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• the present invention relates to a novel organic compound and an organic light-emitting device containing the novel organic compound.
• Organic light-emitting devices include a pair of electrodes and an organic compound layer disposed between the electrodes. Injection of carriers from the pair of electrodes excites an organic compound. Transition from the excitation state to the ground state induces light emission.
• Organic light-emitting devices are also referred to as organic electroluminescent (EL) devices.
• organic light-emitting devices it is known that an organic compound having a high quantum yield in a light- emitting layer contributes to high luminous efficiency.
• PTL 1 discloses pyrene compounds, such as an exemplary compound 9, as blue-light-emitting materials.
• the exemplary compound 9 has a pyrene basic skeleton and a fluorenyl group and a phenyl group.
• the basic skeleton refers to a fused ring having a conjugated structure.
• PTL 1 describes pyrene compounds.
• the pyrene compounds have an emission peak wavelength in a blue region and cannot emit light in a green region. Although it is known that the emission wavelength can be altered with a substituent on a basic skeleton, the substituent may impair the stability of the compound.
• the present invention provides a novel organic compound the basic skeleton of which has an emission wavelength in a green region.
• the present invention provides an organic compound represented by the following general formula (I): [0011]
• X x to X 3 independently denote a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or an aryl group.
• the present invention provides an organic compound the basic skeleton of which can emit light in a green region.
• the present invention also provides an organic light- emitting device that contains the organic compound.
• Figure 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view of an organic light-emitting device and a switching device, which is connected to the organic light-emitting device.
• An organic compound according to one embodiment of the present invention has the following general formula (I):
• Xi to X 3 independently denote a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or an aryl group.
• the alkyl group is selected from the group consisting of a methyl group, an ethyl group, a n- propyl group, an isopropyl group, a n-butyl group, an
• the aryl group is selected from the group consisting of a phenyl group, a naphthyl group, a pentalenyl group, an anthryl group, a pyrenyl group, an indacenyl group, an acenaphthenyl group, a phenanthryl group, a phenalenyl group, a fluoranthenyl group, a
• aceanthryl group a triphenylenyl group, a chrysenyl group, a naphthacenyl group, a perylenyl group, a pentacenyl " group, and a fluorenyl group.
• the aryl group may have a substituent.
• substituents include, but are not limited to, alkyl groups, such as a methyl group, an ethyl group, and a propyl group; aralkyl groups, such as a benzyl group and a phenethyl group; aryl groups, such as a phenyl group and a biphenyl group; heterocyclic groups, such as a thienyl group, a pyrrolyl group, and a pyridyl group; amino groups, such as a dimethylamino group, a diethylamino group, a dibenzylamino group, a diphenylamino group, a ditolylamino group, and a dianisolylamino group; alkoxy groups, such as a methoxy group, an ethoxy group, a propoxy group, and a phenoxy group; a cyano group; a cyano
• green emission region or “green region”, as used herein, refers to a region in the range of 490 nra or more and 550 nm or less.
• Condensed polycyclic groups have high oscillator strength and can improve the quantum yield of the compound.
• the condensed polycyclic groups include, but are not limited to, a fluorenyl group, a naphthyl group, a pyrenyl group, a fluoranthenyl group, and a benzofluoranthenyl group.
• An organic compound according to an embodiment of the present invention having the general formula (I) in which Xi to X 3 are hydrogen atoms has high planarity. When used as a light-emitting material, therefore, this organic compound tends to cause concentration quenching.
• the substitution of any of ⁇ to X 3 with an alkyl group or an aryl group can reduce concentration quenching.
• condensed polycyclic group can reduce concentration
• Examples of the condensed polycyclic group include, but are not limited to, a naphthyl group, a pyrenyl group, a
• fluorenyl group a fluoranthenyl group, and a
• a skeleton of an organic compound according to an embodiment of the present invention involved in light emission has no rotational structure. This can reduce the conversion of the energy of the organic compound into kinetic energy, such as rotational energy or vibrational energy, thereby increasing the percentage of energy emitted as photons. In other words, this can prevent a decrease in quantum yield.
• An organic compound according to an embodiment of the present invention includes two five-membered rings in its basic skeleton and strong electron-withdrawing ability.
• Deep LUMO level refers to a LUMO level far from the vacuum level.
• a deep LUMO level corresponds to a deep HOMO level.
• a compound having a deep HOMO level has a high oxidation potential.
• the oxidation of such a compound requires a large amount of energy, indicating that the compound is resistant to oxidation.
• An organic compound according to an embodiment of the present invention has a deep LUMO level and is resistant to oxidation.
• Use of a compound that is resistant to oxidation in an organic light-emitting device can provide a stable long-life organic light-emitting device.
• compounds A-2 to A-4 have the general formula (I) in which at least one of X to X 3 is an alkyl group. These compounds can greatly reduce concentration quenching.
• Compounds B-l to B-5 have the general formula (I) in which at least one of Xi to X 3 is a phenyl group.
• the compounds B-l to B-5 having substituents larger than the alkyl groups can more greatly reduce concentration quenchin than the compounds A-2 to A-4.
• the compounds B-l to B-5 have high oscillator strength and high quantum yields.
• Compounds C-l to C-8 have the general formula (I) in which at least one of ⁇ to X 3 is a condensed polycyclic group.
• the compounds C-l to C-8 having substituents larger than the alkyl groups and the phenyl groups can still more greatly reduce concentration quenching.
• the compounds C-l to C-8 have higher oscillator strength and higher quantum yields than the compounds B-l to B-5.
• An organic compound according to a reference example having the following general formula (II) has substantially the same effects as the compounds having the general formula (I) .
• Y denotes an alkyl group or an aryl group. Two or more Y's may be the same or different.
• An organic compound according to an embodiment of the present invention can be used in a light-emitting layer, a hole-transport layer, or an electron-transport layer of organic light-emitting devices.
• Organic light-emitting devices that include a light-emitting layer containing an organic compound
• an organic compound according to an embodiment of the present invention can be used as the guest material.
• the host material is the compound that has the highest weight percentage among the compounds composing the light-emitting layer.
• the guest material is a compound that has a lower weight percentage than the host material and is a principal light source.
• An organic compound according to an embodiment of the present invention may be used alone in a light-emitting layer.
• An organic compound according to an embodiment of the present invention may be used as a guest material.
• the amount of an organic compound according to an embodiment of the present invention used as a guest material in a light-emitting layer is preferably 0.1% by weight or more and 30% by weight or less, more preferably 0.1% by weight or more and 15% by weight or less, of the total weight of the light-emitting layer. These ranges apply to the case where the light-emitting layer contains a compound other than the host material and the guest material.
• a guest material in an organic compound layer may be distributed uniformly or so as to have a concentration gradient. Alternatively, a guest material may be distributed only in a certain area in an organic compound layer .
• An organic compound according to an embodiment of the present invention includes two five-membered rings and is therefore resistant to oxidation. Owing to electron injection ability resulting from the electron-withdrawing ability of the five-membered ring structure, use of the organic compound as a material for an organic light-emitting device can reduce the driving voltage of the organic light- emitting device.
• An organic compound according to an embodiment of the present invention may be used as an assist material.
• An assist material can efficiently transfer energy from a host material to a guest material.
• An organic compound according to an embodiment of the present invention has electron-withdrawing ability.
• the organic compound contained in a light-emitting layer as an assist material can promote electron injection into the light-emitting layer, thereby reducing the driving voltage and extending the life of the organic light-emitting device .
• An organic light-emitting device includes a pair of anode and cathode and an organic compound layer disposed between the anode and the cathode.
• the organic compound layer contains an organic compound according to an embodiment of the present invention.
• An organic compound layer of an organic light- emitting device may be composed of a plurality of layers. Examples of the
• plurality of layers include, but are not limited to, a hole- injection layer, a hole-transport layer, a light-emitting layer, a hole-blocking layer, an exciton-blocking layer, an electron-transport layer, and an electron-injection layer. These layers may be appropriately combined.
• a guest material, of a light-emitting layer can efficiently output high-intensity light and have high
• an organic light-emitting device may contain a conventionally known low-molecular- weight or high-molecular-weight hole-injection material, hole-transport material, host material, guest material, electron-injection material, or electron-transport material.
• the hole-injection material or the hole-transport material be a material having high hole mobility.
• the low-molecular-weight and high- molecular-weight materials having hole-injection ability or hole-transport ability include, but are not limited to, triarylamine derivatives, phenylenediamine derivatives, stilbene derivatives, phthalocyanine derivatives, porphyrin derivatives, polyvinylcarbazole, polythiophene, and other electroconductive polymers.
• Table 1 shows specific structural formulae of host materials.
• the host materials may be derivatives of the compounds having the structural formulae shown in Table 1.
• Other examples of the host materials include, but are not limited to, fused-ring compounds (for example, fluorene derivatives, naphthalene derivatives, anthracene derivatives, pyrene derivatives, carbazole derivatives, quinoxaline derivatives, and quinoline derivatives), organoaluminum complexes, such as tris ( 8-quinolinolato) aluminum, organozinc complexes, triphenylamine derivatives, and polymer
• the electron-injection material or the electron- transport material is selected in consideration of balance with hole mobility of the hole-injection material or the hole-transport material.
• Examples of the material having electron-injection ability or electron-transport ability include, but are not limited to, oxadiazole derivatives, oxazole derivatives, pyrazine derivatives, triazole
• the material for the anode have a work function as high as possible.
• the anode material include, but are not limited to, metallic elements, such as gold, platinum, silver, copper, nickel, palladium, cobalt, selenium, vanadium, and tungsten, alloys of these metallic elements, and metal oxides, such as tin oxide, zinc oxide, indium oxide, indium tin oxide (ITO), and indium zinc oxide.
• metallic elements such as gold, platinum, silver, copper, nickel, palladium, cobalt, selenium, vanadium, and tungsten
• metal oxides such as tin oxide, zinc oxide, indium oxide, indium tin oxide (ITO), and indium zinc oxide.
• the anode material also include, but are not limited to, electroconductive polymers, such as polyaniline, polypyrrole, and polythiophene . These electrode materials may be used alone or in combination.
• the anode may have a monolayer or multilayer structure.
• the material for the cathode have a work function as low as possible.
• the cathode material include, but are not limited to, alkali metals, such as lithium, alkaline-earth metals, such as calcium, and metallic elements, such as aluminum, titanium, manganese, silver, lead, and chromium.
• the cathode material also include, but are not limited to, alloys of these metallic elements, such as magnesium-silver, aluminum-lithium, and aluminum-magnesium.
• Metal oxides, such as indium tin oxide (ITO) may also be used. These electrode materials may be used alone or in combination.
• the cathode may have a monolayer or multilayer structure.
• a layer containing an organic compound according to an embodiment of the present invention and a layer containing another organic compound can be formed in the following manner.
• the layers are formed by a vacuum evaporation method, an ionized deposition method, a sputtering method, plasma chemical vapor
• CVD chemical vapor deposition
• LB Langmuir-Blodgett
• a layer formed by a vacuum evaporation method or a solution coating method experiences little crystallization and has excellent temporal stability.
• an organic compound can be used in combination with an appropriate binder resin.
• binder resin examples include, but are not limited to, polyvinylcarbazole resins, polycarbonate resins, polyester resins, ABS resins, acrylic resins, polyimide resins, phenolic resins, epoxy resins, silicone resins, and urea resins. These binder resins may be used alone as a homopolymer or a copolymer or may be used in combination.
• an additive agent such as a known plasticizer, antioxidant, and/or ultraviolet absorber, may be used.
• An organic light-emitting device can be used in display apparatuses and lighting apparatuses.
• An organic light- emitting device can also be used in exposure light sources of electrophotographic image-forming apparatuses and backlights of liquid crystal displays.
• a display apparatus includes an organic light- emitting device according to an embodiment of the present invention in a display.
• the display includes a plurality of pixels, each of which includes an organic light-emitting device according to an embodiment of the present invention and a TFT device, which is one of switching devices.
• An anode or a cathode of the organic light-emitting device is connected to a drain electrode or a source electrode of the TFT device.
• the display apparatus can be used as an image display apparatus in personal computers (PCs) .
• the display apparatus may be an image input apparatus that also includes an image input unit.
• An image input apparatus includes an image input unit and a display. Information from an area charge-coupled device (CCD) , a linear CCD, a memory card, or the like is input to the image input unit. The information is displayed on the display.
• An image input apparatus may be provided with an imaging optical system, constituting an image pickup apparatus, such as a digital camera.
• the display apparatus may have an image output function as a display for image pickup apparatuses or ink jet printers and an input function as an operation panel. With the image output function, the image input apparatus can display images based on image information from the outside. Information on image
• the display apparatus may be used as a display for multifunction
• a display apparatus that includes an organic light- emitting device according to one embodiment of the present invention will be described below.
• Figure 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a display apparatus that includes an organic light-emitting device according to an embodiment of the present invention and a TFT device, which is a switching device for controlling the on-off and luminance of the organic light- emitting device.
• Figure 1 illustrates two combinations of the organic light-emitting device and the TFT device.
• the display apparatus may further include a transistor (not shown) for controlling luminance.
• the display apparatus drives the switching devices in accordance with information to turn on or off the organic light-emitting device, thereby transmitting information.
• the structure of the display apparatus will be described in detail below.
• the display apparatus illustrated in Figure 1 includes a substrate 1, for example, made of glass, a moisture-proof film 2 for protecting the TFT devices or an organic compound layer, metallic gate electrodes 3, a gate- insulating film 4, and a semiconductor layer 5.
• Each of TFT devices 8 includes a semiconductor layer 5, a drain electrode 6, and a source electrode 7.
• the TFT devices 8 are covered with an insulating film 9.
• Each of anodes 11 of the organic light-emitting devices is connected to the corresponding source electrode 7 through a contact hole 10.
• the display apparatus may have any combination of
• a multilayer organic compound layer 12 is illustrated as a single layer in Figure 1. Cathodes 1 covered with a first protective layer 14 and a second protective layer 15 for preventing degradation of the organic light-emitting devices.
• a 50-ml three-neck flask was charged with 1.0 g (2.12 mmol) of the compound a-3, 25 mg of palladium acetate, 1.28 ml of diazabicycloundecene (DBU) , .59 mg (0.212 mmol) of tricyclohexylphosphine, and 30 ml of DMF. After agitation in a nitrogen atmosphere at room temperature, the solution was heated to 150°C and was stirred for five hours.
• DBU diazabicycloundecene
• the fluorescence spectrum of a toluene solution of the exemplary compound A-l at a concentration of 1 x 10 ⁇ 5 mol/1 was measured with F-4500 manufactured by Hitachi, Ltd. at an excitation wavelength of 370 nm.
• a first emission peak wavelength in the fluorescence spectrum was 513 nm.
• An exemplary compound A-2 was synthesized in the same manner as in Example 1 except that the compound a-l was replaced with a compound described below.
• the reaction yields were 70.5% at the first stage and 65.4% at the second stage.
• An exemplary compound C-1 was synthesized in the same manner as in Example 1 except that the compound a-1 was replaced with a compound described below.
• the reaction yields were 73.2% at the first stage and 60.4% at the second stage .
• Exemplary compounds A-3, A-4, C-4, and C-6 can be synthesized in the same manner as in Example 1 except that the compound a-1 is replaced with pinacolboranes shown in Table 2.
• ITO indium tin oxide
• This substrate was used as a transparent electroconductive supporting substrate.
• the transparent electroconductive supporting substrate was subjected to ultrasonic cleaning in acetone and then isopropyl alcohol (IPA), was washed in boiled IPA, and was dried.
• IPA isopropyl alcohol
• transparent electroconductive supporting substrate was then subjected to UV/ozone cleaning.
• Light-emitting layer (40 nm) Exemplary compound A-l
• Electron-transport layer (20 nm) Compound b-3
• Metal electrode layer 1 (0.5 nm) : LiF
• Metal electrode layer 2 (150 nm) : Al
• An organic light-emitting device emitted excellent green light at an applied voltage of 5.0 V.
• the light had a luminance of 1113 cd/m 2 and a CIE chromaticity of (0.37, 0.56).
• a device was fabricated and evaluated in the same manner as in Example 4 except that the composition of the light-emitting layer was altered as follows:
• Light-emitting layer (40 nm) Exemplary compound A-l
• An organic light-emitting device emitted excellent red light at an applied voltage of 5.0 V.
• the light had a luminance of 50 cd/m 2 and a GIE chromaticity of (0.32, 0.67).

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