Electrophotographic photosensitive member and image forming process

An electrophotographic photosensitive member having a charge generating layer and a charge transporting layer successively formed on a support, wherein the charge generating layer contains a charge generating pigment having a hole transporting property and at least one of the compounds represented by following formulae (Ia), (Ic), and (Id) in a binder resin;

• ##STR18## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, and R.sub.4 each represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, a halogen atom, an alkyl-substituted amino group, a hydroxy group, an aryl group, a nitro group, a cyano group, a carboxyalkyl group, an aralkyl group, an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group, an aralkyloxy group, a carboxyaryl group, a carboxyaralkyl group, an aryloxycarbonyl group, or an aralkyloxycarbonyl group;
• ##STR19## wherein A and B each represents a group of forming a ring shown by formula (1), (2) or (3) below, provided that at least one of A and B represents a group necessary for forming the ring shown by formula (1) or (2) ##STR20## wherein X represents a selenium atom or a sulfur atom;
• R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 each represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, or an arylcarbonyl group;
• and R.sub.7 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a halogen atom, an aryl group, an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, an arylcarbonyl group, a nitro group, a cyano group, or a benzyloxy group;
• and ##STR21## wherein A and B are as defined on the compound of formula (Ic).