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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2012
Katsumi Maeda, Tokyo, JP;
Shin Nakamura, Tokyo, JP;
Kentaro Nakahara, Tokyo, JP;
Terumasa Shimoyama, Tokyo, JP;
Katsumi Maeda, Tokyo, JP;
Shin Nakamura, Tokyo, JP;
Kentaro Nakahara, Tokyo, JP;
Terumasa Shimoyama, Tokyo, JP;
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a compound useful as a photoelectric conversion dye having excellent photoelectric conversion performance. The compound according to the present invention is a thiazole-based compound represented by the following general formula (1), a tautomer or stereoisomer thereof, or a salt thereof. In the general formula (1), Rrepresents a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted, linear or branched alkyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, Rrepresents a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted, linear or branched alkyl group, or a cyano group, D represents an organic group comprising an electron-donating substituent, Z represents a linking group having a heteroaromatic ring or at least one hydrocarbon group selected from the group consisting of an aromatic ring, a vinylene group (—CH═CH—), or an ethynylene group (—C≡C—), and M represents a hydrogen atom or a salt-forming cation.