| abstract |
PCT No. PCT/JP91/00677 Sec. 371 Date Jan. 24, 1992 Sec. 102(e) Date Jan. 24, 1992 PCT Filed May 22, 1991 PCT Pub. No. WO91/18950 PCT Pub. Date Dec. 12, 1991.A dye-incorporated composition which comprises a cyanine type dye and an azo metal chelate compound comprising an azo type compound of the following formula (I): <IMAGE> (I) (wherein A is a residue forming a hetero ring together with the carbon atom and the nitrogen atom to which it is bonded, B is a residue forming an aromatic ring or a hetero ring together with the two carbon atoms to which it is bonded, and X is a group having an active hydrogen), and a metal, and an optical recording medium comprising a recording layer which contains the dye-incorporated composition. |