IP Library Granted Patent US 8,324,403
Granted Patent B2
US 8,324,403 · App. 11/722,760 · Granted Dec 4, 2012

Organic compound, charge-transporting material, and organic electroluminescent element

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Patent No.
US 8,324,403
App. No.
11/722,760
Granted
Dec 4, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

There are provided an organic having both excellent hole transporting property and satisfactory electron transporting and showing excellent durability against electric oxidation/reduction and a high triplet excitation level, and a charge transporting material and an organic electroluminescent device each using the organic compound. The organic compound is represented by following Formula (I): wherein Cz 1 and Cz 2 each represent a carbazolyl group; Z represents a direct bond or an arbitrary linkage group enabling the conjugation of nitrogen atoms in the carbazole rings of Cz 1 and Cz 2 with each other; and Q represents a direct bond connecting to “G” in following Formula (II):

Claims (63)

1. An organic compound represented by following Formula (I):

wherein Cz 1 and Cz 2 each represent a carbazolyl group;

Z represents a direct bond or an arbitrary linkage group enabling the conjugation of nitrogen atoms in the carbazole rings of Cz 1 and Cz 2 with each other;

each of Cz 1 , Cz 2 , and Z may be substituted;

Q represents a direct bond connecting to “G” in following Formula (II):

wherein Ring B 1 represents a six-membered aromatic heterocyclic ring having “n” nitrogen atom(s) as hetero atom(s);

“n” represents an integer of from 1 to 3;

Gs connect to carbon atoms at an ortho position and a para position with respect to the nitrogen atom(s) in Ring B 1 ;

G represents a direct bond or an arbitrary linkage group connecting to Q when G connects to Q;

G represents an aromatic hydrocarbon group when G does not connect to Q;

“m” represents an integer of from 3 to 5;

plural Gs in one molecule may be the same as or different from one another; and

Ring B 1 may have one or more substituents in addition to Gs,

wherein said arbitrary linkage group, if present, represents -(Ph) p -, wherein Ph represents a phenylene group which may be substituted; and “p” represents an integer of from 1 to 8.

2. An organic compound represented by following Formula (I):

wherein Cz 1 and Cz 2 each represent a carbazolyl group;

Z represents an aromatic hydrocarbon group enabling the conjugation of nitrogen atoms in the carbazole rings of Cz 1 and Cz 2 with each other;

each of Cz 1 , Cz 2 , and Z may be substituted;

Q represents a direct bond connecting to “G” in following Formula (II):

wherein Ring B 1 represents a six-membered aromatic heterocyclic ring having “n” nitrogen atom(s) as hetero atom(s);

“n” represents an integer of from 1 to 3;

Gs connect to carbon atoms at an ortho position and a para position with respect to the nitrogen atom(s) in Ring B 1 ;

G represents a direct bond or an arbitrary linkage group connecting to Q when G connects to Q;

G represents an aromatic hydrocarbon group when G does not connect to Q;

“m” represents an integer of from 3 to 5;

plural Gs in one molecule may be the same as or different from one another; and

Ring B 1 may have one or more substituents in addition to Gs,

wherein a moiety of the partial structure represented by Formula (I), except for the moiety of Formula (II), is one selected from following V-1, V-7, V-9, V-13, V-14, and V-15:

3. An organic compound represented by any one of following structural formulae, wherein —N-Cz represents an N-carbazolyl group:

4. An organic compound represented by the following structural formula (EM-1):

5. An organic compound represented by the following structural formula (EM-2):

6. An organic compound represented by the following structural formula (EM-3):

7. An organic compound represented by the following structural formula (EM-4):

8. An organic compound represented by the following structural formula (EM-5):

9. An organic compound represented by the following structural formula (EM-6):

10. An organic compound represented by the following structural formula (EM-7):

11. An organic compound represented by following Formula (I):

wherein Cz 1 and Cz 2 each represent a carbazolyl group;

each of Cz 1 and Cz 2 may be substituted;

Q represents a direct bond connecting to “G” in following Formula (II):

wherein Ring B 1 represents a six-membered aromatic heterocyclic ring having “n” nitrogen atom(s) as hetero atom(s);

“n” represents an integer of from 1 to 3;

Gs connect to carbon atoms at an ortho position and a para position with respect to the nitrogen atom(s) in Ring B 1 ;

G represents a direct bond or an arbitrary linkage group connecting to Q when G connects to Q;

G represents an aromatic hydrocarbon group when G does not connect to Q;

“m” represents an integer of from 3 to 5;

plural Gs in one molecule may be the same as or different from one another; and

Ring B 1 may have one or more substituents in addition to Gs,

wherein Z represents a direct bond enabling the conjugation of nitrogen atoms in the carbazole rings of Cz 1 and Cz 2 with each other.

12. An organic compound represented by following Formula (I):

wherein Cz 1 and Cz 2 each represent a carbazolyl group;

each of Cz 1 and Cz 2 may be substituted;

Q represents a direct bond connecting to “G” in following Formula (II):

wherein Ring B 1 represents a six-membered aromatic heterocyclic ring having “n” nitrogen atom(s) as hetero atom(s);

“n” represents an integer of from 1 to 3;

Gs connect to carbon atoms at an ortho position and a para position with respect to the nitrogen atom(s) in Ring B 1 ;

G represents a direct bond or an arbitrary linkage group connecting to Q when G connects to Q;

G represents an aromatic hydrocarbon group when G does not connect to Q;

“m” represents an integer of from 3 to 5;

plural Gs in one molecule may be the same as or different from one another; and

Ring B 1 may have one or more substituents in addition to Gs,

wherein Z represents an aromatic hydrocarbon group enabling the conjugation of nitrogen atoms in the carbazole rings of Cz 1 and Cz 2 with each other.

13. The organic compound according to claim 12 , wherein the aromatic hydrocarbon group represents a bivalent linkage group including one to eight benzene rings bound to each other.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 5, 2017
From: MITSUBISHI RAYON CO., LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043750/0834 →
MERGER Recorded Sep 4, 2017
From: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
To: MITSUBISHI RAYON CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 043750/0207 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 3, 2007
From: YABE, MASAYOSHI; SATO, HIDEKI
To: PIONEER CORPORATION; MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 019513/0582 →