Patent ID: 7851073

Claim:
A fluoranthene compound represented by general formula (1): A-L-B (1) wherein A and B each represent a monovalent group having a fluoranthene structure represented by general formula (2), wherein A is linked to the group L appearing in the compound of the general formula (1), at a carbon atom selected from the group consisting of carbon atoms specified by numerical values of 7 to 10 appearing in the formula (2); B is linked to the group L present in the compound of the formula (1), at a carbon atom selected from the group consisting of carbon atoms specified by numerical values of 1 to 6 appearing in the formula (2); and at least one of A and B has at least one substituent: , and wherein L is a member selected from the group consisting of a single bond, substituted or unsubstituted arylene groups each having 6 to 40 carbon atoms, divalent groups derived from arylamines each having 6 to 40 carbon atoms (wherein the aryl group may have a substituent), divalent groups derived from substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic rings each having 3 to 40 carbon atoms and substituted or unsubstituted ethenylene groups, wherein B can also be the following general formula (5): wherein Z 1 to Z 11 each represent a member selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, substituted or unsubstituted aryl or heteroaryl groups whose nucleic atom number ranges from 5 to 50, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl groups each having 1 to 50 carbon atoms, substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy groups each having 1 to 50 carbon atoms, substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl groups each having 6 to 50 carbon atoms, substituted or unsubstituted aryloxy groups whose nucleic atom number ranges from 5 to 50, substituted or unsubstituted arylthio groups whose nucleic atom number ranges from 5 to 50, substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy-carbonyl groups each having 2 to 50 carbon atoms, amino groups each having a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group whose nucleic atom number ranges from 5 to 50, halogen atoms, a cyano group, a nitro group, a hydroxyl group, and a carboxyl group; or in these groups and Z 1 to Z 11 , any possible combination of neighboring groups may be bonded together to thus form a saturated or unsaturated ring structure and the resulting ring structure may have a substituent.