IP Library Granted Patent US 8,728,633
Granted Patent B2
US 8,728,633 · App. 12/961,703 · Granted May 20, 2014

Organic electroluminescent element, illuminator and display

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Patent No.
US 8,728,633
App. No.
12/961,703
Granted
May 20, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

An organic electroluminescent element containing an anode and a cathode having therebetween a light emitting layer, wherein the light emitting layer contains a guest compound having a substructure represented by the following Formula (A): wherein Ra represents alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, aromatic hydrocarbon, aromatic heterocyclic or heterocyclic, Rb and Rc represent hydrogen or a substituent, A1 represents a group of atoms which forms an aromatic hydrocarbon ring or an aromatic heterocycle, M represents Ir or Pt, and a host compound having the following Formula (1): wherein Ra 1 represents alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl or heterocyclic, R 1 , R 2 and R 5 each represent hydrogen or a substituent, and n1, n2 and n5 each represent 0 to 4.

Claims (16)

1. An organic electroluminescent element comprising an anode and a cathode having therebetween a light emitting layer, wherein the light emitting layer comprises a guest compound having a substructure represented by a Formula (A) and a host compound represented by a Formula 3:

wherein Ra represents an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aromatic hydrocarbon group, an aromatic heterocyclic group or a heterocyclic group; Rb and Rc each represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent selected from the group consisting of an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aromatic hydrocarbon group, an aromatic heterocycle group, a heterocycle group, an alkoxy group, a cycloalkoxyl group, an aryloxy group, an alkylthio group, a cycloalkylthio group, an arylthio group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, an aryloxycarbonyl group, a sulfamoyl group, an acyl group, an acyloxy group, a butylcarbonyloxy group, an octylcarbonyloxy group, an amide group, a carbamoyl group, a ureido group, a sulfinyl group, an alkylsulfonyl group, an arylsulfonyl group, an amino group, a halogen atom, a hydrofluorocarbon group, a cyano group, a nitro group, a hydroxyl group, a mercapto group and a silyl group, and one of these substituents which is further substituted with one of these substituents; A1 represents a benzene ring or a pyridine ring; and M represents Ir;

wherein R 1 , R 2 , R 3 and R 4 each represent a phenyl group or a pyridyl group; R 6 and R 7 each represent a hydrogen atom; n1 to n4 each represent an integer of 0 to 4; n6 and n7 each represent an integer of 0 to 3; and RA and RB each represent an alkyl group, wherein n1 and n2 are not simultaneously 0 and n3 and n4 are not simultaneously 0.

2. The organic electroluminescent element of claim 1 , wherein the aromatic hydrocarbon ring represented by A1 in Formula (A) is a benzene ring.

3. The organic electroluminescent element of claim 1 , wherein the guest compound represented by Formula (A) is a tris-form.

4. The organic electroluminescent element of claim 1 which emits blue light.

5. The organic electroluminescent element of claim 1 which emits white light.

6. A display comprising the organic electroluminescent element of claim 1 .

7. An illuminator comprising the organic electroluminescent element of claim 1 .

8. A display comprising the illuminator of claim 7 and a liquid crystal cell as a display means.

9. An organic electroluminescent element comprising an anode and a cathode having therebetween a light emitting layer, wherein the light emitting layer comprises a guest compound having a substructure represented by a Formula (B) and a host compound represented by a Formula 3:

wherein Ra represents an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aromatic hydrocarbon group, an aromatic heterocyclic group or a heterocyclic group; Rb, Rc, Rb 1 and Rc 1 each represent a hydrogen atom; A1 represents a benzene ring; and M represents Ir;

wherein R 1 , R 2 , R 3 and R 4 each represent a phenyl group or a pyridyl group; R 6 and R 7 each represent a hydrogen atom; n1 to n4 each represent an integer of 0 to 4; n6 and n7 each represent an integer of 0 to 3; and RA and RB each represent an alkyl group, wherein n1 and n2 are not simultaneously 0 and n3 and n4 are not simultaneously 0.

10. An organic electroluminescent element comprising an anode and a cathode having therebetween a light emitting layer, wherein the light emitting layer comprises a guest compound having a substructure represented by a Formula (C) and a host compound represented by a Formula 3:

wherein Ra represents an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aromatic hydrocarbon group, an aromatic heterocyclic group or a heterocyclic group; Rb and Rc each represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group; A1 represents a benzene ring; and M represents Ir;

wherein R 1 , R 2 , R 3 and R 4 each represent a phenyl group or a pyridyl group; R 6 and R 7 each represent a hydrogen atom; n1 to n4 each represent an integer of 0 to 4; n6 and n7 each represent an integer of 0 to 3; and RA and RB each represent an alkyl group, wherein n1 and n2 are not simultaneously 0 and n3 and n4 are not simultaneously 0.

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