Condensation polymeric photoconductors containing pendant arylamines

An electrophotographic element comprising an electrically conducting support and a photoconductive layer in electrical contact with said support, said photoconductive layer comprising a condensation polymer containing, as repeating units, the condensation residues of:

• (a) a first diacid,
• (b) a second diacid containing an anionic iminodisulfonyl or sulfo group, and
• (c) at least one organic difunctional compound capable of undergoing condensation polymerization with said first and second diacids,
• wherein at least one of said first diacid and organic difunctional compound residues contains said appended arylamine photoconductor group.

An electrophotographic element comprising an electrically conducting support and a photoconductive layer in electrical contact with said support, said photoconductive layer comprising a spectral sensitizer and a polymeric photoconductor having the structure ##STR33## wherein .pi. and .pi..sup.1, which are the same or different, are organic groups containing an arylamine which confers photoconductivity upon the polymer;

• R.sup.1 -.pi..sup.1 together with G and G.sup.1 represents an arylamine-containing organic condensation residue of a difunctional compound capable of undergoing condensation with organic diacids;
• R together with G.sup.2 and G.sup.3 represents at least one organic condensation residue of a difunctional compound capable of undergoing condensation with organic diacids;
• G and G.sup.1, which are the same or different, and G.sup.2 and G.sup.3, which are the same or different, represent -O- or -NH-;
• A.sup.1, A.sup.2 and A.sup.3, which are the same or different, represent the condensation residues of acid groups;
• R.sup.2.crclbar. is an organic group which contains an anionic iminodisulfonyl or sulfo group;
• M.sup.+ is a cation;
• -A.sup.3 -R.sup.3 -A.sup.3 represents an organic diacid condensation residue;
• x is 0 to 100 mole percent of the total diacid content;
• y is 0 to about 35 mole percent of the total diacid content;
• z is 0 to 100 mole percent of the total diacid content;
• the sum of x, y and z is 100;
• v is 0 to 100 mole percent of the total difunctional compound content;
• and v+x is at least 20.

An electrophotographic element comprising an electrically conducting support and a photoconductive layer in electrical contact with said support, said photoconductive layer comprising an ionic polyester containing, as repeating units, the condensation residues of:

• (a) a first dicarboxylic acid,
• (b) a second dicarboxylic acid containing an anionic iminodisulfonyl or sulfo group, and
• (c) at least one organic diol capable of undergoing condensation polymerization with said first and second dicarboxylic acids,
• wherein at least one of said first dicarboxylic acid and organic diol residues contains an appended arylamine photoconductor group.

An electrophotographic element comprising an electrically conducting support and a photoconductive layer in electrical contact with said support, said photoconductive layer comprising a spectral sensitizer and a polymeric photoconductor having the structure ##STR37## wherein .pi. and .pi..sup.1, which are the same or different, are organic groups containing an arylamine which confers photoconductivity upon the polymer;

• ##STR38## is the condensation residue of an arylamine-containing organic diol having from about to 2 about 40 carbon atoms;
• -O-R-O- is the condensation residue of at least one organic diol having from about 2 to about 40 carbon atoms;
• R.sup.2.crclbar. is an organic group which contains an anionic iminodisulfonyl or sulfo group;
• M.sup.+ is a cation;
• ##STR39## represents an organic dicarboxylic acid condensation residue;
• x is 0 to 100 mole percent of the total dicarboxylic acid content;
• y is 0 to about 35 mole percent of the total dicarboxylic acid content;
• z is 0 to 100 mole percent of the total dicarboxylic acid content;
• the sum of x, y and z is 100;
• v is 0 to 100 mole percent of the total diol content;
• and v+x is at least 20.