The present invention relates to iridium complexes suitable for use in organic electroluminescent devices, especially as emitters.

A compound having a Pt tetradentate structure of Formula 1,

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is provided. In the structure of Formula 1, rings C and D each independently represent 5- or 6-membered carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring; L.sup.1, L.sup.2, and L.sup.3 are each independently a direct bond, BR, NR, PR, O, S, Se, C═O, S═O, SO.sub.2, SiRR′, GeRR′, alkyl, cycloalkyl, or a combination thereof; the sum of n1 and n2 is 1 or 2; X is selected from NR.sup.E, O, S, and Se; X.sup.3 and X.sup.4 each independently carbon or nitrogen; and one of Q.sup.1, Q.sup.3, and Q.sup.4 is oxygen, and the remaining two of Q.sup.1, Q.sup.3, and Q.sup.4 each represents a direct bond. Formulations and devices, such as an OLEDs, that include the compound of Formula 1 are also described.

Tetradentate and octahedral metal complexes suitable for use as phosphorescent or delayed fluorescent and phosphorescent emitters in display and lighting applications.

A series of thermally stable and highly luminescent cyclometalated tetradentate ligand-containing gold(III) compounds was designed and synthesized. The cyclometalated tetradentate ligand-containing gold(III) compounds can be used as light-emitting material for fabrication of light-emitting devices. The cyclometalated tetradentate ligand-containing gold(III) compounds can be deposited as a layer or a component of a layer using a solution-processing technique or a vacuum deposition process. The cyclometalated tetradentate ligand-containing gold(III) compounds are robust and can provide electroluminescence with high efficiency and brightness. More importantly, the vacuum-deposited OLEDs demonstrate long operational stabilities with half-lifetime of over 29,700 hours at 100 cd m.sup.−2.

To provide an organic electroluminescent device having high efficiency while having a driving voltage. This organic electroluminescent device includes an anode, an organic layer and a cathode stacked on a substrate, at least one layer of the organic layer is a light-emitting layer containing a first host, a second host and a light-emitting dopant material, the first host is selected from a compound represented by the following general formula (1), and the second host is selected from a biscarbazole compound binding at a position other than the N-position, an indolocarbazole compound, or a carbazole compound in which a plurality of carbazole rings bind at the N-position. In the formula, a ring A is represented by formula (1b) or (1c), X represents NR, S, O, or CR.sub.2, and at least one Y represents N.

Provided are a compound of Formula 1 and an organic electric element including a first electrode, a second electrode, and an organic material layer between the first electrode and the second electrode and comprising the compound, the element showing improved luminescence efficiency, stability, and life span.

An organometallic compound, represented by Formula 1:

M.sub.1(Ln.sub.1).sub.n1(Ln.sub.2).sub.n2  Formula 1

wherein, in Formula 1, M.sub.1 is a transition metal, Ln.sub.1 is a ligand represented by Formula 1A, Ln.sub.2 is a ligand represented by Formula 1B, n1 is 1 or 2, and n2 is 1 or 2:

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wherein the substituents of Formulae 1A and 1B are as provided herein in the detailed description.

A composition including a first compound and a second compound, wherein the first compound is an organometallic compound represented by Formula 1, the second compound is an organometallic compound represented by Formula 2, the first compound and the second compound are different from each other, the first compound and the second compound are each not tris[2-phenylpyridine]iridium, and |λP(Ir1)-λP(Ir2)| is in a range of 0 nm to about 30 nm, and at least one of Expressions 1 to 4 presented in the specification is satisfied,

Ir(L.sub.11).sub.n11(L.sub.12).sub.n12(L.sub.13).sub.n13  Formula 1

Ir(L.sub.21).sub.n21(L.sub.22).sub.n22(L.sub.23).sub.n23  Formula 2

wherein L.sub.11 to L.sub.13, L.sub.21 to L.sub.23, n11 to n13, and n21 to n23 are as provided herein.

A metal compound including a first ligand L.sub.A having the Formula: ##STR00001##
is disclosed. The metal compounds are useful in the emissive layer in organic light emitting devices.

Provided are organometallic compounds that include a ligand L.sub.A of

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that are useful as emitters in OLEDs. Also provided are formulations comprising these organometallic compounds. Further provided are OLEDs and related consumer products that utilize these organometallic compounds.