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Abstract

A novel electrophotographic photoreceptor for copying machine or photoprinter is provided comprising on an electrically conductive support a photoconductive layer, characterized in that said photoconductive layer contains a phthalocyanine pigment and a compound represented by the general formula (I), (II), (III), (IV) or (VI): ##STR1## wherein Z represents a sulfur or oxygen atom; Ar represents a monovalent aromatic hydrocarbon group or monovalent heterocyclic group; R.sub.3 represents a hydrogen atom, alkyl group, aryl group or aralkyl group; Ar and R.sub.3 may together form a ring; and R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 may be the same or different and each represents an alkyl group, aryl group or aralkyl group, ##STR2## wherein Z represents a sulfur or oxygen atom; R.sub.4 represents an alkyl group, alkoxy group, monovalent or bicyclic condensed aryl group, monocyclic or bicyclic condensed aryloxy group or monovalent group derived from heterocyclic group; the two R.sub.4 's in the general formula (IV) being the same or different; R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 may be the same or different and each represents a hydrogen atom, alkyl group, monocyclic or bicyclic condensed aryl group or monovalent group derived from heterocyclic group; R.sup.7 represents a methylene group, polymethylene group, branched alkanediyl group or arylene group; and R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 or R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 may be connected to each other, ##STR3## wherein Z represents a sulfur or oxygen atom; R.sup.8, R.sup.9, R.sup.10, R.sup.11, R.sup.12 and R.sup.13 may be the same or different and each represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, aryl group or monovalent group derived from heterocyclic group, R.sup.8 and R.sup.9 or R.sup.10 and R.sup.11 being optionally connected to each other; R.sup.8, R.sup.9, R.sup.10 and R.sup.11 in the general formula (V) being optionally connected to each other to form a crosslinked ring; and R.sup.14 represents a divalent arylene group, aralkylene group, polymethylene group or alkylene group.

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