Patent ID: 7105258

Claim:
A charge transport monomer represented by formula (I): wherein Ar represents an unsubstituted or substituted arylene group having 6 to 60 carbon atoms involved in conjugation or an unsubstituted or substituted heterocyclic compound group having 4 to 60 carbon atoms involved in conjugation; L represents a divalent hydrocarbon or hetero-atom-containing hydrocarbon group which may be branched or contain a cyclic structure; and R 1 to R 5 each independently represent a group selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, an aryl group having 6 to 60 carbon atoms, an aryloxy group having 6 to 60 carbon atoms, an arylalkyl group having 7 to 60 carbon atoms, an arylalkoxy group having 7 to 60 carbon atoms, a heterocyclic compound group having 4 to 60 carbon atoms, a cyano group, a nitro group, and a halogen atom.