US 7,510,781 B2
Spiro compound and organic luminescence device using the same
Koichi Suzuki, Yokohama (Japan); Mizuho Hiraoki, Kawasaki (Japan); Akihiro Senoo, Kawasaki (Japan); Naoki Yamada, Komae (Japan); Chika Negishi, Kawasaki (Japan); and Akihito Saito, Yokohama (Japan)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (Japan)
Appl. No. 10/525,327
PCT Filed Aug. 12, 2003, PCT No. PCT/JP03/10258
§ 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Feb. 22, 2005,
PCT Pub. No. WO2004/020373, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 11, 2004.
Claims priority of application No. 2002-246601 (JP), filed on Aug. 27, 2002.
Prior Publication US 2006/0134425 A1, Jun. 22, 2006
Int. Cl. H01L 51/54 (2006.01); H05B 33/14 (2006.01); C07F 7/08 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 428—690  [428/917; 313/504; 313/506; 546/16; 556/406] 2 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An organic luminescence device comprising at least a pair of electrodes including an anode and a cathode and one or a plurality of layers containing an organic compound sandwiched between the pair of electrodes, wherein at least one of the layers containing the organic compound contains at least one spiro compound represented by the following general formula [II]:

OG Complex Work Unit Drawing
wherein R5, R6, R7, and R8 represent a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group, a substituted amino group, cyano group, or a halogen atom, and R5, R6, R7, and R8, may be identical or different from each other; and Ar3 and Ar4 represent a substituted or unsubstituted condensed polycyclic aromatic group or a substituted or unsubstituted condensed polycyclic heterocyclic group, which may be identical or different from each other and wherein at least one of Ar3 and Ar4 is a condensed polycyclic aromatic group represented by one of the following general formula [III] to [VIII]:

OG Complex Work Unit Drawing
wherein R9 represents a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group, a substituted amino group, a cyano group, or a halogen atom; and R10 and R11 represent a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group, which may be identical or different from each other;

OG Complex Work Unit Drawing
wherein R12 represents a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group, a substituted amino group, a cyano group, or a halogen atom; and R13 and R14 represent a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group, which may be identical or different from each other; and

OG Complex Work Unit Drawing
wherein R15 to R18 represent a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group, a substituted amino group, a cyano group, or a halogen atom; and
wherein at least a luminescent layer among the layers containing the organic compound contains at least one of the spiro compounds and a fluorene compound represented by the following general formula [X]:

OG Complex Work Unit Drawing
wherein R21 and R22 represent a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group, R21 themselves or R22 themselves, which are bonded to different fluorene groups, may be identical or different from each other, and R21 and R22 that are bonded to the same fluorene group may be identical or different from each other; R23 and R24 represent a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group, a cyano group, or a halogen atom, and R23 themselves or R24 themselves, which are bonded to different fluorene groups, may be identical or different from each other, and R23 and R24 that are bonded to the same fluorene group may be identical or different from each other; Ar5, Ar6, Ar7, and Ar8 represent a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic group, a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group, a substituted or unsubstituted condensed polycyclic aromatic group, or a substituted or unsubstituted condensed polycyclic heterocyclic group, which may be identical or different from each other, and Ar5 and Ar6 as well as Ar7 and Ar8 may be bonded with each other to form rings, respectively; and n represents an integral number of 1 to 10.