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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a CD-R having high solubility in an organic solvent, high sensitivity and high-speed recording characteristics, and high light stability. Provided is a novel phthalocyanine compound having properties suitable for use as a coloring matter. SOLUTION: The phthalocyanine compound represented by the following general formula (1). Embedded image (Wherein, R represents an alkyl group which may have a substituent or an aryl group which may have a substituent having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; M represents Cu, Ni, Co, Zn, Pd, Cd, VO Or 1 to 16 around the phthalocyanine skeleton Indicates the position number of the carbon atom, and the substituent R (O =) The oxygen atom of CO is bonded to four carbon atoms selected from any of 1-4, any of 5-8, any of 9-12 or any of 13-16) |