| abstract |
New benzotriazole compounds of the formula <IMAGE> in which R 1 and R 2, alkyl, alkyl, phenalkyl or optionally substituted phenyl, R 3 H, alkyl, alkoxyl or halogen and R 4 and R 5 halogen, alkyl, allyl, benzyl or alkoxy or - when R <4> and R <5> are ortho to each other - together mean -O- (CH2) mO- or - (CH2) n-, where m is 1, 2 or 3 and n is 3, 4 or 5 and where R¹ / R² and / or R <4> / R <5> may be the same or different. The triazoles I are very suitable as charge-transporting compounds in electrophotographic recording materials. |