Polycyclic aromatic compound and light emitting layer-forming composition
The present invention addresses the problem of providing a polycyclic aromatic compound which has improved solubility in solvents, film formability, wet coatability and in-plane orientation. The above-described problem is solved by a composition for forming a light emitting layer, which contains, as a first component, at least one compound selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by general formula (A-1) and compounds represented by general formula (A-2), as a second component, at least one compound that has a triplet energy (E T ) of 1.8-3.0 eV, and as a third component, at least one organic solvent. In the formulae, R represents a hydrogen atom, an aryl group, a heteroaryl group, a diarylamino group, a diheteroarylamino group or an aryl heteroarylamino group.
1. A compound represented by the following general formula (A-1)
in general formula (A-1),
R 1 to R 11 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an aryl, a heteroaryl, a diarylamino, a diheteroarylamino, an arylheteroarylamino, or an aryloxy, while at least one hydrogen atom in these may be further substituted by an aryl, a heteroaryl, or a diarylamino,
adjacent groups among R 1 to R 11 may be bonded to each other to form an aryl ring or a heteroaryl ring together with ring a, ring b, or ring c, at least one hydrogen atom in the ring thus formed may be substituted by an aryl, a heteroaryl, a diarylamino, a diheteroarylamino, an arylheteroarylamino, or an aryloxy, at least one hydrogen atom in these may be further substituted by an aryl, a heteroaryl, or a diarylamino,
at least one hydrogen atom in a compound represented by the above formula (A-1) is substituted by a group represented by the following general formula (FG-1), a group represented by the following general formula (FG-2), or an alkyl having 7 to 24 carbon atoms, at least one hydrogen atom in a compound represented by the above formula (A-1) may be further substituted by a halogen atom or a deuterium atom,
any —CH 2 — in the alkyl may be substituted by —O— or —Si(CH 3 ) 2 —, any —CH 2 — excluding —CH 2 -directly bonded to the compound represented by the above formula (A-1) in the alkyl may be substituted by an arylene having 6 to 24 carbon atoms, and any hydrogen atom in the alkyl may be substituted by a fluorine atom
in general formula (FG-1),
R's each independently represent a fluorine atom, a trimethylsilyl, a trifluoromethyl, an alkyl having 1 to 24 carbon atoms, or a cycloalkyl having 3 to 24 carbon atoms, any —CH 2 -in the alkyl may be substituted by —O—, any —CH 2 — excluding —CH 2 -directly bonded to a phenyl or a phenylene in the alkyl may be substituted by an arylene having 6 to 24 carbon atoms, at least one hydrogen atom in the cycloalkyl may be substituted by an alkyl having 1 to 24 carbon atoms or an aryl having 6 to 12 carbon atoms,
when two adjacent R's each represent an alkyl or a cycloalkyl, these R's may be bonded to each other to form a ring,
m's each independently represent an integer of 0 to 4,
n's each independently represent an integer of 0 to 5, and
p's each independently represent an integer of 1 to 5
in general formula (FG-2),
R's each independently represent a fluorine atom, a trimethylsilyl, a trifluoromethyl, an alkyl having 1 to 24 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl having 3 to 24 carbon atoms, or an aryl having 6 to 12 carbon atoms, any —CH 2 -in the alkyl may be substituted by —O—, any —CH 2 — excluding —CH 2 — directly bonded to a phenyl or a phenylene in the alkyl may be substituted by an arylene having 6 to 24 carbon atoms, at least one hydrogen atom in the cycloalkyl may be substituted by an alkyl having 1 to 24 carbon atoms or an aryl having 6 to 12 carbon atoms, at least one hydrogen atom in the aryl may be substituted by an alkyl having 1 to 24 carbon atoms,
when two adjacent R's each represent an alkyl or a cycloalkyl, these R's may be bonded to each other to form a ring,
m's each independently represent an integer of 0 to 4, and
n's each independently represent an integer of 0 to 5.
2. The compound of claim 1 , in which
in the above formula (A-1),
R 1 to R 11 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an aryl having 6 to 30 carbon atoms, a heteroaryl having 2 to 30 carbon atoms or a diarylamino (the aryl is an aryl having 6 to 12 carbon atoms), at least one hydrogen atom in these may be further substituted by an aryl having 6 to 30 carbon atoms, a heteroaryl having 2 to 30 carbon atoms or a diarylamino (the aryl is an aryl having 6 to 12 carbon atoms),
adjacent groups among R 1 to R 11 may be bonded to each other to form an aryl ring having 9 to 16 carbon atoms or a heteroaryl ring having 6 to 15 carbon atoms together with ring a, ring b, or ring c, at least one hydrogen atom in the ring thus formed may be substituted by an aryl having 6 to 30 carbon atoms, a heteroaryl having 2 to 30 carbon atoms or a diarylamino (the aryl is an aryl having 6 to 12 carbon atoms), at least one hydrogen atom in these may be further substituted by an aryl having 6 to 30 carbon atoms, a heteroaryl having 2 to 30 carbon atoms or a diarylamino (the aryl is an aryl having 6 to 12 carbon atoms), and
at least one hydrogen atom in a compound represented by the above formula (A-1) is substituted by a group represented by the above formula (FG-1), a group represented by the above formula (FG-2), or an alkyl having 7 to 24 carbon atoms, at least one hydrogen atom in a compound represented by the above formula (A-1) may be further substituted by a halogen atom or a deuterium atom.
3. The compound of claim 1 , in which
in the above formula (A-1),
R 1 to R 11 each independently represent any one selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom and groups represented by the following formulas (RG-1) to (RG-10), and
the groups represented by the following formulas (RG-1) to (RG-10) are each bonded to the above formula (A-1) at *, and
at least one hydrogen atom in a compound represented by the above formula (A-1) is substituted by a group represented by the above formula (FG-1), a group represented by the above formula (FG-2), or an alkyl having 7 to 24 carbon atoms.
4. The compound of claim 1 , in which
a compound represented by the above formula (A-1) is a compound represented by the following formula (1-1-z), (1-49-z), (1-91-z), (1-100-z), (1-152-z), (1-176-z), (1-1048-z), (1-1049-z), (1-1050-z), (1-1069-z), (1-1101-z), (1-1102-z), or (1-1103-z)
z's in the above formulas each represent a hydrogen atom, a group represented by the above formula (FG-1), a group represented by the above formula (FG-2), or an alkyl having 7 to 24 carbon atoms, and not all z's represent hydrogen atoms.
5. The compound of claim 1 , in which
in the above formula (FG-1), m and n each represent 0, and p represents an integer of 1 to 3, and
in the formula (FG-2), m and n each represent 0.
6. The compound of claim 1 , in which at least one hydrogen atom in a compound represented by the above formula (A-1) is substituted by a group represented by the above formula (FG-1).