Patent ID: 8168308

Claim:
A compound having a pyridoindole ring structure having a substituted pyridyl group attached thereto, which is represented by the general formula (1): wherein Ar represents a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group, or a substituted or unsubstituted condensed polycyclic aromatic group; R1 to R10 may be the same or different from one another and each independently represents a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, a cyano group, an alkyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group; Z represents a 6-membered aromatic heterocyclic ring containing one nitrogen atom; and m and n each independently represents an integer of 1 to 3, provided that n is 1 and Ar is not a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group when m is 2 or 3 and n is 2 or 3 when m is 1.