According to one aspect of the present invention, an organic fluorine compound is represented by a general formula
(R-π-E-CH.sub.2-A-CH.sub.2-E′).sub.n-π′-G  (1B) (where n is an integer of 2 to 5, A is a divalent perfluoropolyether group, π is an arylene group or a single bond, R is an alkenyl group or an alkynyl group, and E and E′ are each independently an ether bond or an ester bond or a group that is represented by a chemical formula
—O—CH.sub.2CH(OH)CH.sub.2O—
π′ is a group in which n+1 hydrogen atoms are separated from benzene, G is an organic group containing a fullerene skeleton, the n number of groups each of which is represented by a general formula
R-π-E-CH.sub.2-A-CH.sub.2-E′-
may be the same or different, and at least one π among the n number of π is an arylene group).

A fluorinated ether compound represented by A-O—(R.sup.f1O).sub.m—R.sup.f2—[C(O)N(R.sup.1)].sub.p-Q.sup.1-C(R.sup.2)[-Q.sup.2-SiR.sup.3.sub.nL.sub.3-n].sub.2, wherein A is a C.sub.1-20 perfluoroalkyl group, R.sup.f1 is a linear fluoroalkylene group, m is an integer of from 2 to 500, R.sup.f2 is a linear fluoroalkylene group, R.sup.1 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, p is 0 or 1, Q.sup.1 is a single bond or an alkylene group, R.sup.2 is a hydrogen atom, a monovalent hydrocarbon group or the like, Q.sup.2 is an alkylene group, R.sup.3 is a hydrogen atom or a monovalent hydrocarbon group, L is a hydrolyzable group, and n is an integer of from 0 to 2 is provided. A fluorinated ether composition and a coating liquid capable of forming a surface layer excellent in initial water/oil repellency, fingerprint stain removability, abrasion resistance, light resistance and chemical resistance, an article having a surface layer, and a method for producing it are also provided.

Disclosed are a composition comprising a silane compound having a fluorine-containing (poly)ether group represented by Formula 1, a film formed from the composition, a display device including the film, and an article including a coating product of the composition:
Rf-(L.sup.1).sub.p1(L).sub.a-C(═O)NR-(L.sup.2).sub.p2-Si(R.sub.1)(R.sub.2)(R.sub.3)   Formula 1 wherein in Formula 1, R is -(L.sup.3).sub.p3-Si(R.sub.4)(R.sub.5)(R.sub.6), L is —CH.sub.2— or —CH.sub.2—O—CH.sub.2—, Rf is a fluorine-containing (poly)ether group, and L.sup.1 to L.sup.3, p1 to p3, and R.sub.1 to R.sub.6 are the same as defined in the detailed description.

An alkali-resistant water repellent member according to the present invention has: a silica layer on at least one surface of a base material, said silica layer having a film thickness of from 1 nm to 5 μm, while containing 50% by mass or more of silica nanoparticles and 1% by mass or more of an organosilicon compound that has a plurality of silanol groups in each molecule; and a water repellent oil repellent layer on the outer surface of the silica layer, said water repellent oil repellent layer having a film thickness of from 0.5 nm to 30 nm, while being mainly composed of a cured product of a hydrolyzable fluorine-containing organosilicon compound. This alkali-resistant water repellent member is able to easily provide various base materials with a water repellent oil repellent coating film in a stable manner, said coating film having excellent alkali resistance and wet wear resistance.

A lubricant for a magnetic recording medium capable of forming a lubricant layer having excellent adhesion to a protective layer is provided. A lubricant for a magnetic recording medium contains a fluorine-containing ether compound in which a group having an ethylenic carbon-carbon double bond is disposed at one or both terminals of a perfluoroalkyl polyether chain. It is preferable that the group having the ethylenic carbon-carbon double bond is disposed at one terminal of the perfluoroalkyl polyether chain, and a hydroxyl group is disposed at other terminal. It is preferable that the lubricant for a magnetic recording medium contains a compound in which one or more functional groups selected from a hydroxyl group, an amino group, an amido group and a carboxyl group is disposed at one or both terminals of a perfluoroalkyl polyether chain.

A surface coating material includes a first material and a second material having a different structure. The first material includes a linking group represented by *—(CF.sub.2).sub.nO—* between two terminal ends, where one terminal end is a trifluoroalkoxy group and another terminal end is a silane group. The second material includes an oxyalkylene group or a *—NH—* linking group between two terminal ends, where one terminal end is an alkoxy group or an amino group, and another terminal end is a silane group. The first material is included in the surface coating material in an amount of less than or equal to about 5 mol % relative to a total amount (100 mol %) of the first material and the second material in the surface coating material.

A fluorine-containing ether compound represented by the following formula (1).

R.sup.1—R.sup.2—CH.sub.2—R.sup.3—CH.sub.2—R.sup.4  (1)

(R.sup.1 is an organic group having an alicyclic structure having 3 to 13 carbon atoms; R.sup.2 is represented by the following formula (2), and a in the formula (2) is an integer of 1 to 3; R.sup.3 is a perfluoropolyether chain; and R.sup.4 is a terminal group having two or three polar groups, in which individual polar groups bond to different carbon atoms and the carbon atoms to which the polar groups bond are bonded to each other through a linking group having a carbon atom to which the polar groups do not bond.)

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The present disclosure provides amphiphilic fluorinated surfactant molecules for lowering the surface tension of aqueous, hydrocarbon, or solid phases in the presence of a fluorophilic continuous phase and for selectively interacting with biological and/or chemical molecules.

The present invention relates to a novel process for the synthesis of (per)fluoropolyether polymers, to certain novel (per)fluoropolyether polymers. The present invention also relates to the use of the (per)fluoropolyether polymers thus obtained as intermediate compounds for the manufacture of further polymers suitable for use as lubricants, notably for magnetic recording media (MRM).

A curable composition including a fluorine-containing silane compound having two or more Si atoms each bonding to at least one group selected from the group consisting of a hydroxyl group and a hydrolyzable group; an organosilicon compound having at least two —O—R.sup.g3(s) each bonding to a Si atom, wherein each R.sup.g3, at each occurrence, is independently a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic group; a catalyst; and a solvent.