PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an oxime sulfonate compound useful as a photoacid generator and a cationic polymerization initiator, and provide a photoacid generator, a resist composition, a cationic polymerization initiator, and a cationic polymerizable composition.SOLUTION: The present invention provides an oxime sulfonate compound represented by the general formula (I), where Ris a straight, cyclic or branched alkyl group having 4 or more carbon atoms, and Ris a group such as an aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, an aryl group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms and the like.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
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