US 12,006,292 B2
Photoresponsive compound
Yukiko Nakai, Toyohashi (JP); Kouji Sugama, Musashino (JP); Kazuaki Nakamura, Hino (JP); and Toyoko Shibata, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Apr. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/659,730.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-078059 (JP), filed on Apr. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0067136 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. C07D 231/12 (2006.01); C09J 7/25 (2018.01); G03G 9/087 (2006.01); G03G 15/20 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01); C08F 212/08 (2006.01); C08F 220/18 (2006.01); C08F 257/02 (2006.01); C08F 285/00 (2006.01); G03G 9/09 (2006.01)
CPC C07D 231/12 (2013.01) [C09J 7/25 (2018.01); G03G 9/08708 (2013.01); G03G 9/08728 (2013.01); G03G 15/2064 (2013.01); B41J 11/0021 (2021.01); C08F 212/08 (2013.01); C08F 220/1806 (2020.02); C08F 257/02 (2013.01); C08F 285/00 (2013.01); G03G 9/0922 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A compound represented by the following general formula (1), which is fluidized by light irradiation and reversibly non-fluidized:

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wherein
Z1 and Z2 are CH or N, and Z1≠Z2;
R1 is an aromatic hydrocarbon group having a substituent Ra selected from the group consisting of an alkyl group, an alkoxy group and a halogen atom at each of two ortho positions with respect to Z1; and
R2 is represented by the following formula:

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wherein Rc is an alkyl group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, or an alkoxy group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms.