COMPOSITION CONTAINING PYRIMIDINE COMPOUND AND LUMINESCENT ELEMENT EMPLOYING THE COMPOSITION
A composition which comprises a compound having a pyrimidine ring structure and a phosphorescent compound.
1 . A composition comprising a compound having a pyrimidine ring structure and a phosphorescence-emitting compound.
2 . The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the compound having a pyrimidine ring structure has at least one pyrimidine ring structure selected from the following general formulas (1), (2) and (3):
wherein R and R 1 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a monovalent substituent, and when a plurality of R and R 1 are present, they may be the same or different.
3 . The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the compound having a pyrimidine ring structure has at least one pyrimidine ring structure selected from the following general formulas (1a), (2a) and (3a):
wherein R and R 1 are as defined above, and when a plurality of R and R 1 are present, they may be the same or different.
4 . The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the compound having a pyrimidine ring structure has the lowest triplet excitation energy of 2.7 eV or larger calculated by a computational chemical approach.
5 . The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the compound having a pyrimidine ring structure has an absolute value of the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital energy level of 1.5 eV or larger calculated by a computational chemical approach.
6 . The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the compound having a pyrimidine ring structure is a compound represented by the following general formula (A-1) or (A-2) or a compound having a residue thereof:
(pyrimidin(Y 1 ) n —Ar 1 (A-1)
(pyrimidin(Y 1 ) n pyrimidine) (A-2)
wherein pyrimidine represents a pyrimidine ring structure represented by the general formula (1a), (2a) or (3a); when a plurality of pyrimidine are present, they may be the same or different; Y 1 represents —C(R a )(R b )—, —C(═O)—, —N(R c )—, —O—, —Si(R d )(R e )—, —P(R f )—, —S— or —S(═O) 2 —; n is an integer of 0 to 5; Ar 1 represents a monovalent aryl group which may have a substituent or a monovalent heterocyclic group which may have a substituent; when a plurality of Y 1 are present, they may be the same or different; and R a to R f each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a monovalent substituent.
7 . The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the compound having a pyrimidine ring structure has a pyrimidine ring structure represented by the general formula (1), (2), (3), (1a), (2a) or (3a) and a partial structure adjacent to the pyrimidine ring structure, the partial structure having at least two π-conjugated electrons, wherein the pyrimidine ring structure and the partial structure form a dihedral angle of 20° or larger therebetween.
8 . The composition according to claim 2 , wherein at least one of the R and the R 1 is an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an aryl group which may have a substituent or a heteroaryl group which may have a substituent.
9 . The composition according to claim 2 , wherein at least one of the plurality of R and the plurality of R 1 is an alkyl group having 3 to 10 carbon atoms or an alkoxy group having 3 to 10 carbon atoms.
10 . The composition according to claim 2 , wherein at least one of the R is a monovalent substituent having a total of three or more atoms exclusive of hydrogen atoms.
11 . The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the lowest triplet excitation energy (ETP) of the compound having a pyrimidine ring structure satisfies, with a lowest triplet excitation energy (ETT) of the phosphorescence-emitting compound, the following formula:
ETT>ETP− 0.5 (eV).
12 . The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the compound having a pyrimidine ring structure is a polymer.
13 . The composition according to claim 12 , wherein the compound having a pyrimidine ring structure has a structure represented by the following general formula (B):
wherein R is as defined above; R 2 represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent substituent; and when a plurality of R or R 2 are present, they may be the same or different.
14 . A polymer having a residue of a phosphorescence-emitting compound and a pyrimidine ring structure.
15 . A light-emitting thin film using a composition according to claim 1 .
16 . An organic semiconductor thin film using a composition according to claim 1 .
17 . A light-emitting device using a composition according to claim 1 .
18 . A planar light source comprising a light-emitting device according to claim 17 .
19 . A segment display device comprising a light-emitting device according to claim 17 .
20 . A dot matrix display device comprising a light-emitting device according to claim 17 .
21 . A liquid-crystal display device comprising a light-emitting device according to claim 17 as a backlight.
22 . Illumination comprising a light-emitting device according to claim 17 .