Provided are compounds having a thiol group as an anchoring group introduced into a Rose Bengal molecule, a method of producing the compound, an electronic device comprising the compound immobilized on an electrode by a self-assembling method, and a method of manufacturing the electronic device. The compound has the following formula: ##STR00001## wherein R is an unsaturated or saturated C.sub.2-C.sub.20 hydrocarbon group. The compound can provide switch/memory properties and form a single molecular layer by self-assembling when manufacturing a molecular electronic device.