An electrophotographic photoconductor having an electroconductive support and a photoconductive layer formed thereon containing as a photoconductive material at least one carbonate compound of formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 each is hydrogen, an alkyl group which may have a substituent, an aryl group which may have a substituent, or a condensed polycyclic group; Y is a bivalent arylene group which may have a substituent, ##STR2## in which Ar.sup.1 and Ar.sup.2 each is an arylene group which may have a substituent, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 each Is hydrogen, an alkyl group which may have a substituent or an aryl group which may have a substituent, and 1 is an integer of 1 or 2; and R.sup.1 and R.sup.2, or R.sup.1 and Y may independently form a ring; X is an alkyl group which may have a substituent or an aryl group which may have a substituent; m is an integer of 0 or 1; and n is an integer of 0 to 6. In addition, a novel carbonate compound and a novel hydroxy compound as the intermediate material for the carbonate compound are disclosed.
本发明涉及一种电子照相光导体,其具有电导支撑体和在其上形成的光导层,其中包含至少一种
碳酸盐化合物作为光导材料,该
碳酸盐化合物的
化学式为(I):其中R1和R2分别为氢、可有取代基的烷基、可有取代基的芳基或缩合多环基;Y为可有取代基的双价芳基基团,或者为式中的一种:其中Ar1和Ar2分别为可有取代基的芳基基团,R3和R4分别为氢、可有取代基的烷基或可有取代基的芳基,1为1或2的整数;且R1和R2,或R1和Y可以独立地形成环;X为可有取代基的烷基或可有取代基的芳基,m为0或1的整数,n为0到6的整数。此外,本发明还公开了一种新的
碳酸盐化合物和一种新的羟基化合物作为
碳酸盐化合物的中间体。