PURPOSE: To obtain a new bis(p-t-butoxyphenyl) sulfoxide usable e.g. as a synthetic intermediate for a sulfonium useful as an acid generator of a chemical amplification positive-type resist material.
CONSTITUTION: This bis(p-t-butoxyphenyl) sulfoxide is expressed by formula 1. The bis(p-t-butoxyphenyl) sulfoxide of formula 1 can be produced by reacting a p-t-butoxyphenyl Grignard reagent of formula 2 (X is Cl or Br) with thionyl chloride. A sulfonium salt having at least two p-t-butoxyphenyl groups can be synthesized by using the compound of formula 1 as an intermediate. The sulfonium salt has high light sensitivity as an acid generator which is a component of a chemical amplification positive-type resist in a lithography using high energy rays such as far ultraviolet rays, excimer laser, electron rays and X rays.
SHIMADA JUNJI
WATANABE SATOSHI
TAKEDA YOSHIFUMI
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