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Naphthoquinone derivative and electrophotographic material using the naphthoquinone derivative

US5976742A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 26, 1998
Grant dateNov 2, 1999
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Expiry dateMay 26, 2018

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G5/067
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention provides a novel naphthoquinone derivative preferred as an electron transporting agent and an electrophotographic photosensitive material of high sensitivity which contains a novel naphtoquinone derivative having a general formula (1) ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group which may have a substituent, or an aryl group which may contain a substituent, and R.sup.2 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group which may have a substituent, a halogenated alkyl group, an aldehyde or a nitro group. The derivative is contained in a photosensitive layer of an electrophotographic photosensitive material as an electron transporting agent.

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