Photosensitive member comprising specific distyryl compound

A photosensitive member comprising an electrical conductive substrate;

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• a photosensitive layer formed on or over the substrate and comprising a charge generating material and a distyryl compound represented by the general formula [II] ##STR22## in which Ar.sub.5 and Ar.sub.6 are an aryl group or a heterocyclic ring group, each of which may have a substituent;
• R.sub.7 and Ar.sub.7 are an alkyl group, an aralkyl group or an aryl group, each of which may have a substituent;
• R.sub.6 and R.sub.8 are independently a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group or a halogen atom;
• R.sub.5 and R.sub.9 are a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aralkyl group or an aryl group.

A photosensitive member comprising an electrically conductive substitute;

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• a photosensitive layer formed on or over the substrate and comprising a charge generating material and a distyryl compound represented by the general formula [III] ##STR23## in which Ar.sub.8 and Ar.sub.9 are independently an alkyl group or an aryl group, each of which may have a substituent;
• Ar.sub.10 is an alkyl group, an aralkyl group, or an aryl group, each of which may have a substituent;
• R.sub.10 and R.sub.11 are independently a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group or a halogen atom;
• R.sub.12 is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a residual group selected from the group consisting of thiophene, furan pyrrole and pyridine, an aralkyl group, an alkenyl group or an alkynyl group.