Patent ID: 8110824

Claim:
A benzo[a]fluoranthene compound represented by the following general formula (I): wherein at least one of R 11 to R 22 represents R m represented by the following general formula (i): R m =—X 1 —Ar 1 (i) wherein X 1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted phenylene group and Ar 1 represents one of the following groups (a) and (b): (a) a substituted or unsubstituted fused polycyclic group, and (b) a composite substituent formed by combining two or more of a benzene ring and a fused polycyclic ring, the composite substituent being permitted to have a substituent; wherein each of R 11 to R 22 that is not represented by R m represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryloxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkynyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group, and each of R 11 to R 22 that is not represented by R m may be identical to or different from each other; and wherein the benzo[a]fluoranthene compound does not contain a nitrogen atom.