Patent ID: 7790892

Claim:
An aromatic compound having an asymmetric molecular structure which is represented by the following general formula (I): A-Ar—B (I) wherein A and B are not the same, Ar represents a substituted or unsubstituted anthracendiyl group, B represents a substituted aryl group having 6 to 60 carbon atoms, or a heterocyclic group which has 2 to 60 carbon atoms, wherein the aryl group or heterocyclic group is mono-substituted with an alkenyl group or an arylamino group, A represents a group which is selected from groups represented by the following general formulae (1), (2), and (9): wherein Ar 1 and Ar 2 each independently represents an aryl group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms, Ar 5 represents a trivalent aeomatic residue group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms, the foregoing general formulae (1), (2), and (9) may be substituted with substituted or unsubstituted alkyl groups having 1 to 30 carbon atoms or a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group; and A does not represent phenyl group substituted with an arylamino group when the group represented by B is substituted with an arylamino group.