Patent ID: 7504526

Claim:
An anthracene derivative represented by general formula (I): wherein X represents a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic group having 6 to 50 ring carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group having 5 to 50 ring atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 50 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl group having 1 to 50 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy group having 1 to 50 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group having 6 to 50 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aryloxy group having 5 to 50 ring atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted arylthio group having 5 to 50 ring atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxycarbonyl group having 2 to 50 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted silyl group, a carboxyl group, a halogen atom, a cyano group, a nitro group or a hydroxyl group; Ar 1 and Ar 2 each independently represents a substituted or unsubstituted condensed aromatic group having 10 to 50 ring carbon atoms; at least one of Ar 1 or Ar 2 represents a a triptycenyl group represented by general formula (IV): X represents the same as the foregoing description; h and i each independently represents an integer of 0 to 4; a, b and c each independently represents an integer of 0 to 4; n represents an integer of a to 1 to 3; and when n is 2 or greater, within the brackets [ ], each may be the same or different.