of H, CH 3 , CF 3 , and CH 2 OH
• Rxa and Rxb represent linear or branched alkyl groups having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, respectively.
• the resin (A) may contain a repeating unit other than the repeating unit described above.
• the resin (A) contains at least one repeating unit selected from the group consisting of the following groups A and / or at least one repeating unit selected from the group consisting of the following groups B. May be good.
• Group A A group consisting of the following repeating units (20) to (29). (20) Repeating unit having an acid group described later (21) Repeating unit having a fluorine atom or iodine atom and not exhibiting acid decomposition property described later (22) Repeating unit having a lactone group, sulton group or carbonate group described later.
• the repeating unit (26) represented by the formula (A) will be described later, the repeating unit (27) represented by the formula (B) will be described later, and the repeating unit (28) represented by the formula (C) will be described later.
• Repeat unit represented by the formula (D) (29)
• Repetitive unit showing no acid decomposition property (32) A repeating unit represented by the general formula (III), which has neither a hydroxyl group nor a cyano group, which will be described later.
• the resin (A) may have at least one repeating unit selected from the group consisting of the above group A. preferable.
• the resin (A) preferably contains at least one of a fluorine atom and an iodine atom, and may contain a fluorine atom. More preferred.
• the resin (A) may have one repeating unit containing both a fluorine atom and an iodine atom, and the resin (A) may have one repeating unit.
• the composition may contain two kinds of a repeating unit having a fluorine atom and a repeating unit containing an iodine atom. Further, when the composition is used as an actinic light-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition for EUV, it is also preferable that the resin (A) has a repeating unit having an aromatic group.
• the resin (A) may have a repeating unit having an acid group.
• an acid group having a pKa of 13 or less is preferable.
• the acid group for example, a carboxy group, a phenolic hydroxyl group, a fluorinated alcohol group (preferably a hexafluoroisopropanol group), a sulfonic acid group, a sulfonamide group, an isopropanol group and the like are preferable.
• one or more (preferably one or two) fluorine atoms may be substituted with a group other than the fluorine atom (alkoxycarbonyl group or the like).
• -C (CF 3 ) (OH) -CF 2- thus formed is also preferable as an acid group.
• one or more of the fluorine atoms may be substituted with a group other than the fluorine atom to form a ring containing ⁇ C (CF 3 ) (OH) ⁇ CF 2-.
• the repeating unit having an acid group includes a repeating unit having a structure in which a polar group is protected by a leaving group desorbed by the action of the above-mentioned acid, and a repeating unit having a lactone group, a sulton group, or a carbonate group described later. Is preferably a different repeating unit.
• the repeating unit having an acid group may have a substituent, and examples of the substituent include the above-mentioned Substituent T.
• the repeating unit represented by the formula (B) is preferable.
• R 3 represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic group.
• the monovalent organic group a group represented by -L 4 -R 8 are preferred.
• L 4 represents a single bond or an ester group.
• R 8 include an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, or a group in which these are combined.
• R 4 and R 5 independently represent a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, an iodine atom, or an alkyl group.
• L 2 represents a single bond or an ester group.
• L 3 represents a (n + m + 1) -valent aromatic hydrocarbon ring group or a (n + m + 1) -valent alicyclic hydrocarbon ring group.
• the aromatic hydrocarbon ring group include a benzene ring group and a naphthalene ring group.
• the alicyclic hydrocarbon ring group may be monocyclic or polycyclic, and examples thereof include cycloalkyl ring groups.
• R 6 represents a hydroxyl group or a fluorinated alcohol group (preferably a hexafluoroisopropanol group).
• L 3 is preferably an aromatic hydrocarbon ring group having a (n + m + 1) valence.
• R 7 represents a halogen atom.
• the halogen atom include a fluorine atom, a chlorine atom, a bromine atom, and an iodine atom.
• m represents an integer of 1 or more.
• m is preferably an integer of 1 to 3, and more preferably an integer of 1 to 2.
• n represents an integer of 0 or 1 or more.
• n is preferably an integer of 1 to 4.
• (n + m + 1) is preferably an integer of 1 to 5.
• Each of the above groups in the formula (B) may have a substituent, and examples of the substituent include the above-mentioned Substituent T.
• repeating unit having an acid group a repeating unit represented by the following general formula (I) is also preferable.
• R 41 , R 42 and R 43 independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, a halogen atom, a cyano group or an alkoxycarbonyl group.
• R 42 may be bonded to Ar 4 to form a ring, in which case R 42 represents a single bond or an alkylene group.
• X 4 represents a single bond, -COO-, or -CONR 64-
• R 64 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group.
• L 4 represents a single bond or an alkylene group.
• Ar 4 represents an (n + 1) -valent aromatic ring group, and represents an (n + 2) -valent aromatic ring group when combined with R 42 to form a ring.
• n represents an integer from 1 to 5.
• the alkyl groups of R 41 , R 42 , and R 43 in the general formula (I) include methyl group, ethyl group, propyl group, isopropyl group, n-butyl group, sec-butyl group, hexyl group, and 2-ethylhexyl group.
• An alkyl group having 20 or less carbon atoms such as an octyl group and a dodecyl group is preferable, an alkyl group having 8 or less carbon atoms is more preferable, and an alkyl group having 3 or less carbon atoms is further preferable.
• the cycloalkyl groups of R 41 , R 42 , and R 43 in the general formula (I) may be monocyclic or polycyclic. Of these, a monocyclic cycloalkyl group having 3 to 8 carbon atoms such as a cyclopropyl group, a cyclopentyl group, and a cyclohexyl group is preferable.
• Examples of the halogen atoms of R 41 , R 42 , and R 43 in the general formula (I) include a fluorine atom, a chlorine atom, a bromine atom, and an iodine atom, and a fluorine atom is preferable.
• the alkyl group contained in the alkoxycarbonyl group of R 41 , R 42 , and R 43 in the general formula (I) is preferably the same as the alkyl group in R 41 , R 42 , and R 43.
• Preferred substituents in each of the above groups include, for example, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, an amino group, an amide group, a ureido group, a urethane group, a hydroxyl group, a carboxy group, a halogen atom, an alkoxy group, a thioether group and an acyl group. , Achilloxy group, alkoxycarbonyl group, cyano group, and nitro group.
• the substituent preferably has 8 or less carbon atoms.
• Ar 4 represents an (n + 1) -valent aromatic ring group.
• the divalent aromatic ring group is, for example, an arylene group having 6 to 18 carbon atoms such as a phenylene group, a trilene group, a naphthylene group, and an anthracenylene group, or a thiophene ring, a furan ring, a pyrrole ring, and the like.
• a divalent aromatic ring group containing a heterocycle such as a benzothiophene ring, a benzofuran ring, a benzopyrol ring, a triazine ring, an imidazole ring, a benzimidazole ring, a triazole ring, a thiaziazole ring, and a thiazole ring is preferable.
• the aromatic ring group may have a substituent.
• (n + 1) -valent aromatic ring group when n is an integer of 2 or more, (n-1) arbitrary hydrogen atoms are removed from the above-mentioned specific example of the divalent aromatic ring group. There is a group that is made up of.
• the (n + 1) -valent aromatic ring group may further have a substituent.
• Examples of the substituents that the above-mentioned alkyl group, cycloalkyl group, alkoxycarbonyl group, alkylene group, and (n + 1) -valent aromatic ring group can have include R 41 , R 42 , and R in the general formula (I). Examples thereof include an alkoxy group such as an alkyl group, a methoxy group, an ethoxy group, a hydroxyethoxy group, a propoxy group, a hydroxypropoxy group, and a butoxy group described in 43; an aryl group such as a phenyl group; and the like.
• R 64 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group
• the alkyl group for R 64 in, a methyl group, an ethyl group, a propyl group, an isopropyl group, n- butyl group, sec Examples thereof include alkyl groups having 20 or less carbon atoms such as a butyl group, a hexyl group, a 2-ethylhexyl group, an octyl group, and a dodecyl group, and an alkyl group having 8 or less carbon atoms is preferable.
• X 4 a single bond, -COO-, or -CONH- is preferable, and a single bond, or -COO- is more preferable.
• the alkylene group for L 4, a methylene group, an ethylene group, a propylene group, a butylene group, an alkylene group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms such as hexylene, and octylene group.
• Ar 4 an aromatic ring group having 6 to 18 carbon atoms is preferable, and a benzene ring group, a naphthalene ring group, and a biphenylene ring group are more preferable.
• the repeating unit represented by the general formula (I) preferably has a hydroxystyrene structure. That is, Ar 4 is preferably a benzene ring group.
• the repeating unit represented by the general formula (I) the repeating unit represented by the following general formula (1) is preferable.
• A represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, a halogen atom, or a cyano group.
• R represents a halogen atom, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, an alkenyl group, an aralkyl group, an alkoxy group, an alkylcarbonyloxy group, an alkylsulfonyloxy group, an alkyloxycarbonyl group or an aryloxycarbonyl group, and there are a plurality of them. In some cases, they may be the same or different. When having a plurality of Rs, they may form a ring jointly with each other.
• a hydrogen atom is preferable as R.
• a represents an integer of 1 to 3.
• b represents an integer from 0 to (5-a).
• the repeating unit having an acid group is preferably the repeating unit specifically described below.
• R represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and a represents 2 or 3.
• the content of the repeating unit having an acid group is preferably 10 mol% or more, more preferably 15 mol% or more, based on all the repeating units in the resin (A).
• the upper limit is preferably 70 mol% or less, more preferably 65 mol% or less, and even more preferably 60 mol% or less.
• the resin (A) may have a repeating unit having a fluorine atom or an iodine atom, in addition to the above-mentioned "(repeating unit having an acid-degradable group)" and "(repeating unit having an acid group)". good.
• “(repeating unit having a fluorine atom or iodine atom)” referred to here means "(repeating unit having a lactone group, sultone group, or carbonate group)" and "(repeating unit having a photoacid generating group)” described later.
• the unit is different from other types of repeating units belonging to group A, such as "unit)".
• the above-mentioned “(repeating unit having a fluorine atom or an iodine atom and not exhibiting acid decomposition property)" preferably does not contain a ring member atom (in other words, an atom constituting a ring structure) in the main chain. ..
• the repeating unit represented by the formula (C) is preferable.
• L 5 represents a single bond or an ester group.
• R 9 represents an alkyl group which may have a hydrogen atom or a fluorine atom or an iodine atom.
• R 10 may have an alkyl group which may have a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom or an iodine atom, a cycloalkyl group which may have a fluorine atom or an iodine atom, a fluorine atom or an iodine atom.
• the repeating unit having a fluorine atom or an iodine atom and not showing acid decomposability is illustrated below.
• the content of the repeating unit having a fluorine atom or an iodine atom and not exhibiting acid decomposition property is preferably 0 mol% or more, more preferably 5 mol% or more, and 10 mol% or more, based on all the repeating units in the resin (A). More preferably, mol% or more.
• the upper limit is preferably 50 mol% or less, more preferably 45 mol% or less, still more preferably 40 mol% or less.
• the resin (A) is a repeating unit having at least one selected from the group consisting of a lactone group, a sultone group, and a carbonate group (hereinafter, collectively referred to as "a repeating unit having a lactone group, a sultone group, or a carbonate group". Also called).
• the repeating unit having a lactone group, a sultone group, or a carbonate group preferably does not have an acid group such as a hexafluoropropanol group.
• the lactone group or sultone group may have a lactone structure or a sultone structure.
• the lactone structure or sultone structure is preferably a 5- to 7-membered ring lactone structure or a 5- to 7-membered ring sultone structure.
• a 5- to 7-membered ring lactone structure in which another ring structure is fused to form a bicyclo structure or a spiro structure or a 5- to 7-membered ring sultone in the form of a bicyclo structure or a spiro structure.
• a structure in which another ring structure is fused is more preferable.
• the resin (A) has a lactone structure represented by any of the following general formulas (LC1-1) to (LC1-21), or a table represented by any of the following general formulas (SL1-1) to (SL1-3). It is preferable to have a repeating unit having a lactone group or a sultone group obtained by extracting one or more hydrogen atoms from a ring member atom having a sultone structure. Further, a lactone group or a sultone group may be directly bonded to the main chain. For example, a ring-membered atom of a lactone group or a sultone group may form the main chain of the resin (A).
• the lactone structure or sultone structure portion may have a substituent (Rb 2 ).
• Preferred substituents (Rb 2 ) include an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group having 4 to 7 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, an alkoxycarbonyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, and a carboxy group. , Halogen atom, hydroxyl group, cyano group, acid-degradable group and the like.
• n 2 represents an integer from 0 to 4. When n 2 is 2 or more, Rb 2 existing in plural numbers may be different or may be bonded to form a ring Rb 2 between the plurality of.
• It has a group having a lactone structure represented by any of the general formulas (LC1-1) to (LC1-21) or a sultone structure represented by any of the general formulas (SL1-1) to (SL1-3).
• Examples of the repeating unit include a repeating unit represented by the following general formula (AI).
• Rb 0 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms. Preferred substituents that the alkyl group of Rb 0 may have include a hydroxyl group and a halogen atom. Examples of the halogen atom of Rb 0 include a fluorine atom, a chlorine atom, a bromine atom, and an iodine atom. Rb 0 is preferably a hydrogen atom or a methyl group.
• Ab is a divalent linking group having a single bond, an alkylene group, a monocyclic or polycyclic alicyclic hydrocarbon structure, an ether group, an ester group, a carbonyl group, a carboxy group, or a divalent group combining these. show. Among them, a single bond, or a -Ab 1 -CO 2 - linking group represented by are preferred.
• Ab 1 is a linear or branched alkylene group, or a monocyclic or polycyclic cycloalkylene group, and a methylene group, an ethylene group, a cyclohexylene group, an adamantylene group, or a norbornene group is preferable.
• V is a group formed by extracting one hydrogen atom from a ring member atom having a lactone structure represented by any of the general formulas (LC1-1) to (LC1-21), or general formulas (SL1-1) to (SL1-1). It represents a group formed by extracting one hydrogen atom from a ring member atom having a sultone structure represented by any of SL1-3).
• any optical isomer may be used. Further, one kind of optical isomer may be used alone, or a plurality of optical isomers may be mixed and used. When one kind of optical isomer is mainly used, its optical purity (ee) is preferably 90 or more, more preferably 95 or more.
• a cyclic carbonate group is preferable.
• a repeating unit having a cyclic carbonate group a repeating unit represented by the following general formula (A-1) is preferable.
• RA 1 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or a monovalent organic group (preferably a methyl group).
• n represents an integer greater than or equal to 0.
• RA 2 represents a substituent. when n is 2 or more, R A 2 existing in plural, may each be the same or different.
• A represents a single bond or a divalent linking group.
• the divalent linking group includes an alkylene group, a divalent linking group having a monocyclic or polycyclic alicyclic hydrocarbon structure, an ether group, an ester group, a carbonyl group, a carboxy group, or a divalent combination thereof. Is preferred.
• Z represents an atomic group forming a monocyclic or polycyclic ring with a group represented by —O—CO—O— in the formula.
• the repeating unit having a lactone group, a sultone group, or a carbonate group is illustrated below.
• the content of the repeating unit having a lactone group, a sultone group, or a carbonate group is preferably 1 mol% or more, more preferably 10 mol% or more, based on all the repeating units in the resin (A).
• the upper limit thereof is preferably 85 mol% or less, more preferably 80 mol% or less, further preferably 70 mol% or less, and particularly preferably 60 mol% or less.
• the resin (A) may have a repeating unit having a group that generates an acid by irradiation with active light or radiation (hereinafter, also referred to as “photoacid generating group”) as a repeating unit other than the above.
• the repeating unit having this photoacid generating group corresponds to a compound (also referred to as “photoacid generator”) that generates an acid by irradiation with active light or radiation described later.
• Examples of such a repeating unit include a repeating unit represented by the following general formula (4).
• R 41 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group.
• L 41 represents a single bond or a divalent linking group.
• L 42 represents a divalent linking group.
• R 40 represents a structural site that is decomposed by irradiation with active light or radiation to generate an acid in the side chain.
• the repeating unit having a photoacid generating group is illustrated below.
• examples of the repeating unit represented by the general formula (4) include the repeating units described in paragraphs ⁇ 0094> to ⁇ 0105> of JP-A-2014-041327.
• the content of the repeating unit having a photoacid generating group is preferably 1 mol% or more, more preferably 5 mol% or more, based on all the repeating units in the resin (A).
• the upper limit is preferably 40 mol% or less, more preferably 35 mol% or less, and even more preferably 30 mol% or less.
• the resin (A) may have a repeating unit represented by the following general formula (V-1) or the following general formula (V-2).
• the repeating unit represented by the following general formula (V-1) and the following general formula (V-2) is preferably a repeating unit different from the above-mentioned repeating unit.
• R 6 and R 7 independently have a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an acyloxy group, a cyano group, a nitro group, an amino group, a halogen atom, and an ester group (-OCOR or -COOR:
• R is the number of carbon atoms. 1 to 6 alkyl groups or fluorinated alkyl groups), or carboxy groups.
• the alkyl group a linear, branched or cyclic alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms is preferable.
• n 3 represents an integer from 0 to 6.
• n 4 represents an integer from 0 to 4.
• X 4 is a methylene group, an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom.
• the repeating unit represented by the general formula (V-1) or (V-2) is illustrated below.
• the resin (A) preferably has a high glass transition temperature (Tg) from the viewpoint of suppressing excessive diffusion of generated acid or pattern disintegration during development.
• Tg is preferably greater than 90 ° C, more preferably greater than 100 ° C, even more preferably greater than 110 ° C, and particularly preferably greater than 125 ° C. Since excessively high Tg causes a decrease in the dissolution rate in the developing solution, Tg is preferably 400 ° C. or lower, more preferably 350 ° C. or lower.
• the glass transition temperature (Tg) of the polymer such as the resin (A) is calculated by the following method.
• the Tg of a homopolymer composed of only each repeating unit contained in the polymer is calculated by the Bicerano method.
• the calculated Tg is referred to as "repeating unit Tg".
• the mass ratio (%) of each repeating unit to all the repeating units in the polymer is calculated.
• Tg at each mass ratio is calculated using the Fox formula (described in Materials Letters 62 (2008) 3152, etc.), and the sum of them is used as the Tg (° C.) of the polymer.
• the Bicerano method is described in the Precision of policies, Marcel Dekker Inc, New York (1993) and the like. Further, the calculation of Tg by the Bicerano method can be performed using the polymer physical property estimation software MDL Polymer (MDL Information Systems, Inc.).
• the resin (A) preferably has a repeating unit in which the Tg of the homopolymer is 130 ° C. or higher.
• the type of repeating unit having a homopolymer Tg of 130 ° C. or higher is not particularly limited, and any repeating unit having a homopolymer Tg of 130 ° C. or higher calculated by the Bicerano method may be used.
• the homopolymer corresponds to the repeating unit having a Tg of 130 ° C. or higher.
• the formula (A) and RA represent a group having a polycyclic structure.
• R x represents a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, or an ethyl group.
• the group having a polycyclic structure is a group having a plurality of ring structures, and the plurality of ring structures may or may not be condensed.
• Specific examples of the repeating unit represented by the formula (A) include the following repeating units.
• R represents a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, or an ethyl group.
• Ra is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, an aralkyl group, an alkenyl group, a hydroxyl group, an alkoxy group, an acyloxy group, a cyano group, a nitro group, an amino group, a halogen atom and an ester group (-OCOR'''.
• the alkyl group, the cycloalkyl group, the aryl group, the aralkyl group, and the alkenyl group may each have a substituent.
• the hydrogen atom bonded to the carbon atom in the group represented by Ra may be replaced with a fluorine atom or an iodine atom.
• R'and R'' are independently alkyl group, cycloalkyl group, aryl group, aralkyl group, alkenyl group, hydroxyl group, alkoxy group, asyloxy group, cyano group, nitro group, amino group, halogen atom, respectively.
• R ′′ ′′ is an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms or a fluorinated alkyl group) or a carboxy group.
• the alkyl group, the cycloalkyl group, the aryl group, the aralkyl group, and the alkenyl group may each have a substituent.
• the hydrogen atom bonded to the carbon atom in the group represented by R'and R' may be replaced with a fluorine atom or an iodine atom.
• L represents a single bond or a divalent linking group.
• Examples of the divalent linking group include -COO-, -CO- , -O-, -S-, -SO-, -SO 2- , an alkylene group, a cycloalkylene group, an alkaneylene group, and a plurality of these.
• Examples thereof include linked linking groups.
• m and n each independently represent an integer of 0 or more. The upper limits of m and n are not particularly limited, but are often 2 or less and more often 1 or less.
• R b1 to R b4 independently represent a hydrogen atom or an organic group, and at least two or more of R b1 to R b4 represent an organic group.
• the types of other organic groups are not particularly limited.
• at least two or more organic groups have three or more constituent atoms excluding hydrogen atoms. It is a substituent.
• repeating unit represented by the formula (B) include the following repeating units.
• R independently represents a hydrogen atom or an organic group.
• the organic group include organic groups such as an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, an aralkyl group, and an alkenyl group, which may have a substituent.
• R' is independently an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, an aralkyl group, an alkenyl group, a hydroxyl group, an alkoxy group, an acyloxy group, a cyano group, a nitro group, an amino group, a halogen atom, and an ester group (-OCOR'.
• R'' represents an alkyl group or a fluorinated alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms) or a carboxy group.
• the alkyl group, the cycloalkyl group, the aryl group, the aralkyl group, and the alkenyl group may each have a substituent.
• the hydrogen atom bonded to the carbon atom in the group represented by R' may be replaced with a fluorine atom or an iodine atom.
• m represents an integer of 0 or more. The upper limit of m is not particularly limited, but it is often 2 or less, and more often 1 or less.
• R c1 to R c4 independently represent a hydrogen atom or an organic group, and at least one of R c1 to R c4 is a hydrogen-bonding hydrogen within 3 atoms from the main chain carbon. It is a group having an atom. Among them, in order to induce the interaction between the main chains of the resin (A), it is preferable to have hydrogen-bonding hydrogen atoms within 2 atoms (closer to the main chain).
• repeating unit represented by the formula (C) include the following repeating units.
• R represents an organic group.
• the organic group may have a substituent, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, an aralkyl group, an alkenyl group, and an ester group (-OCOR or -COOR:
• R is an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms. Alternatively, an alkyl fluorinated group) and the like can be mentioned.
• R' represents a hydrogen atom or an organic group. Examples of the organic group include organic groups such as an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, an aralkyl group, and an alkenyl group.
• the hydrogen atom in the organic group may be replaced with a fluorine atom or an iodine atom.
• Cyclic represents a group forming a main chain with a cyclic structure.
• the number of constituent atoms of the ring is not particularly limited.
• repeating unit represented by the formula (D) include the following repeating units.
• R is independently a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, an aralkyl group, an alkenyl group, a hydroxyl group, an alkoxy group, an acyloxy group, a cyano group, a nitro group, an amino group, a halogen atom, and the like.
• the ester group (-OCOR “or -COOR”: R "is an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms or a fluorinated alkyl group) or a carboxy group.
• the alkyl group, the cycloalkyl group, the aryl group, the aralkyl group, and the alkenyl group may each have a substituent. Further, the hydrogen atom bonded to the carbon atom in the group represented by R may be substituted with a fluorine atom or an iodine atom.
• R' is independently an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, an aralkyl group, an alkenyl group, a hydroxyl group, an alkoxy group, an acyloxy group, a cyano group, a nitro group, an amino group, a halogen atom and an ester group.
• R is an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms or a fluorinated alkyl group), or a carboxy group.
• the alkyl group, the cycloalkyl group, the aryl group, the aralkyl group, and the alkenyl group may each have a substituent.
• the hydrogen atom bonded to the carbon atom in the group represented by R' may be replaced with a fluorine atom or an iodine atom.
• m represents an integer of 0 or more. The upper limit of m is not particularly limited, but it is often 2 or less, and more often 1 or less.
• Re independently represents a hydrogen atom or an organic group.
• the organic group include an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, an aralkyl group, an alkenyl group and the like, which may have a substituent.
• Cyclic is a cyclic group containing a carbon atom in the main chain. The number of atoms contained in the cyclic group is not particularly limited.
• repeating unit represented by the formula (E) include the following repeating units.
• repeating unit represented by the formula (E) a repeating unit derived from the following monomer can also be preferably used.
• R is independently a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, an aralkyl group, and an alkenyl group, a hydroxyl group, an alkoxy group, an acyloxy group, a cyano group, a nitro group, an amino group, and a halogen atom.
• Esther group (-OCOR “or -COOR”: R "is an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms or a fluorinated alkyl group), or a carboxy group.
• the alkyl group, the cycloalkyl group, the aryl group, the aralkyl group, and the alkenyl group may each have a substituent.
• the hydrogen atom bonded to the carbon atom in the group represented by R may be substituted with a fluorine atom or an iodine atom.
• R' is independently a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, an aralkyl group, and an alkenyl group, a hydroxyl group, an alkoxy group, an acyloxy group, a cyano group, a nitro group, an amino group, a halogen atom, and an ester group.
• R is an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms or a fluorinated alkyl group), or a carboxy group.
• the alkyl group, the cycloalkyl group, the aryl group, the aralkyl group, and the alkenyl group may each have a substituent.
• the hydrogen atom bonded to the carbon atom in the group represented by R' may be replaced with a fluorine atom or an iodine atom.
• m represents an integer of 0 or more. The upper limit of m is not particularly limited, but it is often 2 or less, and more often 1 or less.
• the two Rs may be bonded to each other to form a ring.
• the content of the repeating units represented by the formulas (A) to (E) is preferably 5 mol% or more, more preferably 10 mol% or more, based on all the repeating units in the resin (A).
• the upper limit is preferably 60 mol% or less, more preferably 55 mol% or less.
• the resin (A) may have a repeating unit having at least one group selected from a lactone group, a sultone group, a carbonate group, a hydroxyl group, a cyano group, and an alkali-soluble group.
• the resin (A) may have a repeating unit having at least one group selected from a lactone group, a sultone group, a carbonate group, a hydroxyl group, a cyano group, and an alkali-soluble group.
• Examples of the repeating unit having a lactone group, a sultone group, or a carbonate group contained in the resin (A) include the repeating unit described in "(Repeating unit having a lactone group, sultone group, or carbonate group)" described above.
• the preferable content is also as described in "(Repeating unit having a lactone group, sultone group, or carbonate group)" described above.
• the resin (A) may have a repeating unit having a hydroxyl group or a cyano group. This improves substrate adhesion and developer affinity.
• the repeating unit having a hydroxyl group or a cyano group is preferably a repeating unit having an alicyclic hydrocarbon structure substituted with a hydroxyl group or a cyano group.
• the repeating unit having a hydroxyl group or a cyano group preferably has no acid-degradable group. Examples of the repeating unit having a hydroxyl group or a cyano group include repeating units represented by the following general formulas (AIIA) to (AIId).
• R 1c represents a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, a trifluoromethyl group or a hydroxymethyl group.
• R 2c to R 4c independently represent a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group or a cyano group. However, at least one of R 2c to R 4c represents a hydroxyl group or a cyano group.
• one or two of R 2c to R 4c are hydroxyl groups and the rest are hydrogen atoms. More preferably, two of R 2c to R 4c are hydroxyl groups, and the rest are hydrogen atoms.
• the content of the repeating unit having a hydroxyl group or a cyano group is preferably 5 mol% or more, more preferably 10 mol% or more, based on all the repeating units in the resin (A).
• the upper limit is preferably 40 mol% or less, more preferably 35 mol% or less, and even more preferably 30 mol% or less.
• repeating unit having a hydroxyl group or a cyano group are given below, but the present invention is not limited thereto.
• the resin (A) may have a repeating unit having an alkali-soluble group.
• the alkali-soluble group include a carboxy group, a sulfonamide group, a sulfonylimide group, a bisulsulfonylimide group, and an aliphatic alcohol group in which the ⁇ -position is substituted with an electron-withdrawing group (for example, a hexafluoroisopropanol group).
• a carboxy group is preferred.
• the repeating unit having an alkali-soluble group includes a repeating unit in which an alkali-soluble group is directly bonded to the main chain of the resin, such as a repeating unit made of acrylic acid and methacrylic acid, or an alkali on the main chain of the resin via a linking group. Repeat units to which soluble groups are attached can be mentioned.
• the linking group may have a monocyclic or polycyclic cyclic hydrocarbon structure.
• a repeating unit made of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid is preferable.
• the content of the repeating unit having an alkali-soluble group is preferably 0 mol% or more, more preferably 3 mol% or more, still more preferably 5 mol% or more, based on all the repeating units in the resin (A).
• the upper limit is preferably 20 mol% or less, more preferably 15 mol% or less, still more preferably 10 mol% or less.
• Rx represents H, CH 3 , CH 2 OH or CF 3 .
• repeating unit having at least one group selected from a lactone group, a hydroxyl group, a cyano group, and an alkali-soluble group a repeating unit having at least two selected from a lactone group, a hydroxyl group, a cyano group, and an alkali-soluble group is preferable.
• a repeating unit having a cyano group and a lactone group is more preferable, and a repeating unit having a structure in which a cyano group is substituted with a lactone structure represented by the general formula (LC1-4) is further preferable.
• the resin (A) may have an alicyclic hydrocarbon structure and may have a repeating unit that does not exhibit acid decomposition. This makes it possible to reduce the elution of low molecular weight components from the resist film to the immersion liquid during immersion exposure.
• a repeating unit include a repeating unit derived from 1-adamantyl (meth) acrylate, diadamantyl (meth) acrylate, tricyclodecanyl (meth) acrylate, or cyclohexyl (meth) acrylate.
• the resin (A) may have a repeating unit represented by the general formula (III), which has neither a hydroxyl group nor a cyano group.
• R 5 represents a hydrocarbon group having at least one cyclic structure and having neither a hydroxyl group nor a cyano group.
• Ra represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or -CH 2 -O-Ra 2 group.
• Ra 2 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or an acyl group.
• the cyclic structure of R 5 includes a monocyclic hydrocarbon group and a polycyclic hydrocarbon group.
• the monocyclic hydrocarbon group include a cycloalkyl group having 3 to 12 carbon atoms (more preferably 3 to 7 carbon atoms) and a cycloalkenyl group having 3 to 12 carbon atoms.
• Examples of the polycyclic hydrocarbon group include a ring-aggregated hydrocarbon group and a crosslinked cyclic hydrocarbon group.
• Examples of the crosslinked cyclic hydrocarbon ring include a bicyclic hydrocarbon ring, a tricyclic hydrocarbon ring, and a tetracyclic hydrocarbon ring.
• the crosslinked cyclic hydrocarbon ring also includes a fused ring in which a plurality of 5- to 8-membered cycloalkane rings are condensed.
• crosslinked cyclic hydrocarbon group a norbornyl group, an adamantyl group, a bicyclooctanyl group, or a tricyclo [5,2,1,02,6] decanyl group is preferable, and a norbornyl group or an adamantyl group is more preferable.
• the alicyclic hydrocarbon group may have a substituent, and examples of the substituent include a halogen atom, an alkyl group, a hydroxyl group protected by a protecting group, and an amino group protected by a protecting group.
• a halogen atom a bromine atom, a chlorine atom, or a fluorine atom is preferable.
• alkyl group a methyl group, an ethyl group, a butyl group, or a t-butyl group is preferable.
• the alkyl group may further have a substituent, and examples of the substituent include a halogen atom, an alkyl group, a hydroxyl group protected by a protecting group, and an amino group protected by a protecting group.
• Examples of the protecting group include an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aralkyl group, a substituted methyl group, a substituted ethyl group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, and an aralkyloxycarbonyl group.
• the alkyl group an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms is preferable.
• the substituted methyl group a methoxymethyl group, a methoxythiomethyl group, a benzyloxymethyl group, a t-butoxymethyl group, or a 2-methoxyethoxymethyl group is preferable.
• a 1-ethoxyethyl group or a 1-methyl-1-methoxyethyl group is preferable.
• the acyl group an aliphatic acyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms such as a formyl group, an acetyl group, a propionyl group, a butyryl group, an isobutyryl group, a valeryl group, and a pivaloyl group is preferable.
• an alkoxycarbonyl group an alkoxycarbonyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms is preferable.
• the content of the repeating unit represented by the general formula (III), which has neither a hydroxyl group nor a cyano group, is preferably 0 to 40 mol%, preferably 0 to 20 mol%, based on all the repeating units in the resin (A). More preferably mol%.
• Specific examples of the repeating unit represented by the general formula (III) are given below, but the present invention is not limited thereto.
• Ra represents H, CH 3 , CH 2 OH, or CF 3 .
• the resin (A) may have a repeating unit other than the repeating unit described above.
• the resin (A) has a repeating unit selected from the group consisting of a repeating unit having an oxazolone ring group, a repeating unit having an oxazolone ring group, a repeating unit having a dioxane ring group, and a repeating unit having a hydantoin ring group. You may be doing it.
• Such repeating units are illustrated below.
• the resin (A) has various repeating structural units for the purpose of adjusting dry etching resistance, standard developer suitability, substrate adhesion, resist profile, resolution, heat resistance, sensitivity, and the like. You may be doing it.
• the resin (A) can be synthesized according to a conventional method (for example, radical polymerization).
• the weight average molecular weight of the resin (A) is preferably 1,000 to 200,000, more preferably 2,000 to 30,000, and even more preferably 3,000 to 20,000.
• the weight average molecular weight of the resin (A) is preferably 1,000 to 200,000, more preferably 2,000 to 30,000, and even more preferably 3,000 to 20,000.
• the dispersity (molecular weight distribution) of the resin (A) is usually 1.0 to 5.0, preferably 1.0 to 3.0, more preferably 1.0 to 2.5, and 1.0 to 2 .0 is more preferred.
• the content of the resin (A) is preferably 50 to 99.9% by mass, more preferably 60 to 99.0% by mass, based on the total solid content of the composition.
• the solid content is intended to be a component in the composition excluding the solvent, and any component other than the solvent is regarded as a solid content even if it is a liquid component.
• the resin (A) may be used alone or in combination of two or more.
• the sensitive light-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition of the present invention is (B) a compound that generates an acid by irradiation with active light or radiation, and is represented by the following general formula (1). It contains a compound (also referred to as “compound (B)” or "photoacid generator (B)”).
• the compound (B) is a compound (photoacid generator) that generates an acid by irradiation with active light or radiation.
• R 1 to R 5 independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent. At least one of R 1 to R 5 represents a group represented by the following general formula (R-1). M n + represents a cation moiety. n represents an integer of 2 or more.
• A represents a single bond or a (m + 1) valent linking group.
• Y represents a group independently represented by any of the following formulas (A1) to (A6).
• m represents an integer of 1 or more. When m represents an integer of 2 or more, the plurality of Ys may be the same or different.
• * represents a bond to the benzene ring. In formulas (A1) to (A6), * represents a bond to A.
• R 6 represents a substituent having a carbon atom. Sulfur atom in the SO 2 in the formula (A2) is bonded to the carbon atom in R 6. Further, R 6 may be combined with A or L to form a ring. L represents a single bond, a carbonyl bond, an alkylene group, or a divalent aromatic group.
• R 7 represents a substituent having a carbon atom. N ⁇ of the formula (A3) is bonded to the above carbon atom in R 7. Further, R 7 may be combined with A to form a ring.
• R 8 represents a substituent having a carbon atom.
• Carbon atoms in the carbonyl bond of the formula (A4) is bonded to the carbon atom in R 8. Further, R 8 may be combined with A to form a ring.
• R 1 to R 5 independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent.
• the substituent is not particularly limited as long as it is a monovalent substituent, and for example, an alkyl group; an alkenyl group; an aliphatic hydrocarbon ring group; an aryl group; a halogen atom. Examples include groups containing heteroatoms such as oxygen atom, sulfur atom, nitrogen atom and silicon atom; and a combination of two or more of these.
• Examples of the alkyl group as R 1 to R 5 include an alkyl group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms.
• the alkyl group is preferably an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms such as a methyl group, an ethyl group, a propyl group, an isopropyl group, an n-butyl group, a sec-butyl group, a hexyl group, a 2-ethylhexyl group, an octyl group and a dodecyl group.
• Yes more preferably an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms.
• Examples of the alkenyl group as R 1 to R 5 include an alkenyl group having 2 to 30 carbon atoms, and an alkenyl group having 2 to 8 carbon atoms is preferable.
• the aliphatic hydrocarbon ring groups as R 1 to R 5 may be monocyclic or polycyclic.
• the aliphatic hydrocarbon ring group include a cycloalkyl group and a cycloalkenyl group, and the carbon number of the cycloalkyl group and the cycloalkenyl group is not particularly limited, but is preferably 3 to 12.
• Specific preferred examples of the cycloalkyl group include a cyclopentyl group, a cyclohexyl group, a norbornyl group, a tetracyclodecanyl group, a tetracyclododecanyl group, and an adamantyl group.
• aryl group as R 1 to R 5 examples include an aryl group having 6 to 15 carbon atoms, and specifically, a phenyl group, a naphthyl group, an anthryl group and the like can be mentioned as preferable examples.
• halogen atom as R 1 to R 5 examples include a fluorine atom, a chlorine atom, a bromine atom, an iodine atom and the like.
• Examples of the group containing a hetero atom as R 1 to R 5 include a hydroxyl group, a carboxyl group, an alkoxy group, a thiol group, a thioether group, a nitro group, a nitroso group, a cyano group, an amino group, an acyloxy group, an acylamide group, and a non-hydroxyl group.
• Examples include aromatic heterocyclic groups, heteroaryl groups, ether bonds, carbonyl bonds, and combinations of two or more of these.
• the number of carbon atoms of the alkoxy group, the acyloxy group and the acylamide group is preferably 20 or less, more preferably 8 or less.
• this alkoxy group include a methoxy group, an ethoxy group, a propoxy group, an isopropoxy group, an n-butyrroxy group, a t-butoxy group and an octyloxy group. Of these, a methoxy group, an ethoxy group, a propoxy group, an isopropoxy group and a t-butoxy group are particularly preferable.
• the thioether group the same group as the alkoxy group can be mentioned except that a sulfur atom is used instead of the oxygen atom.
• Examples of the acyloxy group include an acetyloxy group.
• Examples of the acylamide group include an acetylamide group.
• Examples of the non-aromatic heterocyclic group include an aliphatic heterocyclic group having 2 to 15 carbon atoms, and those having a 5-membered ring to a 10-membered ring are preferable. Specific examples thereof include a tetrahydrofuryl group, a tetrahydrothienyl group, a tetrahydropyrrolill group and the like.
• Examples of the heteroaryl group include a heteroaryl group having 2 to 15 carbon atoms, and a heteroaryl group having a 5-membered ring to a 10-membered ring is preferable.
• a frill group a thienyl group, a pyrrolyl group, an oxazolyl group, a pyridyl group, a quinolinyl group, a carbazolyl group and the like.
• the further substituent include the above-mentioned substituents as the substituents R 1 to R 5, as well as an amide group, a ureido group, a urethane group, an acyl group, and an alkoxycarbonyl group.
• the substituents R 1 to R 5 have a plurality of additional substituents, at least two of the plurality of substituents may be bonded to each other to form a ring.
• R 1 to R 5 are decomposed by the action of a group containing a polar group, a group containing a group which is decomposed by the action of an acid and the polarity is increased, or a group which is decomposed by the action of an alkaline developer, and the solubility in the alkaline developer is increased.
• a group including a group can be constructed.
• At least one of R 1 to R 5 is decomposed by the action of a group containing a polar group and an acid to increase the polarity. It is preferable that the group contains a group or a group containing a group which is decomposed by the action of an alkaline developer and whose solubility in the alkaline developer is increased.
• the group decomposed by the action of the acid and the polarity is increased by the action of the acid in the group containing the group which is decomposed by the action of the acid and the polarity is increased, and the action of the alkaline developer.
• the group that decomposes by the action of the alkaline developing solution on the group containing the group that increases the solubility in the alkaline developing solution, and the group that decomposes and increases the solubility in the alkaline developing solution is specifically a general formula (described later).
• At least one of R 10 to R 14 is due to the action of the polar group in the group containing the polar group and the action of the acid in the group containing the group which is decomposed by the action of the acid and the polarity is increased.
• Decomposition by the action of the alkaline developer on the group containing the group that decomposes and increases the polarity and the group that increases the solubility in the alkaline developer by the action of the alkaline developer, and the solubility in the alkaline developer An increasing group can be mentioned.
• R 1 to R 5 represents a group represented by the following general formula (R-1).
• A represents a single bond or a (m + 1) valent linking group.
• Y represents a group independently represented by any of the following formulas (A1) to (A6).
• m represents an integer of 1 or more. When m represents an integer of 2 or more, the plurality of Ys may be the same or different.
• * Represents a bond to the benzene ring.
• R 6 represents a substituent having a carbon atom. Sulfur atom in the SO 2 in the formula (A2) is bonded to the carbon atom in R 6. Further, R 6 may be combined with A or L to form a ring. L represents a single bond, a carbonyl bond, an alkylene group, or a divalent aromatic group.
• R 7 represents a substituent having a carbon atom. N ⁇ of the formula (A3) is bonded to the above carbon atom in R 7. Further, R 7 may be combined with A to form a ring.
• R 8 represents a substituent having a carbon atom.
• Carbon atoms in the carbonyl bond of the formula (A4) is bonded to the carbon atom in R 8. Further, R 8 may be combined with A to form a ring.
• the divalent linking group of A for example, a divalent linking group is described below.
• the alkylene group is not particularly limited, but a linear or branched alkylene group is preferable, and an alkylene group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms is more preferable.
• the alkenylene group is not particularly limited, but an alkenylene group having 2 to 10 carbon atoms is preferable.
• the alkynylene group is not particularly limited, but an alkynylene group having 2 to 10 carbon atoms is preferable.
• the cycloalkylene group is not particularly limited, but a cycloalkylene group having 3 to 10 carbon atoms is preferable.
• the divalent aromatic group may be an aryl group, an aralkyl group, a heterocyclic group minus one hydrogen atom, or the like.
• the aryl group is an aryl group having 6 to 15 carbon atoms, and specific examples thereof include a phenyl group, a tolyl group, a naphthyl group and an anthryl group.
• the aralkyl group is preferably an aralkyl group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms, and more preferably an aralkyl group having 7 to 12 carbon atoms. Specific examples thereof include a benzyl group, a phenethyl group, a naphthylmethyl group, and a naphthylethyl group.
• the heterocyclic group is preferably a heterocyclic group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms, and more preferably a heterocyclic group having 6 to 12 carbon atoms.
• a thienyl group, a flanyl group, a pyridinyl group, and a benzofuranyl group can be mentioned.
• the divalent linking group may further have a substituent.
• substituents include, for example, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, an amino group, an amide group, a ureido group, a urethane group, a hydroxy group, a carboxy group, a halogen atom, an alkoxy group and a thioether group.
• the above combinations can be mentioned.
• Examples of the (m + 1) -valent linking group of A include a divalent linking group minus (m-1) hydrogen atoms.
• A is a divalent aromatic group.
• R 6 represents a substituent having a carbon atom.
• substituent having a carbon atom represented by R 6 include an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, a cycloalkyl group, and an aromatic group.
• alkyl group represented by R 6 a linear or branched alkyl group is preferable, an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms is more preferable, and an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms is further preferable.
• As the alkenyl group represented by R 6 an alkenyl group having 2 to 10 carbon atoms is preferable.
• alkynyl group represented by R 6 an alkynyl group having 2 to 10 carbon atoms is preferable.
• cycloalkyl group represented by R 6 a cycloalkyl group having 3 to 10 carbon atoms is preferable, and a cyclohexyl group is more preferable.
• aromatic group represented by R 6 include an aryl group, an aralkyl group, and a heterocyclic group, and an aryl group is preferable.
• aryl group an aryl group having 6 to 15 carbon atoms is preferable, and a phenyl group or a naphthyl group is more preferable.
• the substituent having a carbon atom represented by R 6 may further have a substituent.
• the further substituent is not particularly limited, but is preferably a halogen atom, and more preferably a fluorine atom and a chlorine atom.
• R 6 is preferably an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, or an aryl group, and more preferably an alkyl group or an aryl group.
• R 6 may combine with A or L to form a ring.
• the ring formed by bonding R 6 to A or L with each other is not particularly limited, and examples thereof include a 5- to 10-membered ring, and a 5- or 6-membered ring is more preferable.
• L represents a single bond, a carbonyl bond, an alkylene group, or a divalent aromatic group.
• the alkylene group represented by L and the divalent aromatic group are preferably mentioned.
• R 7 represents a substituent having a carbon atom.
• the substituent having a carbon atom represented by R 7 include an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, a cycloalkyl group, or an aromatic group, and the alkyl group, alkenyl group, and alkynyl group represented by R 6 above. Cycloalkyl groups and aromatic groups are preferred.
• the substituent having a carbon atom represented by R 7 may further have a substituent.
• the further substituent is not particularly limited, but is preferably a halogen atom, and more preferably a fluorine atom and a chlorine atom.
• R 7 is preferably an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, or an aryl group, and more preferably an alkyl group.
• R 7 may combine with A to form a ring.
• the ring formed by bonding R 7 to A with each other is not particularly limited, and examples thereof include a 5- to 10-membered ring, and a 5- or 6-membered ring is more preferable.
• R 8 represents a substituent having a carbon atom.
• the substituent having a carbon atom represented by R 8 include an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, a cycloalkyl group, or an aromatic group, and examples thereof include an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, and a cyclo represented by R 6. Alkyl groups and aromatic groups are preferred.
• the substituent having a carbon atom represented by R 8 may further have a substituent.
• the further substituent is not particularly limited, but is preferably a halogen atom, and more preferably a fluorine atom and a chlorine atom.
• R 8 is preferably an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, or an aryl group.
• R 8 may combine with A to form a ring.
• the ring formed by bonding R 8 to A with each other is not particularly limited, and examples thereof include a 6 to 10-membered ring, and a 6-membered ring is preferable.
• R 9, and R 9 ' independently represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent.
• the substituent R 9, and represented by R 9 ' for example, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, or an aryl group, and an alkyl group R 6 represents, cycloalkyl group and aryl group, are preferably exemplified. It said R 9, and substituents represented by R 9 'may have a substituent.
• the further substituent is not particularly limited, but is preferably a halogen atom, and more preferably a fluorine atom and a chlorine atom.
• R 9 and R 9' preferably are hydrogen atoms or alkyl groups, and more preferably hydrogen atoms or methyl groups.
• R 9, and R 9 ' may be bonded to each other to form a ring.
• R 9, and as the ring R 9 ' is formed by bonding bonded to each other, but are not limited to, include 3- to 10-membered ring, preferably 4 to 8-membered ring, 5- or 6-membered ring More preferred.
• Y is more preferably a group represented by any of the above formulas (A1) to (A4), and particularly preferably a group represented by the formula (A1) or the formula (A6).
• n represents an integer of 1 or more.
• the upper limit of m is not particularly limited, but is 5, for example.
• m is preferably an integer of 1 to 3, more preferably an integer of 1 to 2, and even more preferably 1.
• the number of anionic groups in the anion portion of the general formula (1) is the number obtained by adding 1 to the number of Y, and is 2 or more.
• the number of anionic groups in the anion portion represents the valence of the anion portion of the compound represented by the general formula (1).
• the upper limit of the number of anionic groups in the anion portion of the general formula (1) is not particularly limited, but is 6, for example.
• the number of anionic groups (valence of the anion portion) is preferably an integer of 2 to 4, more preferably an integer of 2 to 3, and even more preferably 2.
• M n + represents a cation portion.
• the cation portion of the general formula (1) that is, n in M n + represents the valence of the cation portion of the compound represented by the general formula (1).
• the valence of the anion portion and the valence of the cation portion are the same.
• the cation portion of the general formula (1) may be composed of only one type of cation or may be composed of two or more types of cations as long as it has an n-valent value. For example, when n is 4, M n + may have one tetravalent cation or four monovalent cations. In any case, the value of M n + as a whole may be n.
• n represents an integer of 2 or more.
• the upper limit of n is not particularly limited, but is 6, for example.
• n is preferably an integer of 2 to 4, more preferably an integer of 2 to 3, and even more preferably 2.
• M n + is not particularly limited, but is preferably a cation represented by (M +) n. That is, it is preferable to have n monovalent cations. At this time, the plurality of M + may be the same or different. Further, as another preferable embodiment, it is also preferable that a plurality of M + are divalent or higher cations formed by binding via a single bond or a linking group.
• the cation as M + in (M + ) n is not particularly limited, but an onium cation is preferable, and a cation represented by the following general formula (ZIA) or general formula (ZIIA) is preferable.
• R 201 , R 202 and R 203 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent.
• R 201 , R 202 and R 203 an organic group is preferable, and the carbon number of the organic group is generally 1 to 30, preferably 1 to 20.
• two of R 201 to R 203 may be bonded to each other to form a ring (also referred to as a ring structure), and the ring contains an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, an ester bond, an amide bond, or a carbonyl group. You may.
• Preferable embodiments of the cation as the general formula (ZIA) include a cation (ZI-11), a cation (ZI-12), and a cation represented by the general formula (ZI-13) (cation (ZI-13)) described later. ) And the cation represented by the general formula (ZI-14) (cation (ZI-14)).
• the divalent or higher cation when n is 2 or more may be a cation having a plurality of structures represented by the general formula (ZIA).
• cations for example, a cation represented by the general formula (ZIA) at least one of R 201 ⁇ R 203, of the general formula Another cation represented by (ZIA) of R 201 ⁇ R 203 At least one can be a divalent cation having a structure bonded via a single bond or a linking group.
• the cation (ZI-11) is a cation in which at least one of R 201 to R 203 of the above general formula (ZIA) is an aryl group, that is, an aryl sulfonium cation.
• R 201 to R 203 may be an aryl group, or a part of R 201 to R 203 may be an aryl group and the rest may be an alkyl group or a cycloalkyl group.
• aryl sulfonium cation examples include a triaryl sulfonium cation, a diallyl alkyl sulfonium cation, an aryl dialkyl sulfonium cation, a diallyl cycloalkyl sulfonium cation, and an aryl dicycloalkyl sulfonium cation.
• aryl group contained in the arylsulfonium cation a phenyl group or a naphthyl group is preferable, and a phenyl group is more preferable.
• the aryl group may be an aryl group having a heterocyclic structure having an oxygen atom, a nitrogen atom, a sulfur atom or the like. Examples of the heterocyclic structure include pyrrole residues, furan residues, thiophene residues, indole residues, benzofuran residues, benzothiophene residues and the like.
• the aryl sulfonium cation has two or more aryl groups, the two or more aryl groups may be the same or different.
• the alkyl group or cycloalkyl group that the arylsulfonium cation has as needed is a linear alkyl group having 1 to 15 carbon atoms, a branched alkyl group having 3 to 15 carbon atoms, or a branched alkyl group having 3 to 15 carbon atoms.
• Cycloalkyl group is preferable, and examples thereof include a methyl group, an ethyl group, a propyl group, an n-butyl group, a sec-butyl group, a t-butyl group, a cyclopropyl group, a cyclobutyl group, and a cyclohexyl group.
• the aryl group, alkyl group, and cycloalkyl group of R 201 to R 203 are independently an alkyl group (for example, 1 to 15 carbon atoms), a cycloalkyl group (for example, 3 to 15 carbon atoms), and an aryl group (for example, carbon number).
• the number 6 to 14), an alkoxy group (for example, 1 to 15 carbon atoms), a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a lactone ring group or a phenylthio group may be used as a substituent.
• the lactone ring group include a group obtained by removing a hydrogen atom from the structure represented by any of (KA-1-1) to (KA-1-17) described later.
• the cation (ZI-12) is a compound in which R 201 to R 203 in the formula (ZIA) each independently represent an organic group having no aromatic ring.
• the aromatic ring also includes an aromatic ring containing a hetero atom.
• the organic group having no aromatic ring as R 201 to R 203 generally has 1 to 30 carbon atoms, and preferably 1 to 20 carbon atoms.
• R 201 to R 203 are independently, preferably an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an allyl group, or a vinyl group, and more preferably a linear or branched 2-oxoalkyl group or 2-oxocyclo. It is an alkyl group or an alkoxycarbonylmethyl group, more preferably a linear or branched 2-oxoalkyl group.
• the alkyl group and cycloalkyl group of R 201 to R 203 are preferably a linear alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms or a branched chain alkyl group having 3 to 10 carbon atoms (for example, methyl group, ethyl group, etc.). Propyl group, butyl group, and pentyl group), and cycloalkyl group having 3 to 10 carbon atoms (for example, cyclopentyl group, cyclohexyl group, and norbornyl group).
• R 201 to R 203 may be further substituted with a halogen atom, an alkoxy group (for example, 1 to 5 carbon atoms), a hydroxyl group, a cyano group, or a nitro group.
• M represents an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, or an aryl group, and when it has a ring structure, the ring structure is an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, an ester bond, an amide bond, and a carbon. - May contain at least one carbon double bond.
• R 1c and R 2c each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, a halogen atom, a cyano group or an aryl group.
• R 1c and R 2c may be combined to form a ring.
• R x and R y each independently represent an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, or an alkenyl group.
• R x and R y may be combined to form a ring.
• at least two selected from M, R 1c and R 2c may be bonded to form a ring structure, and the ring structure may contain a carbon-carbon double bond.
• the alkyl group represented by M and the cycloalkyl group include a linear alkyl group having 1 to 15 carbon atoms (preferably 1 to 10 carbon atoms) and 3 to 15 carbon atoms (preferably 1 to 10 carbon atoms).
• a branched chain alkyl group having 3 to 10 carbon atoms or a cycloalkyl group having 3 to 15 carbon atoms (preferably 1 to 10 carbon atoms) is preferable, and specifically, a methyl group, an ethyl group, or a propyl group.
• aryl group represented by M a phenyl group or a naphthyl group is preferable, and a phenyl group is more preferable.
• the aryl group may be an aryl group having a heterocyclic structure having an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or the like. Examples of the heterocyclic structure include a furan ring, a thiophene ring, a benzofuran ring, and a benzothiophene ring.
• the above M may further have a substituent.
• examples of this embodiment include a benzyl group as M.
• the ring structure may contain at least one of an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, an ester bond, an amide bond, and a carbon-carbon double bond.
• Examples of the alkyl group, cycloalkyl group, and aryl group represented by R 1c and R 2c include those similar to those of M described above, and the preferred embodiments thereof are also the same. Further, R 1c and R 2c may be combined to form a ring. Examples of the halogen atom represented by R 1c and R 2c include a fluorine atom, a chlorine atom, a bromine atom, and an iodine atom.
• Examples of the alkyl group represented by R x and R y and the cycloalkyl group include those similar to those of M described above, and the preferred embodiments thereof are also the same.
• As the alkenyl group represented by R x and R y an allyl group or a vinyl group is preferable.
• the R x and R y may further have a substituent. Examples of this embodiment include a 2-oxoalkyl group or an alkoxycarbonylalkyl group as R x and R y.
• Examples of the 2-oxoalkyl group represented by R x and R y include those having 1 to 15 carbon atoms (preferably 1 to 10 carbon atoms), and specifically, a 2-oxopropyl group.
• Examples of the alkoxycarbonylalkyl group represented by R x and R y include those having 1 to 15 carbon atoms (preferably 1 to 10 carbon atoms). Further, R x and R y may be combined to form a ring. The ring structure formed by connecting R x and R y to each other may contain an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, an ester bond, an amide bond, or a carbon-carbon double bond.
• M and R 1c may be bonded to form a ring structure, and the formed ring structure may contain a carbon-carbon double bond.
• the cation (ZI-13) is preferably a cation (ZI-13A).
• the cation (ZI-13A) is a phenacylsulfonium cation represented by the following general formula (ZI-13A).
• R 1c to R 5c are independently hydrogen atom, alkyl group, cycloalkyl group, aryl group, alkoxy group, aryloxy group, alkoxycarbonyl group, alkylcarbonyloxy group, cycloalkylcarbonyloxy group, halogen atom and hydroxyl group. , Nitro group, alkylthio group or arylthio group.
• R 6c and R 7c are synonymous with R 1c and R 2c in the above-mentioned general formula (ZI-13), and their preferred embodiments are also the same.
• the R x and R y the same meaning as R x and R y in general formula (ZI-13), preferred embodiments thereof are also the same.
• R 1c to R 5c , R x and R y may be bonded to each other to form a ring structure, and the ring structures are independently formed by an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, and an ester bond. It may contain an amide bond or a carbon-carbon double bond.
• R 5c and R 6c , R 5c and R x may be bonded to each other to form a ring structure, and the ring structure may independently contain a carbon-carbon double bond.
• R 6c and R 7c may be combined with each other to form a ring structure.
• Examples of the ring structure include aromatic or non-aromatic hydrocarbon rings, aromatic or non-aromatic heterocycles, and polycyclic fused rings in which two or more of these rings are combined.
• Examples of the ring structure include a 3- to 10-membered ring, preferably a 4- to 8-membered ring, and more preferably a 5- or 6-membered ring.
• Examples of the group formed by combining any two or more of R 1c to R 5c , R 6c and R 7c , and R x and R y include a butylene group and a pentylene group.
• Examples of the group formed by bonding R 5c and R 6c , and R 5c and R x a single bond or an alkylene group is preferable.
• Examples of the alkylene group include a methylene group and an ethylene group.
• the cation (ZI-14) is represented by the following general formula (ZI-14).
• l represents an integer of 0 to 2.
• r represents an integer from 0 to 8.
• R 13 represents a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, a hydroxyl group, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an alkoxy group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, or a group having a monocyclic or polycyclic cycloalkyl skeleton. These groups may have substituents.
• each of them independently has an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an alkoxy group, an alkylsulfonyl group, a cycloalkylsulfonyl group, an alkylcarbonyl group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, or a monocyclic or polycyclic cycloalkyl.
• R 15 independently represents an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, or a naphthyl group. These groups may have substituents. Bonded to two R 15 each other may form a ring.
• the ring skeleton may contain a hetero atom such as an oxygen atom, or a nitrogen atom.
• a hetero atom such as an oxygen atom, or a nitrogen atom.
• two R 15 is an alkylene group, it is preferable to form a ring structure.
• the alkyl groups of R 13 , R 14 and R 15 are linear or branched chain.
• the alkyl group preferably has 1 to 10 carbon atoms.
• a methyl group, an ethyl group, an n-butyl group, a t-butyl group and the like are more preferable.
• R 204 and R 205 each independently represent an aryl group, an alkyl group or a cycloalkyl group.
• aryl group of R 204 and R 205 a phenyl group or a naphthyl group is preferable, and a phenyl group is more preferable.
• the aryl group of R 204 and R 205 may be an aryl group having a heterocyclic structure having an oxygen atom, a nitrogen atom, a sulfur atom or the like.
• Examples of the skeleton of the aryl group having a heterocyclic structure include pyrrole, furan, thiophene, indole, benzofuran, and benzothiophene.
• Examples of the alkyl group and cycloalkyl group of R 204 and R 205 include a linear alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms or a branched chain alkyl group having 3 to 10 carbon atoms (for example, methyl group, ethyl group, propyl group, etc.). Butyl group and pentyl group) or cycloalkyl group having 3 to 10 carbon atoms (for example, cyclopentyl group, cyclohexyl group, and norbornyl group) are preferable.
• the aryl group, alkyl group, and cycloalkyl group of R 204 and R 205 may each independently have a substituent.
• substituent that the aryl group, alkyl group, and cycloalkyl group of R 204 to R 207 may have include an alkyl group (for example, 1 to 15 carbon atoms) and a cycloalkyl group (for example, 3 to 15 carbon atoms). 15), an aryl group (for example, 6 to 15 carbon atoms), an alkoxy group (for example, 1 to 15 carbon atoms), a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a lactone ring group, a phenylthio group and the like can be mentioned.
• lactone ring group include a group obtained by removing a hydrogen atom from the structure represented by any of (KA-1-1) to (KA-1-17) described later.
• the compound represented by the general formula (1) is preferably a compound represented by the following general formula (2).
• R 1 to R 5 independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent. At least one of R 1 to R 5 represents a group represented by the above general formula (R-1).
• R 101 to R 103 independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent. The two R 101 to R 103 may be combined with each other to form a ring.
• n represents an integer of 2 or more, and the plurality of R 101 , the plurality of R 102 , and the plurality of R 103 may be the same or different, respectively.
• R 1 ⁇ R 5 in the general formula (2) has the same meaning as R 1 ⁇ R 5 in the general formula (1), and preferred examples are also the same.
• R 101 to R 103 in the general formula (2) have the same meaning as R 201 to R 203 in the general formula (ZIA), and the same applies to preferred examples.
• N in the general formula (2) has the same meaning as n in the general formula (1), and the preferable numerical range is also the same.
• the compound represented by the general formula (2) is preferably a compound represented by the following general formula (3).
• Q 1 and Q 2 each independently represent a substituent.
• R 3 to R 5 independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent. At least one of R 3 to R 5 represents a group represented by the above general formula (R-1).
• R 101 to R 103 independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent. The two R 101 to R 103 may be combined with each other to form a ring.
• n represents an integer of 2 or more, and the plurality of R 101 , the plurality of R 102 , and the plurality of R 103 may be the same or different, respectively.
• Q 1 and Q 2 each independently represent a substituent.
• the Q 1, substituent Q 2 represents a substituent represented by R 1 ⁇ R 5 in the general formula (1) can be mentioned, Q 1, Q 2 are each independently an aliphatic hydrocarbon ring group, an aryl It is preferably a group or a heteroaryl group, more preferably an aryl group.
• Q 1, Q 2 represents an aliphatic hydrocarbon ring group, an aryl group, and the hetero aryl group include aliphatic hydrocarbon ring group as the R 1 ⁇ R 5, aryl, and heteroaryl Groups are mentioned, and preferred examples are similar.
• Q 1 and Q 2 are at the 2-position and the 6-position with respect to the carbon atom bonded to the sulfonic acid anion, respectively, and thus can be said to be adjacent to the sulfonic acid anion. Therefore, the use of bulky substituents as Q 1 and Q 2, is considered to be capable of functioning as a steric hindrance group of the sulfone anion. As a result, it is presumed that the acid generated in the exposed portion of the compound (B) having such a sulfonic acid anion is less likely to be excessively diffused in the unexposed portion, and the resolving power is further improved.
• RQ6 to RQ27 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent.
• RQ6 to RQ13 may be bonded to each other to form a ring.
• RQ14 to RQ18 may be combined with each other to form a ring.
• RQ19 to RQ27 may be combined with each other to form a ring. * Represents the bond with the benzene ring in the general formula (3).
• the substituent as R Q6 ⁇ R Q27 is not particularly limited as long as it is a monovalent substituent, for example, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, a halogen atom, an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, a nitrogen Groups containing heteroatoms such as atoms and silicon atoms; and combinations of two or more of these can be mentioned.
• the alkyl group as R Q6 ⁇ R Q27 can be exemplified an alkyl group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms.
• the alkyl group is preferably an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms such as a methyl group, an ethyl group, a propyl group, an isopropyl group, an n-butyl group, a sec-butyl group, a hexyl group, a 2-ethylhexyl group, an octyl group and a dodecyl group.
• Yes more preferably an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms.
• Alkenyl group as R Q6 ⁇ R Q27 for example, there may be mentioned an alkenyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms are preferred.
• the cycloalkyl group as R Q6 ⁇ R Q27 may be a monocyclic or may be a polycyclic. The number of carbon atoms of this cycloalkyl group is not particularly limited, but is preferably 3 to 8.
• the aryl group as R Q6 ⁇ R Q27 can be mentioned C 6-15 aryl groups carbons, specifically, there may be mentioned a phenyl group, a naphthyl group, an anthryl group Preferred examples can.
• R Q6 ⁇ R Q27 for example, a hydroxyl group, a carboxyl group, an alkoxy group, a thiol group, a thioether group, a nitro group, a nitroso group, a cyano group, an amino group, an acyloxy group, an acylamido group, an ether
• the number of carbon atoms of the alkoxy group, the acyloxy group and the acylamide group is preferably 20 or less, and more preferably 8 or less.
• this alkoxy group include a methoxy group, an ethoxy group, a propoxy group, an isopropoxy group, an n-butyrroxy group, a t-butoxy group and an octyloxy group. Of these, a methoxy group, an ethoxy group, a propoxy group, an isopropoxy group and a t-butoxy group are particularly preferable.
• the thioether group the same group as the alkoxy group can be mentioned except that a sulfur atom is used instead of the oxygen atom.
• the acyloxy group include an acetyloxy group.
• the acylamide group include an acetylamide group.
• Further substituents include, for example, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, an amino group, an amide group, a ureido group, a urethane group, a hydroxy group, a carboxy group, a halogen atom, an alkoxy group, a thioether group and an acyl group. Examples include a group, an asyloxy group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, a cyano group and a nitro group, and a combination of two or more of these.
• At least two of RQ6 to RQ13 may be combined to form a ring.
• at least two of RQ14 to RQ18 may be combined to form a ring.
• at least two of RQ19 to RQ27 may be combined to form a ring.
• RQ6 to RQ13 are coupled to form a ring
• RQ14 to RQ18 are bonded
• at least two of RQ19 to RQ27 are not particularly limited as the ring formed by bonding, but are aromatic or non-aromatic. Examples include group (for example, aliphatic) hydrocarbon rings, aromatic or non-aromatic heterocycles, and polycyclic fused rings in which two or more of these rings are combined.
• Examples of the ring structure include a 3- to 10-membered ring, preferably a 4- to 8-membered ring, and more preferably a 5- or 6-membered ring.
• At least one of the above RQ6 to RQ27 is decomposed by the action of a group containing a polar group, a group containing a group that decomposes by the action of an acid and increases in polarity, or the action of an alkaline developer, and is decomposed in the alkaline developer. It is preferably a group containing a group whose solubility is increased.
• R Q6 ⁇ polar group, a group decomposing by increased polarity by the action of an acid in groups containing a group decomposed increased polarity by the action of an acid in groups containing a polar group as R Q27, and by the action of an alkali developer
• the group that decomposes by the action of the alkaline developing solution on the group containing the group that increases the solubility in the alkaline developing solution, and the group that decomposes and increases the solubility in the alkaline developing solution is specifically a general formula (described later).
• At least one of R 10 to R 14 is due to the action of the polar group in the group containing the polar group and the action of the acid in the group containing the group which is decomposed by the action of the acid and the polarity is increased.
• Decomposition by the action of the alkaline developer on the group containing the group that decomposes and increases the polarity and the group that increases the solubility in the alkaline developer by the action of the alkaline developer, and the solubility in the alkaline developer An increasing group can be mentioned.
• Q 1 and Q 2 are groups represented by the following general formula (Ar), respectively.
• R 10 to R 14 independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent. At least one of R 10 to R 14 is decomposed by the action of a group containing a polar group, a group containing a group which is decomposed by the action of an acid and whose polarity is increased, or a group which is decomposed by the action of an alkaline developer, and has a solubility in an alkaline developer. Is a group containing an increasing group. * Represents a bond to the benzene ring in the general formula (3).
• R 10 to R 14 independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent.
• substituents when R 10 to R 14 represent a substituent include an alkyl group; an alkenyl group; an aliphatic hydrocarbon ring group; an aryl group; a halogen atom; an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, a nitrogen atom and a silicon atom.
• R 10 to R 14 are preferably a group containing a hydrogen atom or a hetero atom, and are decomposed by the action of a polar group-containing group, a group containing a group that is decomposed by the action of an acid to increase the polarity, and an alkaline developer. It is preferable that the group other than the group containing the group whose solubility is increased in the alkaline developing solution is a hydrogen atom.
• At least one of R 10 to R 14 is decomposed by the action of a polar group-containing group, a group containing a group that is decomposed by the action of an acid and the polarity is increased, or an alkaline developer.
• Examples of the polar group in the group containing a polar group as at least one of R 10 to R 14 include a carboxyl group, a phenolic hydroxyl group, a fluorinated alcohol group, a sulfonamide group, a sulfonylimide group, and (alkylsulfonyl).
• Alkylcarbonyl methylene group, (alkylsulfonyl) (alkylcarbonyl) imide group, bis (alkylcarbonyl) methylene group, bis (alkylcarbonyl) imide group, bis (alkylsulfonyl) methylene group, bis (alkylsulfonyl) imide group, Examples thereof include an acidic group such as a tris (alkylcarbonyl) methylene group and a tris (alkylsulfonyl) methylene group, and an alcoholic hydroxyl group.
• the alcoholic hydroxyl group is a hydroxyl group bonded to a hydrocarbon group and refers to a hydroxyl group other than the hydroxyl group directly bonded on the aromatic ring (phenolic hydroxyl group), and the ⁇ -position of the hydroxyl group is electron attraction such as a fluorine atom.
• aliphatic alcohols substituted with sex groups eg, hexafluoroisopropanol groups.
• the alcoholic hydroxyl group is preferably a hydroxyl group having a pKa (acid dissociation constant) of 12 or more and 20 or less.
• a carboxyl group, a phenolic hydroxyl group, or a fluorinated alcohol group preferably a hexafluoroisopropanol group is preferable.
• a group having a carbonyl bond can also be mentioned.
• the group having a carbonyl bond include an alkylcarbonyl group and an arylcarbonyl group.
• the alkyl group for example, the same group as the alkyl group as R 1 to R 5 can be mentioned.
• the aryl group include the same aryl groups as the aryl groups R 1 to R 5.
• a group having a carbonyl bond is a group in which a carbonyl bond and an ether bond are not adjacent to each other.
• the alkylcarbonyl group and the arylcarbonyl group as the group having a carbonyl bond may further have a substituent.
• Further substituents include, for example, an alkyl group; an alkenyl group; a cycloalkyl group; an aryl group; a halogen atom; a group containing a hetero atom such as an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, a nitrogen atom and a silicon atom; and two or more of these. The combination of.
• the group containing a polar group is not particularly limited, and examples thereof include an organic group containing a polar group.
• examples of the organic group containing a polar group include an alkyl group; an alkenyl group; a cycloalkyl group; an aryl group; a halogen atom; a group containing a heteroatom such as an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, a nitrogen atom and a silicon atom; and two of these.
• Examples thereof include a group having a polar group, which is a combination of species or more.
• Examples of the group containing a polar group include an alkyl group containing a polar group and an aryl group containing a polar group.
• Examples of the alkyl group in the alkyl group containing a polar group include those similar to the alkyl group as R 1 to R 5.
• Examples of the aryl group in the aryl group containing a polar group include those similar to the aryl group as R 1 to R 5. Further, the group containing the polar group may be the polar group itself.
• a group that is decomposed by the action of an acid and has an increased polarity (hereinafter, also referred to as an "acid-degradable group") as at least one of R 10 to R 14 including a group that is decomposed by the action of an acid and has an increased polarity. )
• the polar group include those similar to the polar group in the group containing the polar group as at least one of R 10 to R 14.
• Rx 1 to Rx 3 independently represent an alkyl group (linear or branched chain) or a cycloalkyl group (monocyclic or polycyclic).
• Rx 1 to Rx 3 are alkyl groups (straight or branched)
• Rx 1 to Rx 3 preferably independently represent a linear or branched alkyl group
• Rx 1 to Rx 3 each independently represent a linear alkyl group. Is more preferable.
• Two of Rx 1 to Rx 3 may be combined to form a monocyclic ring or a polycyclic ring.
• Examples of the alkyl group of Rx 1 to Rx 3 include an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms such as a methyl group, an ethyl group, an n-propyl group, an isopropyl group, an n-butyl group, an isobutyl group, and a t-butyl group. preferable.
• Examples of the cycloalkyl group of Rx 1 to Rx 3 include a monocyclic cycloalkyl group such as a cyclopentyl group and a cyclohexyl group, and a norbornyl group, a tetracyclodecanyl group, a tetracyclododecanyl group, an adamantyl group and the like.
• the polycyclic cycloalkyl group of is preferred.
• Examples of the cycloalkyl group formed by combining two of Rx 1 to Rx 3 include a cyclopentyl group, a monocyclic cycloalkyl group such as a cyclohexyl group, and a norbornyl group, a tetracyclodecanyl group, and a tetracyclododeca.
• a polycyclic cycloalkyl group such as an nyl group and an adamantyl group is preferable, and a monocyclic cycloalkyl group having 5 to 6 carbon atoms is more preferable.
• the cycloalkyl group formed by combining two of Rx 1 to Rx 3 is, for example, a group in which one of the methylene groups constituting the ring has a hetero atom such as an oxygen atom or a hetero atom such as a carbonyl group. It may be replaced.
• the group represented by the formula (Y1) or the formula (Y2) is, for example, an embodiment in which Rx 1 is a methyl group or an ethyl group, and Rx 2 and Rx 3 are bonded to form the above-mentioned cycloalkyl group. Is preferable.
• R 36 to R 38 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic group.
• R 37 and R 38 may be combined with each other to form a ring.
• the monovalent organic group include an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, an aralkyl group, an alkenyl group and the like. It is also preferable that R 36 is a hydrogen atom.
• L 1 and L 2 independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, or a group in which these are combined (for example, a group in which an alkyl group and an aryl group are combined).
• .. M represents a single bond or a divalent linking group.
• Q is an alkyl group that may contain a hetero atom, a cycloalkyl group that may contain a hetero atom, an aryl group that may contain a hetero atom, an amino group, an ammonium group, a mercapto group, a cyano group, and an aldehyde.
• the alkyl group and the cycloalkyl group for example, one of the methylene groups may be replaced with a heteroatom such as an oxygen atom or a group having a heteroatom such as a carbonyl group.
• one of L 1 and L 2 is a hydrogen atom and the other is an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, or a group in which an alkylene group and an aryl group are combined.
• L 2 is preferably a secondary or tertiary alkyl group, and more preferably a tertiary alkyl group.
• the secondary alkyl group include an isopropyl group, a cyclohexyl group and a norbornyl group
• examples of the tertiary alkyl group include a tert-butyl group and an adamantan group.
• Tg glass transition temperature
• activation energy are high, so that in addition to ensuring the film strength, fog can be suppressed.
• Ar represents an aromatic ring group.
• Rn represents an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group or an aryl group.
• Rn and Ar may be combined with each other to form a non-aromatic ring.
• Ar is more preferably an aryl group.
• the acid-degradable group preferably has an acetal structure.
• the acetal structure is a structure in which polar groups such as a carboxyl group, a phenolic hydroxyl group, and a fluorinated alcohol group are protected by a group represented by the above formula (Y3).
• the group containing an acid-degradable group is not particularly limited as long as it is a group containing an acid-degradable group, and examples thereof include an organic group containing an acid-decomposable group.
• examples of the organic group containing an acid-degradable group include an alkyl group; an alkenyl group; a cycloalkyl group; an aryl group; a halogen atom; a group containing a heteroatom such as an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, a nitrogen atom and a silicon atom; and these.
• a group having an acid-degradable group, which is a combination of two or more of the above, can be mentioned.
• Examples of the group containing an acid-degradable group include an alkyl group containing an acid-degradable group and an aryl group containing an acid-degradable group.
• Examples of the alkyl group in the alkyl group containing an acid-decomposable group include the same as the alkyl group as R 1 to R 5.
• Examples of the aryl group in the aryl group containing an acid-decomposable group include the same aryl groups as the aryl groups as R 1 to R 5 .
• the group containing the acid-degradable group may be the acid-decomposable group itself.
• the groups that are decomposed by the action of an acid and whose polarity is increased are the groups represented by the following general formula (T-1) and the following general formula (T-2). It is also preferable that it is at least one group selected from the group consisting of the groups represented by), and it is more preferable that it is a group represented by the following general formula (T-1). It is considered that the group represented by the general formula (T-1) has high reactivity with an acid and the reaction easily proceeds uniformly, so that the LWR performance is particularly good.
• RT11 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group.
• RT12 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group or an aryl group, and the alkyl group and the cycloalkyl group may contain an ether bond or a carbonyl bond.
• RT13 represents an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group or an aryl group, and the alkyl group and the cycloalkyl group may contain an ether bond or a carbonyl bond.
• RT11 and RT12 may be coupled to each other to form a ring.
• RT12 and RT13 may be coupled to each other to form a ring. * Represents a bond.
• RT21 , RT22 and RT23 each independently represent an alkyl group. Two of RT21 to RT23 may be combined with each other to form a ring. * Represents a bond.
• RT11 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group.
• the alkyl group may be linear or branched, preferably an alkyl having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, more preferably 1 to 5 carbon atoms, and further preferably 1 to 3 carbon atoms. Is the basis.
• the alkyl group include a methyl group, an ethyl group, a propyl group, an n-butyl group, a sec-butyl group, a hexyl group, an octyl group and the like.
• the alkyl group may have a substituent, and examples of the substituent include further substituents that the substituents as R 1 to R 5 can have.
• RT11 is preferably a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, and more preferably a hydrogen atom.
• RT12 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group or an aryl group.
• the alkyl group may be linear or branched, preferably an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and more preferably an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms.
• Examples of the alkyl group include a methyl group, an ethyl group, a propyl group, an n-butyl group, a sec-butyl group, a hexyl group, an octyl group and the like.
• the alkyl group may have a substituent, and examples of the substituent include further substituents that the substituents as R 1 to R 5 can have.
• the alkyl group may contain an ether bond or a carbonyl bond.
• the cycloalkyl group may be monocyclic or polycyclic, preferably having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, more preferably 5 to 15 carbon atoms, and further preferably 5 to 10 carbon atoms. It is a cycloalkyl group.
• Examples of the cycloalkyl group include a cyclopropyl group, a cyclobutyl group, a cyclopentyl group, a cyclohexyl group, a cyclooctyl group, an adamantyl group, a norbornyl group, an isobornyl group, a camphanyl group, a dicyclopentyl group, an ⁇ -pinel group and a tricyclo. Examples thereof include a decanyl group, a tetracyclododecyl group, an androstanyl group and the like.
• the cycloalkyl group may have a substituent, and examples of the substituent include further substituents that the substituents as R 1 to R 5 can have.
• the cycloalkyl group may contain an ether bond or a carbonyl bond.
• the aryl group is preferably an aryl group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms, more preferably 6 to 15 carbon atoms, and further preferably 6 to 10 carbon atoms.
• Examples of the aryl group include a phenyl group and a naphthyl group.
• the aryl group may have a substituent, and examples of the substituent include further substituents that the substituents as R 1 to R 5 can have.
• RT12 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms.
• RT13 represents an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group or an aryl group.
• Alkyl group R T13 represents, cycloalkyl group or aryl group, the alkyl groups described as the R T12 represents the same as the cycloalkyl group or an aryl group.
• RT13 is preferably an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms.
• RT11 and RT12 may be coupled to each other to form a ring.
• the ring formed by bonding RT11 and RT12 to each other is preferably an aliphatic ring.
• the aliphatic ring is preferably a cycloalkane having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, and more preferably a cycloalkane having 5 to 15 carbon atoms.
• the cycloalkane may be monocyclic or polycyclic.
• the aliphatic ring may have a substituent, and examples of the substituent include further substituents that the substituents as R 1 to R 5 can have.
• the aliphatic ring may have a hetero atom (for example, a sulfur atom, an oxygen atom, a nitrogen atom, etc.) between carbon atoms.
• RT12 and RT13 may be coupled to each other to form a ring.
• the ring formed by bonding RT12 and RT13 to each other is preferably an aliphatic ring containing an oxygen atom as a ring member.
• the aliphatic ring preferably has 3 to 20 carbon atoms, and more preferably 5 to 15 carbon atoms.
• the aliphatic ring may be monocyclic or polycyclic.
• the aliphatic ring may have a substituent, and examples of the substituent include further substituents that the substituents as R 1 to R 5 can have.
• the aliphatic ring may have a hetero atom (for example, sulfur atom, nitrogen atom, etc.) other than the oxygen atom between carbon atoms.
• R T11 and R T12 are not bonded to each other, and aspects R T12 and R T13 are bound to each other to form a ring one of the preferred embodiments in the present invention Is.
• RT21 , RT22 and RT23 each independently represent an alkyl group.
• the alkyl group is not particularly limited and may be linear or branched.
• an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms such as a methyl group, an ethyl group, an n-propyl group, an isopropyl group, an n-butyl group, an isobutyl group and a t-butyl group is preferable.
• the alkyl group may have a substituent.
• substituents examples include an aryl group (for example, 6 to 15 carbon atoms), a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, an alkoxy group (for example, 1 to 4 carbon atoms), a carboxy group, an alkoxycarbonyl group (for example, 2 to 6 carbon atoms), and the like. Can be mentioned.
• the number of carbon atoms in the substituent is preferably 8 or less.
• Two of RT21 to RT23 may be combined with each other to form a ring.
• the cycloalkyl group may be a monocyclic cycloalkyl group such as a cyclopentyl group or a cyclohexyl group, or a polycyclic cycloalkyl group such as a norbornyl group, a tetracyclodecanyl group, a tetracyclododecanyl group or an adamantyl group. good.
• a monocyclic cycloalkyl group having 5 to 6 carbon atoms is preferable.
• one of the methylene groups constituting the ring may be replaced with a hetero atom such as an oxygen atom or a group having a hetero atom such as a carbonyl group.
• Groups containing groups that decompose by the action of the alkaline developer and increase the solubility in the alkaline developer It is decomposed by the action of the alkaline developing solution as at least one of R 10 to R 14 , and decomposed by the action of the alkaline developing solution on the group containing the group whose solubility in the alkaline developing solution is increased, and is contained in the alkaline developing solution.
• the group whose solubility is increased in the above is also called a "polar conversion group", and specific examples thereof include a lactone group, a carboxylic acid ester group (-COO-), and an acid anhydride group (-C (O) OC (O)).
• Acidimide group (-NHCONH-), carboxylic acid thioester group (-COS-), carbonate ester group (-OC (O) O-), sulfate ester group (-OSO 2 O-), sulfonic acid ester group (-SO 2 O-) and the like can be mentioned.
• Examples of the group containing a polarity converting group include an acyloxy group, an alkoxycarbonyloxy group, an aryloxycarbonyloxy group, an aryloxycarbonyl group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, a carbamoyl group, and an imide group.
• the number of carbon atoms of the acyl group in the acyloxy group is preferably 1 to 30, and more preferably 1 to 8.
• the number of carbon atoms of the alkoxy group in the alkoxycarbonyloxy group is preferably 1 to 30, and more preferably 1 to 8.
• the number of carbon atoms of the aryl group in the aryloxycarbonyloxy group is preferably 6 to 14, and more preferably 6 to 10.
• the aryl group in the aryloxycarbonyl group preferably has 6 to 14 carbon atoms, and more preferably 6 to 10 carbon atoms.
• the number of carbon atoms of the alkoxy group in the alkoxycarbonyl group is preferably 1 to 30, and more preferably 1 to 8.
• An imide group is a group obtained by removing one hydrogen atom from an imide.
• the acyloxy group, alkoxycarbonyloxy group, aryloxycarbonyloxy group, aryloxycarbonyl group, alkoxycarbonyl group, carbamoyl group, and imide group may further have a substituent.
• each of the above-mentioned groups can be mentioned as a specific example of the above-mentioned substituents that R 1 to R 5 may further have, preferably a halogen atom and a fluorine atom. Is more preferable.
• the polarity converting group is a group represented by X in the partial structure represented by the general formula (KA-1) or (KB-1).
• X in the general formula (KA-1) or (KB-1) is a carboxylic acid ester group: -COO-, an acid anhydride group: -C (O) OC (O)-, an acidimide group: -NHCONH-, It represents a carboxylic acid thioester group: -COS-, a carbonate ester group: -OC (O) O-, a sulfate ester group: -OSO 2 O-, and a sulfonic acid ester group: -SO 2 O-.
• Y 1 and Y 2 may be the same or different, respectively, and represent an electron-attracting group.
• the compound (B) has a group having a partial structure represented by the general formula (KA-1) or (KB-1) as a group containing a polarity converting group.
• the substructure represented by the general formula (KA-1), and the substructure represented by (KB-1) when Y 1 and Y 2 are monovalent.
• the group having the above-mentioned partial structure is a group having a monovalent or more valent group excluding at least one arbitrary hydrogen atom in the above-mentioned partial structure.
• the partial structure represented by the general formula (KA-1) is a structure that forms a ring structure together with a group as X.
• the X in the general formula (KA-1) is preferably a carboxylic acid ester group (that is, when a lactone ring structure is formed as KA-1), an acid anhydride group, and a carbonic acid ester group. More preferably, it is a carboxylic acid ester group.
• the ring structure represented by the general formula (KA-1) may have a substituent, and may have, for example, nka of substituents Z ka1.
• Z ka1 each independently represents an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an ether group, a hydroxyl group, an amide group, an aryl group, a lactone ring group, or an electron-attracting group.
• Z ka1s may be connected to each other to form a ring. Examples of the ring formed by connecting Z ka1s to each other include a cycloalkyl ring and a heterocycle (cyclic ether ring, lactone ring, etc.).
• nka represents an integer from 0 to 10. It is preferably an integer of 0 to 8, more preferably an integer of 0 to 5, still more preferably an integer of 1 to 4, and most preferably an integer of 1 to 3.
• the electron-attracting group as Z ka 1 is the same as the electron-attracting group as Y 1 and Y 2 described later represented by a halogen atom.
• the electron-attracting group may be substituted with another electron-attracting group.
• Z ka1 is preferably an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an ether group, a hydroxyl group, or an electron-attracting group, and more preferably an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, or an electron-attracting group.
• the ether group one substituted with an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group or the like, that is, an alkyl ether group or the like is preferable.
• Preferred examples of the electron-attracting group are the same as those of the electron-attracting group as Y 1 and Y 2 described later.
• halogen atom as Z ka1 examples include a fluorine atom, a chlorine atom, a bromine atom and an iodine atom, and a fluorine atom is preferable.
• the alkyl group as Z ka1 may have a substituent and may be either linear or branched.
• the linear alkyl group preferably has 1 to 30 carbon atoms, more preferably 1 to 20 carbon atoms, and is, for example, a methyl group, an ethyl group, an n-propyl group, an n-butyl group, a sec-butyl group, or t-butyl.
• Examples thereof include a group, an n-pentyl group, an n-hexyl group, an n-heptyl group, an n-octyl group, an n-nonyl group, an n-decanyl group and the like.
• the branched alkyl group preferably has 3 to 30 carbon atoms, more preferably 3 to 20 carbon atoms, and is, for example, an i-propyl group, an i-butyl group, a t-butyl group, an i-pentyl group, a t-pentyl group, and the like.
• Examples thereof include i-hexyl group, t-hexyl group, i-heptyl group, t-heptyl group, i-octyl group, t-octyl group, i-nonyl group, t-decanoyl group and the like.
• Those having 1 to 4 carbon atoms such as a methyl group, an ethyl group, an n-propyl group, an i-propyl group, an n-butyl group, an i-butyl group and a t-butyl group are preferable.
• the cycloalkyl group as Z ka1 may have a substituent, may be a monocyclic type, may be a polycyclic type, or may be a bridge type.
• the cycloalkyl group may have a bridging structure.
• a cycloalkyl group having 3 to 8 carbon atoms is preferable, and examples thereof include a cyclopropyl group, a cyclopentyl group, a cyclohexyl group, a cyclobutyl group, and a cyclooctyl group.
• Examples of the polycyclic type include groups having a bicyclo, tricyclo, tetracyclo structure and the like having 5 or more carbon atoms, and a cycloalkyl group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms is preferable. Examples thereof include a camphanyl group, a dicyclopentyl group, an ⁇ -pinel group, a tricyclodecanyl group, a tetcyclododecyl group, an androstanyl group and the like. The following structure is also preferable as the cycloalkyl group. A part of the carbon atom in the cycloalkyl group may be replaced by a hetero atom such as an oxygen atom.
• the preferred alicyclic moiety is an adamantyl group, a noradamantyl group, a decalin group, a tricyclodecanyl group, a tetracyclododecanyl group, a norbornyl group, a cedrol group, a cyclohexyl group, a cycloheptyl group, a cyclooctyl group, or a cyclodecanyl.
• a group, a cyclododecanyl group can be mentioned.
• it is an adamantyl group, a decalin group, a norbornyl group, a cedrol group, a cyclohexyl group, a cycloheptyl group, a cyclooctyl group, a cyclodecanyl group, a cyclododecanyl group, or a tricyclodecanyl group.
• substituent of these alicyclic structures include an alkyl group, a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, an alkoxy group, a carboxyl group, and an alkoxycarbonyl group.
• alkyl group a lower alkyl group such as a methyl group, an ethyl group, a propyl group, an isopropyl group and a butyl group is preferable, and a methyl group, an ethyl group, a propyl group and an isopropyl group are more preferable.
• alkoxy group preferably include those having 1 to 4 carbon atoms such as a methoxy group, an ethoxy group, a propoxy group and a butoxy group.
• substituent that the alkyl group and the alkoxy group may have include a hydroxyl group, a halogen atom, an alkoxy group (preferably having 1 to 4 carbon atoms) and the like.
• Examples of the lactone ring group of Z ka1 include a group obtained by removing a hydrogen atom from the structure represented by any of (KA-1-1) to (KA-1-17) described later.
• Examples of the aryl group of Z ka1 include a phenyl group and a naphthyl group.
• Examples of the substituent that the alkyl group, cycloalkyl group and aryl group of Z ka1 may have include a hydroxyl group, a halogen atom (fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine), a nitro group, a cyano group, the above-mentioned alkyl group and methoxy group.
• a halogen atom fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine
• Alkoxy groups such as ethoxy group, hydroxyethoxy group, propoxy group, hydroxypropoxy group, n-butoxy group, isobutoxy group, sec-butoxy group, t-butoxy group, alkoxycarbonyl group such as methoxycarbonyl group and ethoxycarbonyl group, benzyl Aralkyl groups such as groups, phenylyl groups and cumyl groups, aralkyloxy groups, formyl groups, acetyl groups, butyryl groups, benzoyl groups, cyanamil groups, acyl groups such as valeryl groups, acyloxy groups such as butyryloxy groups, the above alkenyl groups, Examples thereof include an alkenyloxy group such as a vinyloxy group, a propenyloxy group, an allyloxy group and a butenyloxy group, an aryloxy group such as the above-mentioned aryl group and a phenoxy group, and an aryloxycarbonyl
• X in the general formula (KA-1) is a carboxylic acid ester group
• the partial structure represented by the general formula (KA-1) is a lactone ring, preferably a 5- to 7-membered ring lactone ring.
• a 5- to 7-membered ring lactone ring as a partial structure represented by the general formula (KA-1) has a bicyclo structure and a spiro.
• the other ring structure is condensed so as to form the structure.
• the peripheral ring structure to which the ring structure represented by the general formula (KA-1) may be bonded for example, those in the following (KA-1-1) to (KA-1-17), or those in the following (KA-1-17), or The same can be mentioned.
• a structure containing the lactone ring structure represented by the general formula (KA-1) a structure represented by any of the following (KA-1-1) to (KA-1-17) is more preferable.
• the lactone structure may be directly bonded to the main chain.
• Preferred structures are (KA-1-1), (KA-1-4), (KA-1-5), (KA-1-6), (KA-1-13), (KA-1- 14), (KA-1-17).
• the structure containing the lactone ring structure may or may not have a substituent.
• Preferred substituents include the same substituents that the ring structure represented by the above general formula (KA-1) may have.
• any optically active substance may be used. Further, one kind of optically active substance may be used alone, or a plurality of optically active substances may be mixed and used. When one kind of optically active substance is mainly used, the optical purity (ee) thereof is preferably 90% or more, more preferably 95% or more, and most preferably 98% or more.
• the X of the general formula (KB-1) is preferably a carboxylic acid ester group (-COO-).
• Y 1 and Y 2 in the general formula (KB-1) independently represent electron-attracting groups.
• the electron attracting group preferably has a partial structure represented by the following formula (EW). * In the formula (EW) represents a bond directly connected to (KA-1) or a bond directly connected to X in (KB-1).
• n ew is the number of repetitions of the linking group represented by -C (R ew1 ) (R ew2)-and represents an integer of 0 or 1.
• n ew is 0, it means a single bond, and it means that Y ew1 is directly bonded.
• Y ew1 is a halogen atom, a cyano group, a nitrile group, a nitro group, a halo (cyclo) alkyl group represented by -C (R f1 ) (R f2 ) -R f3 described later, a haloaryl group, an oxy group, and a carbonyl group.
• a sulfonyl group, a sulfinyl group, and a combination thereof can be mentioned, and the electron-attracting group may have, for example, the following structure.
• the "halo (cyclo) alkyl group” refers to an alkyl group and a cycloalkyl group that are at least partially halogenated.
• R ew3 and R ew4 each independently represent an arbitrary structure.
• R EW3, R ew4 partial structure represented by formula (EW) also is in any structure has an electron-withdrawing is preferably an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, a fluorinated alkyl group.
• Y ew1 is a divalent or higher valent group
• the remaining bond is one that forms a bond with any atom or substituent.
• Y ew1 is preferably a halogen atom or a halo (cyclo) alkyl group or haloaryl group represented by -C (R f1 ) (R f2 ) -R f3.
• R ew1 and R ew2 each independently represent an arbitrary substituent, for example, a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group or an aryl group.
• At least two of Rew1 , Rew2 and Yew1 may be connected to each other to form a ring.
• R f1 represents a halogen atom, a perhaloalkyl group, a perhalocycloalkyl group, or a perhaloaryl group, more preferably a fluorine atom, a perfluoroalkyl group or a perfluorocycloalkyl group, and further preferably a fluorine atom or a tri.
• R f2 and R f3 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or an organic group, and R f2 and R f3 may be linked to form a ring.
• Examples of the organic group represent an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an alkoxy group, etc., which may be substituted with a halogen atom (preferably a fluorine atom), and more preferably R f2 and R f3 are (halo). It is an alkyl group. More preferably, R f2 represents a group similar to R f1 or is linked to R f3 to form a ring. R f1 and R f3 may be linked to form a ring, and examples of the ring to be formed include a (halo) cycloalkyl ring and a (halo) aryl ring.
• Examples of the (halo) alkyl group in R f1 to R f3 include the alkyl group in Z ka1 described above and a halogenated structure thereof.
• the (par) halocycloalkyl group and the (par) haloaryl group in R f1 to R f3 or in the ring formed by connecting R f2 and R f3 for example, the cycloalkyl group in Z ka1 described above is a halogen.
• the modified structure more preferably the fluorocycloalkyl group represented by -C (n) F (2n-2) H and the perfluoroaryl group represented by -C (n) F (n-1). Can be mentioned.
• the number of carbon atoms n is not particularly limited, but those of 5 to 13 are preferable, and 6 is more preferable.
• Examples of the ring in which at least two of Rew1, Rew2 and Yew1 may be linked to each other may be preferably a cycloalkyl group or a heterocyclic group, and the heterocyclic group is preferably a lactone ring group.
• Examples of the lactone ring include structures represented by the above formulas (KA-1-1) to (KA-1-17).
• the compound (B) there are a plurality of partial structures represented by the general formula (KA-1), a plurality of partial structures represented by the general formula (KB-1), or the general formula (KA-1). ) And the general formula (KB-1).
• a part or all of the partial structure of the general formula (KA-1) may also serve as an electron-attracting group as Y 1 or Y 2 in the general formula (KB-1).
• X in the general formula (KA-1) is a carboxylic acid ester group
• the carboxylic acid ester group functions as an electron-attracting group as Y 1 or Y 2 in the general formula (KB-1). Is also possible.
• the group containing a polarity converting group is not particularly limited, and examples thereof include an organic group containing a polarity converting group.
• examples of the organic group containing a polarity converting group include an alkyl group; an alkenyl group; a cycloalkyl group; an aryl group; a halogen atom; a group containing a heteroatom such as an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, a nitrogen atom and a silicon atom; and these.
• Examples thereof include a group having a polarity converting group, which is a combination of two or more kinds.
• Examples of the group containing a polarity converting group include an alkyl group containing a polarity converting group, an aryl group containing a polarity converting group, and the like.
• Examples of the alkyl group in the alkyl group containing the polarity converting group include those similar to the alkyl group as R 1 to R 5.
• Examples of the aryl group in the aryl group containing the polarity converting group include the same aryl groups as the aryl groups as R 1 to R 5 .
• At least one of R 10 to R 14 is decomposed by the action of the above-mentioned polar group-containing group, a group containing a group that is decomposed by the action of an acid to increase the polarity, or an alkaline developer. Any group may be used as long as it contains a group whose solubility in an alkaline developer is increased.
• One or two of R 10 to R 14 are decomposed by the action of the above-mentioned polar group-containing group, the group containing a group which is decomposed by the action of an acid and the polarity is increased, or the action of an alkaline developer, and is decomposed in the alkaline developer.
• the group contains a group whose solubility is increased, and one of R 10 to R 14 is a group containing the above-mentioned polar group, a group containing a group which is decomposed by the action of an acid and whose polarity is increased, or an alkaline developer. It is more preferable that the group contains a group that decomposes by the action of the liquid and increases the solubility in an alkaline developer.
• Q 1 and Q 2 are groups represented by the following general formula (Ar1), respectively.
• R 15 ⁇ R 19 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent. At least one of R 15 to R 19 represents the following substituent X.
• * Represents a bond to the benzene ring in the general formula (3).
• Substituent X hydroxy group, carboxyl group, group having carbonyl bond, alkoxy group, acyloxy group, alkoxycarbonyloxy group, aryloxycarbonyloxy group, aryloxycarbonyl group, alkoxycarbonyl group, aryloxyalkyloxy group, alkoxyalkyl Oxy group, carbamoyl group, or imide group
• R 15 ⁇ R 19 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent.
• substituents include an alkyl group; an alkenyl group; an aliphatic hydrocarbon ring group; an aryl group; a halogen atom; an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, a nitrogen atom and a silicon atom.
• R 15 to R 19 are preferably a group containing a hydrogen atom or a hetero atom, and more preferably a hydrogen atom other than the group representing the substituent X.
• At least one of R 15 to R 19 represents the above-mentioned substituent X.
• the alkoxy group as the substituent X is preferably an alkoxy group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, and more preferably an alkoxy group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms.
• the number of carbon atoms of the acyl group in the acyloxy group as the substituent X is preferably 1 to 30, and more preferably 1 to 8.
• the number of carbon atoms of the alkoxy group in the alkoxycarbonyloxy group as the substituent X is preferably 1 to 30, and more preferably 1 to 8.
• the aryl group in the aryloxycarbonyloxy group as the substituent X has preferably 6 to 14 carbon atoms, more preferably 6 to 10 carbon atoms.
• the aryl group in the aryloxycarbonyl group as the substituent X has preferably 6 to 14 carbon atoms, more preferably 6 to 10 carbon atoms.
• the number of carbon atoms of the alkoxy group in the alkoxycarbonyl group as the substituent X is preferably 1 to 30, and more preferably 1 to 8.
• the number of carbon atoms of the aryl group in the aryloxyalkyloxy group as the substituent X is preferably 6 to 14, and more preferably 6 to 10.
• the number of carbon atoms of the alkyl group in the aryloxyalkyloxy group is preferably 1 to 30, and more preferably 1 to 8.
• the number of carbon atoms of the alkoxy group in the alkoxyalkyloxy group as the substituent X is preferably 1 to 30, and more preferably 1 to 8.
• the alkyl group in the alkoxyalkyloxy group (excluding the alkyl group of the alkoxy group in the alkoxyalkyloxy group) preferably has 1 to 30 carbon atoms, and more preferably 1 to 8 carbon atoms.
• the imide group as the substituent X is a group obtained by removing one hydrogen atom from the imide.
• substituent X a group having a carbonyl bond, an alkoxy group, an acyloxy group, an alkoxycarbonyloxy group, an aryloxycarbonyloxy group, an aryloxycarbonyl group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, an aryloxyalkyloxy group, an alkoxyalkyloxy group and an imide
• the group may further have a substituent.
• the above-mentioned groups can be mentioned as specific examples of the substituents that R 1 to R 5 may have.
• At least one of R 15 to R 19 may represent the above-mentioned substituent X.
• One or two of R 15 ⁇ R 19 is preferably representative of the substituent X, one of R 15 ⁇ R 19 is more preferably representing the substituent X.
• the compound represented by the general formula (3) is preferably a compound represented by the following general formula (4).
• R 3 and R 5 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent.
• A represents a single bond or a (m + 1) valent linking group.
• Y represents a group represented by any of the above formulas (A1) to (A6) independently.
• m represents an integer of 1 or more. When m represents an integer of 2 or more, the plurality of Ys may be the same or different.
• R 20 to R 24 independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent. At least one of R 20 to R 24 represents the following substituent X.
• R 25 to R 29 independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent. At least one of R 25 to R 29 represents the following substituent X.
• R 101 to R 103 independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent.
• the two R 101 to R 103 may be combined with each other to form a ring.
• n represents an integer of 2 or more, and the plurality of R 101 , the plurality of R 102 , and the plurality of R 103 may be the same or different, respectively.
• Substituent X hydroxy group, carboxyl group, group having carbonyl bond, alkoxy group, acyloxy group, alkoxycarbonyloxy group, aryloxycarbonyloxy group, aryloxycarbonyl group, alkoxycarbonyl group, aryloxyalkyloxy group, alkoxyalkyl Oxy group, carbamoyl group, or imide group
• R 3, and R 5, R 3, and R 5 as synonymous in the general formula (3).
• R 3 and R 5 are preferably hydrogen atoms.
• R 101 ⁇ R 103, and n, R 101 ⁇ R 103 in formula (3), and has the same meaning as n, and preferred examples thereof are also the same.
• A, Y, and m have the same meaning as A, Y, and m in the general formula (R-1), and the same applies to preferred examples.
• R 20 to R 24 and R 25 to R 29 are synonymous with R 15 to R 19 in the above general formula (Ar1), respectively, and preferred examples are also the same.
• a in the general formula (R-1) is preferably an aromatic group. That is, A in the general formula (R-1) and A in the general formula (4) in the compounds represented by the general formulas (1) to (3) are preferably divalent aromatic groups. , Phenylene group is more preferable.
• the compound represented by the general formula (3) is preferably a compound represented by the following general formula (4').
• R 3 and R 5 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent.
• A represents a single bond or a (m + 1) valent linking group.
• Y represents a group represented by any of the above formulas (A1) to (A6) independently.
• m represents an integer of 1 or more. When m represents an integer of 2 or more, the plurality of Ys may be the same or different.
• R 20'to R 24'independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent. At least one of R 20 ' ⁇ R 24' represents a group containing a group decomposing increased polarity by the action of an acid.
• R 25'to R 29'independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent.
• At least one of R 25 ' ⁇ R 29' represents a group containing a group decomposing increased polarity by the action of an acid.
• R 101 to R 103 independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent. The two R 101 to R 103 may be combined with each other to form a ring.
• n represents an integer of 2 or more, and the plurality of R 101 , the plurality of R 102 , and the plurality of R 103 may be the same or different, respectively.
• R 3, and R 5, R 3, and R 5 as synonymous in the general formula (3).
• R 3 and R 5 are preferably hydrogen atoms.
• R 101 ⁇ R 103, and n, R 101 ⁇ R 103 in formula (3), and has the same meaning as n, and preferred examples thereof are also the same.
• A, Y, and m have the same meaning as A, Y, and m in the general formula (R-1), and the same applies to preferred examples.
• R 20 Formula (4)' ⁇ R 24 ' , and R 25' substituents as ⁇ R 29 ' are respectively same as the substituents as R 10 ⁇ R 14 in the general formula (Ar) Yes, and the preferred example is the same.
• At least one of R 20 at least one of ' ⁇ R 24', or R 25 ' ⁇ R 29' represents a group containing a group decomposing increased polarity by the action of an acid.
• a group containing a group that is decomposed by the action of an acid and whose polarity is increased is decomposed by the action of an acid and its polarity is increased as at least one of R 10 to R 14 in the above general formula (Ar).
• Examples thereof include groups containing the same group, and the same applies to preferred examples.
• a in the general formula (R-1) is preferably an aromatic group. That is, A in the general formula (R-1) and A in the general formula (4') in the compounds represented by the general formulas (1) to (3) are divalent aromatic groups. It is preferably a phenylene group, more preferably.
• the compound represented by the general formula (4) is preferably a compound represented by the following general formula (5).
• R 3 and R 5 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent.
• R 20 to R 24 independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent. At least one of R 20 to R 24 represents the following substituent X.
• R 25 to R 29 independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent. At least one of R 25 to R 29 represents the following substituent X.
• R 30 to R 34 independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent. At least one of R 30 to R 34 represents a group represented by the following general formula (R-2).
• R 101 to R 103 independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent. The two R 101 to R 103 may be combined with each other to form a ring.
• n an integer of 2 or more, and the plurality of R 101 , the plurality of R 102 , and the plurality of R 103 may be the same or different, respectively.
• Substituent X hydroxy group, carboxyl group, group having carbonyl bond, alkoxy group, acyloxy group, alkoxycarbonyloxy group, aryloxycarbonyloxy group, aryloxycarbonyl group, alkoxycarbonyl group, aryloxyalkyloxy group, alkoxyalkyl Oxy group, carbamoyl group, or imide group
• A' represents a single bond or a (m1 + 1) valent linking group.
• Y represents a group represented by any of the above formulas (A1) to (A6) independently.
• m1 represents an integer of 1 or more.
• the plurality of Ys may be the same or different.
• * represents a bond to the benzene ring in the general formula (5).
• R 20 ⁇ R 24, and R 25 ⁇ R 29 is, R 20 ⁇ R 24 In the formula (4), respectively, and have the same meanings as R 25 ⁇ R 29, preferred examples are also the same be.
• R 30 to R 34 independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent.
• substituents include an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, an amino group, an amide group, a ureido group, a urethane group, a hydroxy group and a carboxy group. Examples thereof include a halogen atom, an alkoxy group, a thioether group, an acyl group, an acyloxy group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, a cyano group and a nitro group, and a combination of two or more of these.
• R 30 to R 34 are preferably hydrogen atoms other than the group represented by the general formula (R-2).
• R 30 to R 34 represents a group represented by the general formula (R-2).
• A'in the general formula (R-2) represents a single bond or a (m1 + 1) -valent linking group.
• the (m1 + 1) valent linking group of A' for example, a divalent linking group is described below.
• alkylene group, alkenylene group, alkynylene group, and cycloalkylene group include an alkylene group as A in the general formula (R-1), an alkaneylene group, an alkynylene group, and a cycloalkylene group. ..
• the (m1 + 1) valent linking group of A' for example, a group formed by removing (m1-1) hydrogen atoms from a divalent linking group can be mentioned.
• A' preferably is a single bond or a methylene group.
• Y and m1 in the general formula (R-2) are synonymous with Y and m in the general formula (R-1), and the same applies to preferred examples.
• the compound represented by the general formula (4) is preferably a compound represented by the following general formula (5').
• R 3 and R 5 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent.
• R 20'to R 24'independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent. At least one of R 20 ' ⁇ R 24' represents a group containing a group decomposing increased polarity by the action of an acid.
• R 25'to R 29'independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent. At least one of R 25 ' ⁇ R 29' represents a group containing a group decomposing increased polarity by the action of an acid.
• R 30 to R 34 independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent. At least one of R 30 to R 34 represents a group represented by the following general formula (R-2).
• R 101 to R 103 independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent.
• the two R 101 to R 103 may be combined with each other to form a ring.
• n represents an integer of 2 or more, and the plurality of R 101 , the plurality of R 102 , and the plurality of R 103 may be the same or different, respectively.
• A' represents a single bond or a (m1 + 1) valent linking group.
• Y represents a group represented by any of the above formulas (A1) to (A6) independently.
• m1 represents an integer of 1 or more.
• the plurality of Ys may be the same or different.
• * Represents a bond to the benzene ring in the general formula (5').
• R 3 R 5, R 101 ⁇ R 103, and n, the general formula (4 formula (5)' R 3 in), R 5, R 101 ⁇ R 103, and has the same meaning as n, The same applies to preferred examples.
• R 20 Formula (5)' ⁇ R 24 ', and R 25' ⁇ R 29 ' are each the general formula (4') in, R 20 ' ⁇ R 24', and R 25 ' ⁇ R 29 It is synonymous with', and the preferred example is the same.
• At least one of R 20 at least one of ' ⁇ R 24', and R 25 ' ⁇ R 29' represents a group containing a group decomposing increased polarity by the action of an acid.
• a group containing a group that is decomposed by the action of an acid and whose polarity is increased is decomposed by the action of an acid and its polarity is increased as at least one of R 10 to R 14 in the above general formula (Ar).
• Examples thereof include groups containing the same group, and the same applies to preferred examples.
• R 30 to R 34 independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent.
• substituents include an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, an amino group, an amide group, a ureido group, a urethane group, a hydroxy group and a carboxy group. Examples thereof include a halogen atom, an alkoxy group, a thioether group, an acyl group, an acyloxy group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, a cyano group and a nitro group, and a combination of two or more of these.
• R 30 to R 34 are preferably hydrogen atoms other than the group represented by the general formula (R-2).
• R 30 to R 34 represents a group represented by the above general formula (R-2).
• A'in the general formula (R-2) represents a single bond or a (m1 + 1) -valent linking group.
• the (m1 + 1) valent linking group of A' for example, a divalent linking group is described below.
• alkylene group, alkenylene group, alkynylene group, and cycloalkylene group include an alkylene group as A in the general formula (R-1), an alkaneylene group, an alkynylene group, and a cycloalkylene group. ..
• the (m1 + 1) valent linking group of A' for example, a group formed by removing (m1-1) hydrogen atoms from a divalent linking group can be mentioned.
• A' preferably is a single bond or a methylene group.
• Y and m1 in the general formula (R-2) are synonymous with Y and m in the general formula (R-1), and the same applies to preferred examples.
• n is most preferably 2.
• the pKa of the acid generated by the above compound (B) by irradiation with active light or radiation is -10 or more and 5 or less.
• the acid dissociation constant (pKa) represents pKa in an aqueous solution, and specifically, using the following software package 1, a value based on a database of Hammett's substituent constants and known literature values is used. , It is a value obtained by calculation. All pKa values described herein indicate values calculated using this software package.
• pKa can also be obtained by the molecular orbital calculation method.
• a specific method for this there is a method of calculating by calculating H + dissociation free energy in an aqueous solution based on a thermodynamic cycle.
• the calculation method of H + dissociation free energy can be calculated by, for example, DFT (density functional theory), but various other methods have been reported in the literature and are not limited to this. ..
• DFT density functional theory
• pKa in the present specification refers to a value obtained by calculating a value based on a database of Hammett's substituent constants and known literature values using software package 1, and pKa is calculated by this method. If it cannot be calculated, the value obtained by Gaussian 16 based on DFT (Density Functional Theory) shall be adopted. Further, pKa in the present specification refers to "pKa in an aqueous solution” as described above, but when pKa in an aqueous solution cannot be calculated, “pKa in a dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) solution” is adopted. It shall be.
• DMSO dimethyl sulfoxide
• a preferable example of the compound (B) is a compound in which the above-mentioned anion and the above-mentioned cation are combined.
• the compounds (B-1) to (B-21) used in the examples can also be preferably used.
• Compound (B) can be synthesized, for example, by a method using a sequential coupling reaction.
• the counter cation can be converted to a desired cation M + by, for example, a known anion exchange method or a conversion method using an ion exchange resin described in JP-A-6-184170.
• X 1 and X 2 each independently represent a halogen atom, and Ak represents an alkyl group.
• R represents a substituent.
• A represents a single bond or a linking group.
• Y' represents a group represented by any of the above formulas (A1) to (A6) into which a protecting group has been introduced.
• Y represents a group represented by any of the above formulas (A1) to (A6).
• Z + represents a cation and M + represents a cation.
• Compound (B) may be used alone or in combination of two or more.
• the content of the compound (B) is preferably 0.1 to 35% by mass, preferably 0.5 to 35% by mass, based on the total solid content of the composition. 25% by mass is more preferable, 1 to 20% by mass is further preferable, and 5 to 20% by mass is particularly preferable.
• composition of the present invention may contain a compound that generates an acid by irradiation with active light or radiation other than the compound (B) as long as the effect of the present invention is not impaired.
• the composition of the present invention preferably contains an acid diffusion control agent.
• the acid diffusion control agent acts as a quencher that traps the acid generated from the photoacid generator or the like during exposure and suppresses the reaction of the acid-degradable resin in the unexposed portion due to the excess generated acid.
• Examples of the acid diffusion control agent include a basic compound (DA), a basic compound (DB) whose basicity is reduced or eliminated by irradiation with active light or radiation, and onium, which is a relatively weak acid with respect to an acid generator.
• a salt (DC), a low molecular weight compound (DD) having a nitrogen atom and a group desorbed by the action of an acid, or an onium salt compound (DE) having a nitrogen atom in the cation part is used as an acid diffusion control agent.
• a known acid diffusion control agent can be appropriately used.
• paragraphs [0627] to [0664] of US Patent Application Publication No. 2016/0070167A1 paragraphs [0995] to [0187] of US Patent Application Publication No. 2015/0004544A1, US Patent Application Publication No. 2016/0237190A1.
• Known compounds disclosed in paragraphs [0403] to [0423] of the specification and paragraphs [0259] to [0328] of US Patent Application Publication No. 2016/0274458A1 can be suitably used as the acid diffusion control agent. ..
• DA a compound having a structure represented by the following general formulas (A) to (E) is preferable.
• R 200 , R 201 and R 202 may be the same or different, and each independently has a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group (preferably 1 to 20 carbon atoms), a cycloalkyl group (preferably 3 to 20 carbon atoms) or an aryl. Represents a group (6 to 20 carbon atoms).
• R 201 and R 202 may be combined with each other to form a ring.
• R 203 , R 204 , R 205 and R 206 may be the same or different, and each independently represents an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms.
• the alkyl groups in the general formulas (A) and (E) may have a substituent or may be unsubstituted.
• the alkyl group having a substituent an aminoalkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a hydroxyalkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, or a cyanoalkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms is preferable. It is more preferable that the alkyl groups in the general formulas (A) and (E) are unsubstituted.
• DA basic compound
• benzothiazole benzothiazole, oxazole, benzoxazole, guanidine, aminopyrrolidine, pyrazole, pyrazoline, piperazin, aminomorpholin, aminoalkylmorpholin, piperidine, or a compound having these structures is preferable.
• Thiazole structure benzothiazole structure, oxazole structure, benzoxazole structure, imidazole structure, diazabicyclo structure, onium hydroxide structure, onium carboxylate structure, trialkylamine structure, compound having aniline structure or pyridine structure, hydroxyl group and / or ether bond
• An alkylamine derivative having a hydroxyl group or an aniline derivative having a hydroxyl group and / or an ether bond is more preferable.
• a basic compound (DB) whose basicity is reduced or eliminated by irradiation with active light or radiation (hereinafter, also referred to as “compound (DB)”) has a proton acceptor functional group and is active light or It is a compound that is decomposed by irradiation with radiation to reduce or disappear its proton accepting property, or to change from proton accepting property to acidic.
• a proton-accepting functional group is a functional group having a group or an electron capable of electrostatically interacting with a proton, for example, a functional group having a macrocyclic structure such as a cyclic polyether, or a ⁇ -conjugated group. It means a functional group having a nitrogen atom having an unshared electron pair that does not contribute to.
• the nitrogen atom having an unshared electron pair that does not contribute to ⁇ conjugation is, for example, a nitrogen atom having a partial structure shown in the following formula.
• Preferred partial structures of the proton acceptor functional group include, for example, a crown ether structure, an aza-crown ether structure, a primary to tertiary amine structure, a pyridine structure, an imidazole structure, a pyrazine structure and the like.
• the compound (DB) is decomposed by irradiation with active light or radiation to reduce or eliminate the proton acceptor property, or generate a compound in which the proton acceptor property is changed to acidic.
• the decrease or disappearance of the proton acceptor property, or the change from the proton acceptor property to the acidity is a change in the proton acceptor property due to the addition of a proton to the proton acceptor property functional group, and is specific.
• the acid dissociation constant pKa of the compound generated by decomposition of the compound (DB) by irradiation with active light or radiation preferably satisfies pKa ⁇ -1, more preferably -13 ⁇ pKa ⁇ -1, and-. It is more preferable to satisfy 13 ⁇ pKa ⁇ -3.
• an onium salt which is a weak acid relative to the photoacid generator
• DC an onium salt
• the photoacid generator is activated by active light or by irradiation with radiation.
• the weak acid is released by salt exchange to form an onium salt having a strong acid anion.
• the strong acid is exchanged for the weak acid having a lower catalytic ability, so that the acid is apparently inactivated and the acid diffusion can be controlled.
• onium salt that is relatively weak acid with respect to the photoacid generator
• compounds represented by the following general formulas (d1-1) to (d1-3) are preferable.
• R 51 is a hydrocarbon group which may have a substituent
• Z 2c is a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms which may have a substituent (however, carbon adjacent to S).
• R 52 is an organic group
• Y 3 is a linear, branched or cyclic alkylene group or arylene group
• Rf is a fluorine atom. It is a hydrocarbon group containing, and M + is independently an ammonium cation, a sulfonium cation or an iodonium cation.
• Preferred examples of the sulfonium cation or iodonium cation represented by M + include the sulfonium cation exemplified by the general formula (ZIA) and the iodonium cation exemplified by the general formula (ZIIA).
• compound (DCA) a compound represented by any of the following general formulas (C-1) to (C-3) is preferable.
• R 1 , R 2 , and R 3 each independently represent a substituent having one or more carbon atoms.
• L 1 represents a divalent linking group or single bond that links the cation site and the anion site.
• -X - is, -COO -, -SO 3 - represents an anion portion selected from -R 4 -, -SO 2 -, and -N.
• R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , and L 1 may be combined with each other to form a ring structure. Further, in the general formula (C-3), two of R 1 to R 3 are combined to represent one divalent substituent, which may be bonded to an N atom by a double bond.
• Substituents having 1 or more carbon atoms in R 1 to R 3 include an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, an alkyloxycarbonyl group, a cycloalkyloxycarbonyl group, an aryloxycarbonyl group, an alkylaminocarbonyl group and a cycloalkylamino. Examples thereof include a carbonyl group and an arylaminocarbonyl group. It is preferably an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, or an aryl group.
• L 1 as a divalent linking group is a linear or branched alkylene group, a cycloalkylene group, an arylene group, a carbonyl group, an ether bond, an ester bond, an amide bond, a urethane bond, a urea bond, and 2 of these. Examples include groups made up of a combination of seeds and above. L 1 is preferably an alkylene group, an arylene group, an ether bond, an ester bond, or a group formed by combining two or more of these.
• a low molecular weight compound (DD) having a nitrogen atom and having a group desorbed by the action of an acid has a group desorbed by the action of an acid on the nitrogen atom. It is preferably an amine derivative having.
• a group desorbed by the action of the acid an acetal group, a carbonate group, a carbamate group, a tertiary ester group, a tertiary hydroxyl group, or a hemiaminoal ether group is preferable, and a carbamate group or a hemiaminol ether group is more preferable. ..
• the molecular weight of compound (DD) is preferably 100 to 1000, more preferably 100 to 700, and even more preferably 100 to 500.
• Compound (DD) may have a carbamate group having a protecting group on the nitrogen atom.
• the protecting group constituting the carbamate group is represented by the following general formula (d-1).
• Rb is independently a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group (preferably 1 to 10 carbon atoms), a cycloalkyl group (preferably 3 to 30 carbon atoms), an aryl group (preferably 3 to 30 carbon atoms), and an aralkyl group (preferably 3 to 30 carbon atoms). It preferably represents 1 to 10 carbon atoms) or an alkoxyalkyl group (preferably 1 to 10 carbon atoms). Rb may be coupled to each other to form a ring.
• the alkyl group, cycloalkyl group, aryl group, and aralkyl group represented by Rb are independently hydroxyl groups, cyano groups, amino groups, pyrrolidino groups, piperidino groups, morpholino groups, oxo groups and other functional groups, alkoxy groups, or alkyl groups. It may be substituted with a halogen atom. The same applies to the alkoxyalkyl group indicated by Rb.
• Rb a linear or branched alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, or an aryl group is preferable, and a linear or branched alkyl group or a cycloalkyl group is more preferable.
• the ring formed by connecting the two Rbs to each other include alicyclic hydrocarbons, aromatic hydrocarbons, heterocyclic hydrocarbons and derivatives thereof.
• Specific structures of the group represented by the general formula (d-1) include, but are not limited to, the structure disclosed in paragraph [0466] of US Patent Publication US2012 / 0135348A1.
• the compound (DD) preferably has a structure represented by the following general formula (6).
• l represents an integer of 0 to 2
• m represents an integer of 1 to 3
• Ra represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group or an aralkyl group.
• the two Ras may be the same or different, and the two Ras may be interconnected to form a heterocycle with the nitrogen atom in the equation. This heterocycle may contain a heteroatom other than the nitrogen atom in the formula.
• Rb has the same meaning as Rb in the above general formula (d-1), and the same applies to preferred examples.
• the alkyl group, cycloalkyl group, aryl group, and aralkyl group as Ra are independently substituted with the alkyl group, cycloalkyl group, aryl group, and aralkyl group as Rb, respectively.
• it may be substituted with a group similar to the group described above.
• alkyl group, cycloalkyl group, aryl group, and aralkyl group of Ra include groups similar to the above-mentioned specific examples for Rb. Be done.
• Specific examples of a particularly preferred compound (DD) in the present invention include, but are not limited to, the compounds disclosed in paragraph [0475] of US Patent Application Publication No. 2012/01335348A1.
• the onium salt compound (DE) having a nitrogen atom in the cation portion is preferably a compound having a basic moiety containing a nitrogen atom in the cation portion.
• the basic moiety is preferably an amino group, more preferably an aliphatic amino group. It is more preferable that all the atoms adjacent to the nitrogen atom in the basic moiety are hydrogen atoms or carbon atoms. Further, from the viewpoint of improving basicity, it is preferable that an electron-attracting functional group (carbonyl group, sulfonyl group, cyano group, halogen atom, etc.) is not directly bonded to the nitrogen atom.
• Preferred specific examples of the compound (DE) include, but are not limited to, the compound disclosed in paragraph [0203] of US Patent Application Publication 2015/0309408A1.
• Me represents a methyl group.
• the acid diffusion control agent may be used alone or in combination of two or more.
• the content of the acid diffusion control agent in the composition of the present invention (the total of a plurality of types, if present) is preferably 0.001 to 20% by mass, preferably 0.01 to 20% by mass, based on the total solid content of the composition. 5% by mass is more preferable.
• the composition of the present invention preferably contains a solvent.
• a known resist solvent can be appropriately used.
• paragraphs [0665] to [0670] of US Patent Application Publication No. 2016/0070167A1 paragraphs [0210] to [0235] of US Patent Application Publication No. 2015/0004544A1, US Patent Application Publication No. 2016/0237190A1.
• the known solvents disclosed in paragraphs [0424] to [0426] of the specification and paragraphs [0357] to [0366] of the US Patent Application Publication No. 2016/0274458A1 can be preferably used.
• Examples of the solvent that can be used in preparing the composition include alkylene glycol monoalkyl ether carboxylate, alkylene glycol monoalkyl ether, lactic acid alkyl ester, alkyl alkoxypropionate, and cyclic lactone (preferably having 4 to 10 carbon atoms).
• Examples thereof include organic solvents such as monoketone compounds (preferably having 4 to 10 carbon atoms) which may have a ring, alkylene carbonate, alkyl alkoxyacetate, and alkyl pyruvate.
• a mixed solvent in which a solvent having a hydroxyl group in the structure and a solvent having no hydroxyl group may be used may be used.
• the solvent having a hydroxyl group and the solvent having no hydroxyl group the above-mentioned exemplified compounds can be appropriately selected, but as the solvent containing a hydroxyl group, alkylene glycol monoalkyl ether, alkyl lactate and the like are preferable, and propylene glycol monomethyl ether (propylene glycol monomethyl ether).
• PGME propylene glycol monoethyl ether
• methyl 2-hydroxyisobutyrate or ethyl lactate
• alkylene glycol monoalkyl ether acetate, alkylalkoxypropionate, monoketone compound which may have a ring, cyclic lactone, alkyl acetate and the like are preferable, and among these, propylene Glycol monomethyl ether acetate (PGMEA), ethyl ethoxypropionate, 2-heptanone, ⁇ -butyrolactone, cyclohexanone, cyclopentanone or butyl acetate are more preferred, propylene glycol monomethyl ether acetate, ⁇ -butyrolactone, ethyl ethoxypropionate, Cyclohexanone, cyclopentanone or 2-heptanone are more preferred.
• PMEA propylene Glycol monomethyl ether acetate
• ethyl ethoxypropionate 2-heptanone
• ⁇ -butyrolactone cyclohexanone
• Propylene carbonate is also preferable as the solvent having no hydroxyl group.
• the mixing ratio (mass ratio) of the solvent having a hydroxyl group and the solvent having no hydroxyl group is 1/99 to 99/1, preferably 10/90 to 90/10, more preferably 20/80 to 60/40. preferable.
• a mixed solvent containing 50% by mass or more of a solvent having no hydroxyl group is preferable in terms of coating uniformity.
• the solvent preferably contains propylene glycol monomethyl ether acetate, and may be a propylene glycol monomethyl ether acetate single solvent or a mixed solvent of two or more kinds containing propylene glycol monomethyl ether acetate.
• the composition of the present invention may further contain a surfactant.
• a surfactant By containing a surfactant, it is possible to form a pattern having less adhesion and development defects with good sensitivity and resolution when an exposure light source having a wavelength of 250 nm or less, particularly 220 nm or less is used. Become.
• the surfactant it is particularly preferable to use a fluorine-based and / or silicon-based surfactant. Examples of the fluorine-based and / or silicon-based surfactant include the surfactant described in [0276] of US Patent Application Publication No. 2008/0248425.
• Ftop EF301 or EF303 (manufactured by Shin-Akita Kasei Co., Ltd.); Florard FC430, 431 or 4430 (manufactured by Sumitomo 3M Co., Ltd.); Megafuck F171, F173, F176, F189, F113, F110, F177, F120 or R08 (manufactured by DIC Co., Ltd.); Surflon S-382, SC101, 102, 103, 104, 105 or 106 (manufactured by Asahi Glass Co., Ltd.); Troysol S-366 (manufactured by Troy Chemical Co., Ltd.); GF-300 or GF-150 (manufactured by Toa Synthetic Chemical Co., Ltd.), Surflon S-393 (manufactured by Seimi Chemical Co., Ltd.); Gemco Co., Ltd.); PF636, PF656, PF6320 or PF6520 (manufactured by OMNOVA); or
• a fluoroaliphatic compound produced by a telomerization method also referred to as a telomer method
• an oligomerization method also referred to as an oligomer method
• a polymer having a fluoroaliphatic group derived from this fluoroaliphatic compound may be used as a surfactant.
• This fluoroaliphatic compound can be synthesized, for example, by the method described in JP-A-2002-090991.
• a surfactant other than the fluorine-based and / or silicon-based surfactant described in [0280] of US Patent Application Publication No. 2008/0248425 may be used.
• surfactants may be used alone or in combination of two or more.
• the content thereof is preferably 0 to 2% by mass, more preferably 0.0001 to 2% by mass, based on the total solid content of the composition. It is preferably 0.0005 to 1% by mass.
• compositions of the present invention include carboxylic acids, carboxylic acid onium salts, dissolution-inhibiting compounds having a molecular weight of 3000 or less as described in Proceeding of SPIE, 2724,355 (1996), dyes, and plasticizers. , Photosensitizer, light absorber, antioxidant and the like can be appropriately contained.
• carboxylic acid can be suitably used for improving performance.
• aromatic carboxylic acids such as benzoic acid and naphthoic acid are preferable.
• the content of the carboxylic acid is preferably 0.01 to 10% by mass, more preferably 0.01 to 5% by mass, based on the total solid content of the composition. It is preferably 0.01 to 3% by mass.
• the actinic light-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition in the present invention is preferably used at a film thickness of 10 to 250 nm, more preferably at a film thickness of 20 to 200 nm. It is preferable, and more preferably used at 30 to 100 nm.
• a film thickness can be obtained by setting the solid content concentration in the composition in an appropriate range to give an appropriate viscosity and improving the coatability and film forming property.
• the solid content concentration of the actinic light-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition in the present invention is usually 1.0 to 10% by mass, preferably 1.5 to 5.7% by mass, and more preferably 1.8. ⁇ 5.3% by mass.
• the solid content concentration is the mass percentage of the mass of other components excluding the solvent with respect to the total mass of the actinic cheilitis or radiation-sensitive resin composition.
• the composition of the present invention relates to a sensitive light-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition whose properties change in response to irradiation with active light or radiation. More specifically, the composition of the present invention comprises a semiconductor manufacturing process such as an IC (Integrated Circuit), a circuit substrate manufacturing such as a liquid crystal or a thermal head, a molding structure for imprinting, another photofabrication step, or a photofabrication step. It relates to a sensitive light-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition used for producing a flat plate printing plate or an acid-curable composition.
• IC Integrated Circuit
• the pattern formed in the present invention can be used in an etching step, an ion implantation step, a bump electrode forming step, a rewiring forming step, a MEMS (Micro Electro Mechanical Systems), and the like.
• the present invention also relates to a sensitive light-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition for producing a photomask.
• the present invention also relates to an actinic or radiation sensitive film (preferably a resist film) formed by the actinic ray or radiation sensitive composition of the present invention.
• a film is formed, for example, by applying the composition of the present invention onto a support such as a substrate.
• the thickness of this film is preferably 0.02 to 0.1 ⁇ m.
• As a method of coating on the substrate it is applied on the substrate by an appropriate coating method such as spin coating, roll coating, flow coating, dip coating, spray coating, doctor coating, etc., but spin coating is preferable, and the number of rotations thereof is high. 1000-3000 rpm (rotations per minute) is preferable.
• the coating film is prebaked at 60 to 150 ° C.
• the material forming the substrate to be processed and its outermost layer for example, in the case of a semiconductor wafer, a silicon wafer can be used, and examples of the material to be the outermost layer include Si, SiO 2 , SiN, SiON, TiN, and the like.
• WSi, BPSG, SOG, organic antireflection film and the like can be mentioned.
• An antireflection film may be applied on the substrate in advance before forming the resist film.
• the antireflection film either an inorganic film type such as titanium, titanium dioxide, titanium nitride, chromium oxide, carbon, or amorphous silicon, or an organic film type composed of an absorbent and a polymer material can be used.
• an organic antireflection film a commercially available organic antireflection film such as DUV30 series manufactured by Brewer Science Co., Ltd., DUV-40 series, AR-2, AR-3, AR-5 manufactured by Chypre Co., Ltd. may be used. can.
• a top coat may be formed on the upper layer of the resist film. It is preferable that the top coat is not mixed with the resist film and can be uniformly applied to the upper layer of the resist film.
• the top coat is not particularly limited, and a conventionally known top coat can be formed by a conventionally known method.
• a top coat can be formed based on the description in paragraphs 0072 to 0082 of JP-A-2014-059543.
• the top coat preferably contains a compound containing at least one group or bond selected from the group consisting of an ether bond, a thioether bond, a hydroxyl group, a thiol group, a carbonyl bond and an ester bond.
• the top coat preferably contains a resin.
• the resin that can be contained in the top coat is not particularly limited, but the same hydrophobic resin that can be contained in the actinic cheilitis or radiation-sensitive composition can be used.
• the hydrophobic resin Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Nos. 2013-61647 [0017] to [0023] (corresponding US Patent Publication Nos. 2013/24438 [0017] to [0023]) and Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2014-56194. [0016] to [0165] of the above can be taken into consideration, and these contents are incorporated in the specification of the present application.
• the top coat preferably contains a resin containing a repeating unit having an aromatic ring.
• the efficiency of secondary electron generation and the efficiency of acid generation from a compound that generates acid by active light or radiation are increased, especially during electron beam or EUV exposure, and a pattern is obtained.
• the effect of high sensitivity and high resolution can be expected at the time of formation.
• the top coat contains at least one resin (XA) having a fluorine atom and / or a silicon atom.
• the topcoat composition may contain at least one resin (XA) having a fluorine atom and / or a silicon atom, and a resin (XB) having a content of fluorine atoms and / or silicon atoms smaller than that of the resin (XA). More preferred.
• the resin (XA) is unevenly distributed on the surface of the topcoat film, so that performance such as development characteristics and immersion liquid followability can be improved.
• the top coat may contain an acid generator and a cross-linking agent.
• the topcoat is typically formed from a topcoat forming composition.
• each component is dissolved in a solvent and filtered by a filter.
• the filter is preferably made of polytetrafluoroethylene, polyethylene, or nylon having a pore size of 0.1 ⁇ m or less, more preferably 0.05 ⁇ m or less, and even more preferably 0.03 ⁇ m or less.
• the pore size of the filter used for filter filtration is preferably 3 ⁇ m or less, more preferably 0.5 ⁇ m or less, still more preferably 0.3 ⁇ m or less.
• the filter is preferably made of polytetrafluoroethylene, polyethylene, or nylon.
• filter filtration for example, as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2002-62667 (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-62667), cyclic filtration may be performed, and a plurality of types of filters may be arranged in series or in parallel. It may be connected to and filtered.
• the composition may be filtered a plurality of times. Further, the composition may be degassed before and after the filter filtration.
• the composition for forming a top coat preferably does not contain impurities such as metals.
• the content of the metal component contained in these materials is preferably 10 ppm or less, more preferably 5 ppm or less, further preferably 1 ppm or less, and particularly preferably not substantially contained (below the detection limit of the measuring device). .. Part or all of the inside of the device used in the manufacturing process (step of synthesizing the raw material, etc.) of the raw material (resin, photoacid generator, etc.) of the resist composition can be partially or completely glass-lined, or the metal of the resist composition. It is preferable to reduce the content of impurities to a small amount (for example, on the order of mass ppm). Such a method is described, for example, in the Chemical Daily of December 21, 2017.
• the top coat is arranged between the resist film and the immersion liquid, and also functions as a layer that does not directly contact the resist film with the immersion liquid.
• the preferable characteristics of the top coat are suitability for coating on a resist film, transparency to radiation, particularly 193 nm, and poor solubility in liquid immersion liquid (preferably water). ..
• the top coat is not mixed with the resist film and can be uniformly applied to the surface of the resist film.
• the composition for forming a top coat preferably contains a solvent that does not dissolve the resist film. ..
• the solvent that does not dissolve the resist film it is more preferable to use a solvent having a component different from that of the developing solution (organic developing solution) containing the organic solvent described in detail later.
• the method of applying the composition for forming a top coat is not particularly limited, and conventionally known spin coating methods, spray methods, roller coating methods, dipping methods and the like can be used.
• the film thickness of the top coat is not particularly limited, but is usually formed to have a thickness of 5 nm to 300 nm, preferably 10 nm to 300 nm, more preferably 20 nm to 200 nm, and further preferably 30 nm to 100 nm from the viewpoint of transparency to an exposure light source. ..
• the substrate is heated (PB) as needed.
• the refractive index of the top coat is preferably close to the refractive index of the resist film from the viewpoint of resolvability.
• the top coat is preferably insoluble in the immersion liquid, more preferably insoluble in water.
• the receding contact angle (23 ° C.) of the immersion liquid with respect to the top coat is preferably 50 to 100 degrees, and is preferably 80 to 100 degrees. More preferred.
• the immersion liquid needs to move on the wafer to follow the movement of the exposure head scanning on the wafer at high speed to form an exposure pattern, so the top coat in a dynamic state.
• the contact angle of the immersion liquid with respect to the liquid is important, and in order to obtain better resist performance, it is preferable to have a receding contact angle in the above range.
• an organic developer may be used, or a peeling agent may be used separately.
• a peeling agent a solvent having a small penetration into the resist film is preferable.
• the top coat can be peeled off at the same time as the resist film is developed, it is preferable that the top coat can be peeled off with an organic developer.
• the organic developer used for peeling is not particularly limited as long as it can dissolve and remove the low-exposed portion of the resist film.
• the top coat preferably has a dissolution rate in an organic developer of 1 to 300 nm / sec, and more preferably 10 to 100 nm / sec.
• the dissolution rate of the top coat in an organic developer is the rate of decrease in film thickness when the top coat is formed and then exposed to the developer, and in the present invention, the top coat is immersed in butyl acetate at 23 ° C. Let's say the speed.
• the line edge roughness of the pattern after developing the resist film is improved, probably due to the effect of reducing the exposure unevenness during immersion exposure. effective.
• the top coat may be removed using another known developer, such as an alkaline aqueous solution.
• an alkaline aqueous solution that can be used include an aqueous solution of tetramethylammonium hydroxide.
• the present invention comprises a resist film forming step of forming a resist film using the sensitive light-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition of the present invention, an exposure step of exposing the resist film, and a developing solution for exposing the exposed resist film. It also relates to a pattern forming method including a developing step of developing using.
• the exposure is preferably performed using an electron beam, an ArF excimer laser or extreme ultraviolet rays, and more preferably performed using an electron beam or extreme ultraviolet rays.
• the exposure (pattern formation step) on the resist film may be performed by first irradiating the resist film of the present invention with an ArF excimer laser, electron beam, or extreme ultraviolet (EUV) in a pattern.
• Exposure in the case of ArF excimer laser 1 ⁇ 100mJ / cm 2, preferably about 20 ⁇ 60mJ / cm 2 or so, when the electron beam, 0.1 ⁇ 20 ⁇ C / cm 2, preferably about 3 ⁇ 10 [mu] C / cm about 2, in the case of extreme ultraviolet, 0.1 ⁇ 20 mJ / cm 2, preferably about exposed so that the 3 ⁇ 15 mJ / cm 2 or so.
• heat after exposure preferably at 60 to 150 ° C. for 5 seconds to 20 minutes, more preferably at 80 to 120 ° C. for 15 seconds to 10 minutes, still more preferably at 80 to 120 ° C. for 1 to 10 minutes.
• post-exposure baking is performed, and then the pattern is formed by developing, rinsing, and drying.
• the post-exposure heating is appropriately adjusted by the acid decomposability of the repeating unit having an acid decomposable group in the resin (A).
• the heating temperature after exposure is 110 ° C. or higher and the heating time is 45 seconds or longer.
• the developer is appropriately selected, but it is preferable to use an alkaline developer (typically an alkaline aqueous solution) or a developer containing an organic solvent (also referred to as an organic developer).
• an alkaline aqueous solution it may be 0.1 to 5% by mass, preferably 2 to 3% by mass, such as tetramethylammonium hydroxide (TMAH) or tetrabutylammonium hydroxide (TBAH). It is developed by a conventional method such as a dip method, a paddle method, and a spray method for 0.1 to 3 minutes, preferably 0.5 to 2 minutes. Alcohols and / or surfactants may be added in an appropriate amount to the alkaline developer.
• TMAH tetramethylammonium hydroxide
• TBAH tetrabutylammonium hydroxide
• the film in the unexposed portion is dissolved, and the exposed portion is difficult to dissolve in the developing solution.
• the film in the exposed portion is dissolved. Is dissolved, and the film in the unexposed area is difficult to dissolve in the developing solution, so that a desired pattern is formed on the substrate.
• the alkaline developing solution includes, for example, sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, sodium carbonate, sodium silicate, sodium metasilicate, and ammonium water.
• Inorganic alkalis such as ethylamine, primary amines such as n-propylamine, secondary amines such as diethylamine and di-n-butylamine, tertiary amines such as triethylamine and methyldiethylamine, dimethylethanolamine and triethanol.
• Alcohol amines such as amines, tetramethylammonium hydroxide, tetraethylammonium hydroxide, tetrapropylammonium hydride, tetrabutylammonium hydroxide, tetrapentylammonium hydroxide, tetrahexylammonium hydroxide, tetraoctylammonium hydroxide, ethyl Tetraalkylammonium hydroxides such as trimethylammonium hydroxides, butyltrimethylammonium hydroxides, methyltriamylammonium hydroxides, dibutyldipentylammonium hydroxides, trimethylphenylammonium hydroxides, trimethylbenzylammonium hydroxides, triethylbenzylammonium hydroxides, dimethyl
• a quaternary ammonium salt such as bis (2-hydroxytetyl) ammonium hydroxide and an alkaline a
• alcohols and surfactants can be added in appropriate amounts to the alkaline aqueous solution for use.
• the alkali concentration of the alkaline developer is usually 0.1 to 20% by mass.
• the pH of the alkaline developer is usually 10.0 to 15.0.
• an aqueous solution of 2.38% by mass of tetramethylammonium hydroxide is desirable.
• Pure water may be used as the rinsing liquid in the rinsing treatment performed after the alkaline development, and an appropriate amount of a surfactant may be added and used. Further, after the developing treatment or the rinsing treatment, a treatment of removing the developing solution or the rinsing solution adhering to the pattern with a supercritical fluid can be performed.
• the developing solution in the above step includes a ketone solvent or an ester-based developing solution.
• Polar solvents such as solvents, alcohol solvents, amide solvents, ether solvents and the like, and hydrocarbon solvents can be used.
• the ester-based solvent is a solvent having an ester group in the molecule
• the ketone-based solvent is a solvent having a ketone group in the molecule
• the alcohol-based solvent is alcoholic in the molecule.
• an amide-based solvent is a solvent having an amide group in the molecule
• an ether-based solvent is a solvent having an ether bond in the molecule.
• diethylene glycol monomethyl ether shall be applicable to both alcohol-based solvents and ether-based solvents in the above classification.
• the hydrocarbon solvent is a hydrocarbon solvent having no substituent.
• a developer containing at least one solvent selected from a ketone solvent, an ester solvent, an alcohol solvent and an ether solvent is preferable.
• the developer has 7 or more carbon atoms (preferably 7 to 14, more preferably 7 to 12, more preferably 7 to 10) and 2 or less heteroatoms from the viewpoint of suppressing swelling of the resist film. It is preferable to use the ester solvent of.
• the hetero atom of the ester-based solvent is an atom other than a carbon atom and a hydrogen atom, and examples thereof include an oxygen atom, a nitrogen atom, and a sulfur atom.
• the number of heteroatoms is preferably 2 or less.
• ester-based solvents having 7 or more carbon atoms and 2 or less heteroatoms include amyl acetate, isoamyl acetate, 2-methylbutyl acetate, 1-methylbutyl acetate, hexyl acetate, pentyl propionate, and hexyl propionate.
• Examples thereof include heptyl propionate, butyl butanoate, and isobutyl isobutate, and isoamyl acetate or isobutyl isobutate is particularly preferable.
• the developing solution is a mixed solvent of the above ester solvent and the above hydrocarbon solvent, or the above ketone solvent and the above carbonization.
• a mixed solvent of a hydrogen solvent may be used. Even in this case, it is effective in suppressing the swelling of the resist film.
• an ester solvent and a hydrocarbon solvent are used in combination, it is preferable to use isoamyl acetate as the ester solvent.
• hydrocarbon solvent it is preferable to use a saturated hydrocarbon solvent (for example, octane, nonane, decane, dodecane, undecane, hexadecane, etc.) from the viewpoint of adjusting the solubility of the resist film.
• a saturated hydrocarbon solvent for example, octane, nonane, decane, dodecane, undecane, hexadecane, etc.
• ketone solvent include 1-octanone, 2-octanone, 1-nonanonone, 2-nonanonone, acetone, 2-heptanone (methylamylketone), 4-heptanone, 1-hexanone, 2-hexanone, and diisobutylketone.
• 2,5-dimethyl-4-hexanone diisobutylketone, cyclohexanone, methylcyclohexanone, phenylacetone, methylethylketone, methylisobutylketone, acetylacetone, acetonylacetone, ionone, diacetonyl alcohol, acetylcarbinol, acetophenone, methylnaphthylketone, Examples thereof include isophorone and propylene carbonate, and it is particularly preferable to use diisobutyl ketone and 2,5-dimethyl-4-hexanone.
• ester solvent examples include methyl acetate, butyl acetate, ethyl acetate, isopropyl acetate, pentyl acetate, isoamyl acetate, amyl acetate, propylene glycol monomethyl ether acetate, ethylene glycol monoethyl ether acetate, diethylene glycol monobutyl ether acetate, and diethylene glycol monoethyl.
• alcohol-based solvents examples include methyl alcohol, ethyl alcohol, n-propyl alcohol, isopropyl alcohol, n-butyl alcohol, sec-butyl alcohol, 4-methyl-2-pentanol, tert-butyl alcohol, isobutyl alcohol, and n.
• glycol-based solvents such as ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol and triethylene glycol, ethylene glycol monomethyl ether, propylene glycol monomethyl ether and ethylene glycol mono Examples thereof include glycol ether-based solvents such as ethyl ether, propylene glycol monoethyl ether, diethylene glycol monomethyl ether, triethylene glycol monoethyl ether, and methoxymethylbutanol.
• Examples of the ether solvent include anisole, dioxane, tetrahydrofuran and the like in addition to the above glycol ether solvent.
• Examples of the amide solvent include N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone, N, N-dimethylacetamide, N, N-dimethylformamide, hexamethylphosphoric triamide, 1,3-dimethyl-2-imidazolidinone and the like.
• Examples of the hydrocarbon solvent include aromatic hydrocarbon solvents such as toluene and xylene, and aliphatic hydrocarbon solvents such as pentane, hexane, octane, decane and undecane.
• the aliphatic hydrocarbon-based solvent which is a hydrocarbon-based solvent, may be a mixture of compounds having the same number of carbon atoms and different structures.
• compounds having the same carbon number and different structures such as 2-methylnonane, 2,2-dimethyloctane, 4-ethyloctane, and isooctane, are aliphatic hydrocarbon solvents. May be included in.
• the above-mentioned compounds having the same number of carbon atoms and different structures may contain only one kind, or may contain a plurality of kinds as described above. A plurality of the above solvents may be mixed, or a solvent other than the above or water may be mixed and used.
• the water content of the developer as a whole is less than 10% by mass, and it is more preferable that the developer substantially does not contain water.
• the concentration of the organic solvent (total in the case of a plurality of mixture) in the organic developer is preferably 50% by mass or more, more preferably 50 to 100% by mass, still more preferably 85 to 100% by mass, still more preferably 90 to 90 to It is 100% by mass, particularly preferably 95 to 100% by mass.
• it is substantially composed of only an organic solvent.
• the case of substantially containing only an organic solvent includes a case of containing a trace amount of a surfactant, an antioxidant, a stabilizer, an antifoaming agent and the like.
• the organic developer is preferably a developer containing at least one organic solvent selected from the group consisting of a ketone solvent, an ester solvent, an alcohol solvent, an amide solvent and an ether solvent. ..
• the vapor pressure of the organic developer is preferably 5 kPa or less, more preferably 3 kPa or less, and particularly preferably 2 kPa or less at 20 ° C.
• Specific examples having a vapor pressure of 5 kPa or less include 1-octanone, 2-octanone, 1-nonanonone, 2-nonanonone, 2-heptanone (methylamylketone), 4-heptanone, 2-hexanone, diisobutylketone, and the like.
• Ketone solvents such as cyclohexanone, methylcyclohexanone, phenylacetone, methylisobutylketone, butyl acetate, pentyl acetate, isoamyl acetate, amyl acetate, propylene glycol monomethyl ether acetate, ethylene glycol monoethyl ether acetate, diethylene glycol monobutyl ether acetate, diethylene glycol monoethyl Estel-based solvents such as ether acetate, ethyl-3-ethoxypropionate, 3-methoxybutyl acetate, 3-methyl-3-methoxybutyl acetate, butyl forrate, propyl forrate, ethyl lactate, butyl lactate, propyl lactate, n- Alcohol-based solvents such as propyl alcohol, isopropyl alcohol, n-butyl alcohol, sec-butyl alcohol, tert-butyl alcohol, iso
• Glycol ether solvent such as tetrahydrofuran, amide solvent of N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone, N, N-dimethylacetamide, N, N-dimethylformamide, aromatic hydrocarbon solvent such as toluene and xylene.
• Octane, decane and other aliphatic hydrocarbon solvents can be mentioned.
• Specific examples having a vapor pressure of 2 kPa or less, which is a particularly preferable range, include 1-octanone, 2-octanone, 1-nonanonone, 2-nonanonone, 2-heptanone, 4-heptanone, 2-hexanone, and diisobutylketone.
• Ketone solvents such as cyclohexanone, methylcyclohexanone, phenylacetone, butyl acetate, amyl acetate, propylene glycol monomethyl ether acetate, ethylene glycol monoethyl ether acetate, diethylene glycol monobutyl ether acetate, diethylene glycol monoethyl ether acetate, ethyl-3-ethoxypropio Nate, 3-methoxybutyl acetate, 3-methyl-3-methoxybutyl acetate, ethyl lactate, butyl lactate, propyl lactate and other ester solvents, n-butyl alcohol, sec-butyl alcohol, tert-butyl alcohol, isobutyl alcohol, Alcohol-based solvents such as n-hexyl alcohol, n-heptyl alcohol, n-octyl alcohol, and n-decanol, glycol-based solvents such as ethylene glycol
• Glycol ether solvents such as glycol monoethyl ether, propylene glycol monoethyl ether, diethylene glycol monomethyl ether, triethylene glycol monoethyl ether, methoxymethylbutanol, N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone, N, N-dimethylacetamide, N, N -Examples include dimethylformamide amide-based solvents, aromatic hydrocarbon-based solvents such as xylene, and aliphatic hydrocarbon-based solvents such as octane, decane, and undecane.
• the organic developer may contain a basic compound.
• Specific examples and preferable examples of the basic compound that can be contained in the developing solution used in the present invention are the same as those in the basic compound that can be contained in the above-mentioned sensitive light ray or radiation-sensitive composition.
• the surfactant is not particularly limited, and for example, an ionic or nonionic fluorine-based and / or silicon-based surfactant can be used.
• fluorine and / or silicon-based surfactants include Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 62-36663, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 61-226746, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 61-226745, and Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 62-170950.
• Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 63-34540 Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-230165, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No.
• a nonionic surfactant Preferably a nonionic surfactant.
• the nonionic surfactant is not particularly limited, but it is more preferable to use a fluorine-based surfactant or a silicon-based surfactant.
• the amount of the surfactant used is preferably 0.0001 to 2% by mass, more preferably 0.0001 to 1% by mass, and particularly preferably 0.0001 to 0.1% by mass, based on the total amount of the developing solution. ..
• Examples of the developing method include a method of immersing the substrate in a tank filled with a developing solution for a certain period of time (dip method), and a method of developing by raising the developing solution on the surface of the substrate by surface tension and allowing it to stand still for a certain period of time (paddle).
• dip method a method of immersing the substrate in a tank filled with a developing solution for a certain period of time
• paddle a method of developing by raising the developing solution on the surface of the substrate by surface tension and allowing it to stand still for a certain period of time
• Method a method of spraying the developer on the surface of the substrate
• spray method a method of continuing to discharge the developer while scanning the developer discharge nozzle at a constant speed on the substrate rotating at a constant speed
• Etc. can be applied.
• the discharge pressure of the discharged developer (flow velocity per unit area of the discharged developer) is preferably 2mL / sec / mm 2 or less, more preferably 1.5mL / sec / mm 2, more preferably not more than 1mL / sec / mm 2.
• the flow velocity there is no particular lower limit of the flow velocity, but 0.2 mL / sec / mm 2 or more is preferable in consideration of throughput.
• the details of this mechanism are not clear, but probably, by setting the discharge pressure within the above range, the pressure applied to the resist film by the developer becomes small, and the resist film / pattern may be inadvertently scraped or broken. It is thought that it is suppressed.
• the discharge pressure of the developer (mL / sec / mm 2 ) is a value at the outlet of the developing nozzle in the developing apparatus.
• Examples of the method of adjusting the discharge pressure of the developing solution include a method of adjusting the discharge pressure with a pump and the like, and a method of changing by adjusting the pressure by supplying from a pressure tank.
• a step of stopping the development while substituting with another solvent may be carried out.
• a step of cleaning with a rinse solution may be included, but from the viewpoint of throughput (productivity), the amount of the rinse solution used, and the like, the rinse solution is used. It does not have to include the step of using and cleaning.
• the rinse solution used in the rinse step after the step of developing with a developer containing an organic solvent is not particularly limited as long as the resist pattern is not dissolved, and a solution containing a general organic solvent can be used. ..
• a rinsing solution containing at least one organic solvent selected from the group consisting of hydrocarbon solvents, ketone solvents, ester solvents, alcohol solvents, amide solvents and ether solvents is used. Is preferable. Specific examples of the hydrocarbon solvent, the ketone solvent, the ester solvent, the alcohol solvent, the amide solvent and the ether solvent include the same as those described for the developing solution containing the organic solvent.
• butyl acetate and methyl isobutyl carbinol can be preferably mentioned.
• a rinsing solution containing at least one organic solvent selected from the group consisting of an ester solvent, an alcohol solvent, and a hydrocarbon solvent is more preferable. It is preferable to carry out the step of washing with an alcohol solvent, and more preferably to carry out the step of washing with a rinsing solution containing an alcohol solvent or a hydrocarbon solvent.
• the organic solvent contained in the rinsing solution it is preferable to use a hydrocarbon solvent among the organic solvents, and it is more preferable to use an aliphatic hydrocarbon solvent.
• an aliphatic hydrocarbon solvent having 5 or more carbon atoms for example, pentane, hexane, octane, decane, undecane, dodecane, etc.
• Hexadecane, etc. is preferable
• an aliphatic hydrocarbon-based solvent having 8 or more carbon atoms is preferable
• an aliphatic hydrocarbon-based solvent having 10 or more carbon atoms is more preferable.
• the upper limit of the number of carbon atoms of the above-mentioned aliphatic hydrocarbon solvent is not particularly limited, but for example, 16 or less is mentioned, 14 or less is preferable, and 12 or less is more preferable.
• decane, undecane, and dodecane are particularly preferable, and undecane is most preferable.
• Each of the above components may be mixed in a plurality or mixed with an organic solvent other than the above.
• the water content in the rinse liquid is preferably 10% by mass or less, more preferably 5% by mass or less, and particularly preferably 3% by mass or less. Good development characteristics can be obtained by setting the water content to 10% by mass or less.
• the vapor pressure of the rinse solution used after the step of developing with a developer containing an organic solvent is preferably 0.05 kPa or more and 5 kPa or less, more preferably 0.1 kPa or more and 5 kPa or less at 20 ° C. Most preferably 12 kPa or more and 3 kPa or less.
• An appropriate amount of surfactant can be added to the rinse solution before use.
• the wafer developed using the developer containing an organic solvent is washed with the above-mentioned rinse solution containing an organic solvent.
• the cleaning treatment method is not particularly limited, but for example, a method of continuously discharging the rinse liquid onto a substrate rotating at a constant speed (rotary coating method), or a method of immersing the substrate in a tank filled with the rinse liquid for a certain period of time.
• a method (dip method), a method of spraying a rinse solution on the surface of the substrate (spray method), etc. can be applied.
• the cleaning treatment is performed by the rotary coating method, and after cleaning, the substrate is rotated at a rotation speed of 2000 rpm to 4000 rpm.
• the heating step after the rinsing step is usually 40 to 160 ° C., preferably 70 to 95 ° C., usually 10 seconds to 3 minutes, preferably 30 seconds to 90 seconds.
• JP-A-2015-216403 When there is no step of washing with a rinsing liquid, for example, the development processing method described in paragraphs [0014] to [0083] of JP-A-2015-216403 can be adopted.
• the pattern forming method of the present invention may include a developing step using an organic developer and a developing step using an alkaline developer. A portion having a weak exposure intensity is removed by development using an organic developer, and a portion having a strong exposure intensity is also removed by development using an alkaline developer.
• the sensitive light or radiation-sensitive composition of the present invention and various materials used in the pattern forming method of the present invention (for example, resist solvent, developer, rinse liquid, antireflection film forming composition, top coat formation).
• the composition for use, etc.) preferably does not contain impurities such as metals, metal salts containing halogens, acids, alkalis, components containing sulfur atoms or phosphorus atoms.
• impurities containing metal atoms include Na, K, Ca, Fe, Cu, Mn, Mg, Al, Cr, Ni, Zn, Ag, Sn, Pb, Li, and salts thereof. can.
• the content of impurities contained in these materials is preferably 1 ppm or less, more preferably 1 ppb or less, further preferably 100 ppt (parts per trillion) or less, particularly preferably 10 ppt or less, and substantially not contained (in the measuring device). (Being below the detection limit) is most preferable.
• a method for removing impurities such as metals from various materials for example, filtration using a filter can be mentioned.
• the filter pore size is preferably 10 nm or less, more preferably 5 nm or less, and even more preferably 3 nm or less.
• a filter made of polytetrafluoroethylene, polyethylene, or nylon is preferable.
• the filter may be a composite material in which these materials and an ion exchange medium are combined.
• the filter may be one that has been pre-cleaned with an organic solvent.
• Filter In the filtration step, a plurality of types of filters may be connected in series or in parallel. When using a plurality of types of filters, filters having different pore diameters and / or materials may be used in combination. Further, various materials may be filtered a plurality of times, and the step of filtering the various materials a plurality of times may be a circulation filtration step. Further, as a method for reducing impurities such as metals contained in various materials, a raw material having a low metal content is selected as a raw material constituting various materials, and a filter filtering is performed on the raw materials constituting various materials.
• Examples thereof include a method of lining the inside with Teflon (registered trademark) and performing distillation under conditions in which contamination is suppressed as much as possible.
• the preferred conditions for filter filtration performed on the raw materials constituting the various materials are the same as those described above.
• impurities may be removed by an adsorbent, and filter filtration and an adsorbent may be used in combination.
• adsorbent a known adsorbent can be used.
• an inorganic adsorbent such as silica gel or zeolite, or an organic adsorbent such as activated carbon can be used.
• a raw material having a low metal content is selected as a raw material constituting various materials, and a filter is applied to the raw material constituting various materials.
• a filter is applied to the raw material constituting various materials. Examples thereof include a method of performing filtration, lining the inside of the apparatus with Teflon (registered trademark), and the like, and performing distillation under conditions in which contamination is suppressed as much as possible.
• the preferred conditions for filter filtration performed on the raw materials constituting the various materials are the same as those described above.
• impurities may be removed by an adsorbent, or filter filtration and an adsorbent may be used in combination.
• the adsorbent a known adsorbent can be used.
• an inorganic adsorbent such as silica gel or zeolite, or an organic adsorbent such as activated carbon can be used.
• an organic solvent also referred to as "organic treatment liquid” that can be used for a developing solution and a rinsing liquid
• a container for a chemical amplification type or non-chemical amplification type resist film patterning organic treatment liquid having a storage portion is used. It is preferable to use the preserved one.
• the storage container for example, the inner wall of the storage part in contact with the organic treatment liquid may be a resin different from polyethylene resin, polypropylene resin, or polyethylene-polypropylene resin, or rust-preventive / metal elution-prevention treatment. It is preferable that the container is a container for an organic treatment liquid for patterning a resist film, which is formed of the applied metal.
• An organic solvent to be used as an organic treatment liquid for patterning a resist film is stored in the storage part of the storage container, and the one discharged from the storage part can be used at the time of patterning the resist film. ..
• this seal portion is also selected from the group consisting of polyethylene resin, polypropylene resin, and polyethylene-polypropylene resin. It is preferably formed from a resin different from one or more kinds of resins, or a metal that has been subjected to rust prevention / metal elution prevention treatment.
• the seal portion means a member capable of blocking the accommodating portion and the outside air, and a packing, an O-ring, or the like can be preferably mentioned.
• the resin different from one or more resins selected from the group consisting of polyethylene resin, polypropylene resin, and polyethylene-polypropylene resin is preferably a perfluoro resin.
• perfluororesin examples include ethylene tetrafluoride resin (PTFE), ethylene tetrafluoride / perfluoroalkyl vinyl ether copolymer (PFA), ethylene tetrafluoride-propylene hexafluoride copolymer resin (FEP), and tetrafluoride.
• PTFE ethylene tetrafluoride resin
• PFA perfluoroalkyl vinyl ether copolymer
• FEP ethylene tetrafluoride-propylene hexafluoride copolymer resin
• tetrafluoride Ethylene-ethylene copolymer resin (ETFE), ethylene trifluorochloride-ethylene copolymer resin (ECTFE), vinylidene fluoride resin (PVDF), ethylene trifluoride copolymer resin (PCTFE), vinyl fluoride resin ( PVF) and the like can be mentioned.
• Particularly preferable perfluororesins include ethylene tetrafluoride resins, ethylene tetrafluoride / perfluoroalkyl vinyl ether copolymers, and ethylene tetrafluoride-propylene hexafluoride copolymer resins.
• Examples of the metal in the metal subjected to the rust-preventing / metal elution-preventing treatment include carbon steel, alloy steel, nickel-chromium steel, nickel-chromium molybdenum steel, chrome steel, chrome molybdenum steel, manganese steel and the like.
• film technology as a rust preventive / metal elution preventive treatment.
• the coating technology is roughly divided into three types: metal coating (various types of plating), inorganic coating (various chemical conversion treatments, glass, concrete, ceramics, etc.) and organic coating (rust preventive oil, paint, rubber, plastics). ..
• Preferred film technology includes surface treatment with rust preventive oil, rust preventive, corrosion inhibitor, chelate compound, peelable plastic, and lining agent.
• carboxylic acids such as chromate, nitrite, silicate, phosphate, oleic acid, dimer acid, and naphthenic acid, carboxylic acid metal soap, sulfonate, amine salt, and ester (glycerin ester of higher fatty acid).
• ester glycolin ester of higher fatty acid
• a phosphoric acid ester a chelate compound such as ethylenedianetetraacetic acid, gluconic acid, nitrilotriacetic acid, hydroxyethylethiorangeamine tri-acid, diethylenetriamine pentaric acid, and a fluororesin lining are preferable. Particularly preferred are phosphate treatment and fluororesin lining.
• pretreatment is a stage before the rust prevention treatment. It is also preferable to adopt.
• a treatment of removing various corrosive factors such as chlorides and sulfates existing on the metal surface by cleaning or polishing can be preferably mentioned.
• the storage container includes the following.
• examples of the storage container that can be used in the present invention include the containers described in JP-A-11-021393 [0013] to [0030] and JP-A-10-45961 [0012]-[0024]. be able to.
• the organic treatment liquid of the present invention may be added with a conductive compound.
• the conductive compound is not particularly limited, and examples thereof include methanol.
• the addition quality is not particularly limited, but is preferably 10% by mass or less, more preferably 5% by mass or less, from the viewpoint of maintaining preferable development characteristics.
• SUS stainless steel
• antistatic polyethylene, polypropylene, or fluororesin polytetrafluoroethylene, perfluoroalkoxy resin, etc.
• antistatic treated polyethylene, polypropylene, or fluororesin polytetrafluoroethylene, perfluoroalkoxy resin, etc.
• the developer and the rinse liquid are stored in the waste liquid tank through a pipe after use.
• a hydrocarbon solvent is used as the rinsing solution
• the solvent in which the resist dissolves is again applied to the piping in order to prevent the resist dissolved in the developing solution from precipitating and adhering to the back surface of the wafer or the side surface of the piping.
• a method of passing through the pipe a method of cleaning the back surface and side surfaces of the substrate with a solvent in which the resist dissolves after cleaning with a rinse solution and flowing the substrate, or a method in which the solvent in which the resist dissolves without contacting the resist is passed through the pipe. There is a method of flowing.
• the solvent to be passed through the pipe is not particularly limited as long as it can dissolve the resist, and examples thereof include the above-mentioned organic solvents, such as propylene glycol monomethyl ether acetate (PGMEA), propylene glycol monoethyl ether acetate, and propylene glycol monopropyl.
• organic solvents such as propylene glycol monomethyl ether acetate (PGMEA), propylene glycol monoethyl ether acetate, and propylene glycol monopropyl.
• the present invention also relates to a photomask produced by using the above-mentioned pattern forming method.
• the photomask created by using the above-mentioned pattern forming method is a light-transmitting mask used in an ArF excimer laser or the like, or a light-reflecting mask used in a reflection system lithography using EUV light as a light source. May be good.
• the present invention also relates to a method for manufacturing an electronic device, including the above-mentioned pattern forming method.
• the electronic device manufactured by the method for manufacturing an electronic device of the present invention is suitably mounted on an electric electronic device (for example, a home appliance, an OA (Office Automation) related device, a media related device, an optical device, a communication device, etc.). Will be done.
• an electric electronic device for example, a home appliance, an OA (Office Automation) related device, a media related device, an optical device, a communication device, etc.
• Q 1 and Q 2 each independently represent a substituent.
• R 3 to R 5 independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent. At least one of R 3 to R 5 represents a group represented by the following general formula (R-1).
• R 101 to R 103 independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent. The two R 101 to R 103 may be combined with each other to form a ring.
• n represents an integer of 2 or more, and the plurality of R 101 , the plurality of R 102 , and the plurality of R 103 may be the same or different, respectively.
• A represents a single bond or a (m + 1) valent linking group.
• Y represents a group independently represented by any of the following formulas (A1) to (A6).
• m represents an integer of 1 or more. When m represents an integer of 2 or more, the plurality of Ys may be the same or different.
• * Represents a bond to the benzene ring.
• R 6 represents a substituent having a carbon atom. Sulfur atom in the SO 2 in the formula (A2) is bonded to the carbon atom in R 6. Further, R 6 may be combined with A or L to form a ring. L represents a single bond, a carbonyl bond, an alkylene group, or a divalent aromatic group.
• R 7 represents a substituent having a carbon atom. N ⁇ of the formula (A3) is bonded to the above carbon atom in R 7. Further, R 7 may be combined with A to form a ring.
• R 8 represents a substituent having a carbon atom.
• Carbon atoms in the carbonyl bond of the formula (A4) is bonded to the carbon atom in R 8. Further, R 8 may be combined with A to form a ring.
• Q 1 , Q 2 , R 3 to R 5 , R 101 to R 103 , and n in the general formula (3) are Q 1 , Q 2 , R 3 in the general formula (3) in the above compound (B).
• A, Y, and m in the general formula (R-1) are the same as A, Y, and m in the group represented by the general formula (R-1) in the compound (B).
• the groups in the formulas (A1) to (A6) are the same as the groups in the formulas (A1) to (A6) in the compound (B).
• the present invention also relates to a compound in which Q 1 and Q 2 are independently aliphatic hydrocarbon ring groups, aryl groups, or heteroaryl groups in the above general formula (3).
• Formula (3) aliphatic hydrocarbon ring group Q 1, Q 2 represents in aryl group, and heteroaryl groups, Q 1, Q 2 in the general formula (3) in the compound (B) Similar to the aliphatic hydrocarbon ring group, aryl group, and heteroaryl group represented.
• ⁇ Resin (A)> The structure of the repeating unit of the resin (A) used, its content (molar ratio), weight average molecular weight (Mw), and dispersity (Mw / Mn) are shown below.
• the numbers attached to the leftmost repeating unit in the resin (A-20) to the resin (A-25) represent the content (molar ratio) of the repeating unit.
• the numbers attached to each repeating unit in the resin (A-26) and the resin (A-27) represent the content (molar ratio).
• the numbers attached to the repeating units on the right side of the resins (A-28) to the resins (A-30) represent the content (molar ratio) of the repeating units.
• the numbers attached to each repeating unit of the resin (A-31) and the resin (A-32) represent the content (molar ratio).
• Me represents a methyl group and Bu represents an n-butyl group.
• W-1 to W-4 were used as the surfactant.
• W-1 Megafuck R08 (manufactured by Dainippon Ink and Chemicals Co., Ltd .; fluorine and silicon)
• W-2 Polysiloxane polymer KP-341 (manufactured by Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd .; silicon-based)
• W-3 Troyl S-366 (manufactured by Troy Chemical Co., Ltd .; fluorine-based)
• W-4 PF6320 (manufactured by OMNOVA; fluorine-based)
• Preparation and coating of resist composition (1) Preparation of Support An 8-inch wafer on which Cr oxide nitride was vapor-deposited (a product with a shielding film treatment used for ordinary photomask blanks) was prepared. (2) Preparation of resist composition A solution was prepared by dissolving the components shown in Table 2 in the solvent shown in the same table, and this was filtered through a polyethylene filter having a pore size of 0.03 ⁇ m to prepare a resist composition. (3) Preparation of resist film A resist composition is applied onto the above 8-inch wafer using a spin coater Mark8 manufactured by Tokyo Electron, and dried on a hot plate at 120 ° C. for 600 seconds to obtain a resist film having a film thickness of 100 nm. rice field. That is, a resist-coated wafer was obtained.
• EB exposure and development (4) Preparation of resist pattern
• the resist film obtained in (3) above was subjected to pattern irradiation using an electron beam drawing apparatus (manufactured by Advantest Co., Ltd .; F7000S, acceleration voltage 50 KeV). After irradiation, it was heated on a hot plate at 100 ° C. for 600 seconds, immersed in a 2.38 mass% tetramethylammonium hydroxide (TMAH) aqueous solution for 60 seconds, rinsed with water for 30 seconds, and dried.
• TMAH tetramethylammonium hydroxide
• the irradiation energy when resolving a 1: 1 line-and-space pattern with a line width of 50 nm was defined as the sensitivity (Eop).
• AA with a value of less than 0.25
• A with a value of 0.25 or more and less than 0.5
• B with a value of 0.5 or more and less than 1.0
• C with a value of 1.0 or more and less than 5.0.
• Those of 5.0 or more were designated as D. The smaller the value, the better the performance.
• the content (mass%) of each component other than the solvent means the content ratio to the total solid content.
• Table 2 below shows the content ratio (mass%) of the solvent used with respect to the total solvent.
• EUV exposure equipment Micro Exposure Tool manufactured by Exitech, NA (numerical aperture) 0.3, Quadrupole, outer sigma 0.
• TMAH tetramethylammonium hydroxide
• the irradiation energy when resolving a 1: 1 line-and-space pattern with a line width of 50 nm was defined as the sensitivity (Eop).
• AA with a value of less than 0.25
• A with a value of 0.25 or more and less than 0.5
• B with a value of 0.5 or more and less than 1.0
• C with a value of 1.0 or more and less than 5.0.
• Those of 5.0 or more were designated as D. The smaller the value, the better the performance.
• a radiation-sensitive resin composition in ultrafine pattern formation (particularly, line width or space width is 30 nm or less), the sensitivity light property that can improve roughness performance, improve resolution, and reduce development defects at a high level.
• a radiation-sensitive resin composition can be provided.

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