Patent ID: 8288017

Claim:
A fused ring aromatic compound represented by the general formula (I): wherein R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 , R 6 , R 7 , R 8 , R 9 , R 10 , R 11 , R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , and R 16 each represent, independently of one another, a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group, a substituted amino group, or a halogen atom, provided that combinations of R 2 and R 10 , and R 7 and R 15 are combinations of different substituents, and combinations of R 2 and R 7 , and R 10 and R 15 are combinations of identical substituents, or that combinations of R 2 and R 10 , and R 7 and R 15 are combinations of different substituents, and combinations of R 2 and R 15 , and R 7 and R 10 are combinations of identical substituents, and wherein R 3 and R 11 , R 4 and R 12 , R 5 and R 13 , and R 6 and R 14 , are combinations of identical substituents, and at least one pair of R 3 and R 11 , R 4 and R 12 , R 5 and R 13 , and R 6 and R 14 is not hydrogen.