A condensed cyclic compound represented by Formula 1: ##STR00001## wherein in Formula 1, Ar.sub.1 and R.sub.1 to R.sub.8 are the same as described in the specification.

A compound of:

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is disclosed. In Formula III, ring B and ring C are each independently a 5 or 6-membered carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring; A-B represents a bonded pair of carbocyclic or heterocyclic rings coordinated to a metal M via a nitrogen atom in ring A and an sp.sup.2 hybridized atom in ring B; A-C represents a bonded pair of carbocyclic or heterocyclic rings; M is a metal having an atomic number greater than 40; L′ is a monoanionic bidentate ligand; m is the oxidation state of the metal M; and n is at least 1.

The invention relates to compounds comprising functional substituents in a specific spatial arrangement, devices containing same, and the preparation and use thereof.

A compound represented by formula (1): ##STR00001##
wherein Ar.sup.1 and Ar.sup.2 each represents a group represented by formula (3); ##STR00002##
and R.sup.1 represents a naphthylphenyl group, a biphenylyl group, a terphenylyl group, a biphenylenyl group, a naphthyl group, or a phenylnaphthyl group; R.sup.2 represents a hydrogen atom; R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 are as defined in the description is provided. An electroluminescence device which contains the compound of formula (1) is also provided.

The present invention relates to a compound of formula (I), wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are each independently hydrogen or R.sup.a, with proviso that a pair of two substituents selected from R.sup.1 and R.sup.2, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3, and R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 is linked to one another and forms a group of formula (II); a material for an organic electroluminescence device comprising at least one compound of formula (I); an organic electroluminescence device which comprises an organic thin film layer be-tween an anode and a cathode, wherein the organic thin film layer comprises one or more layers and comprises a light emitting layer, and at least one layer of the organic thin film layer comprises at least one compound of formula (I); and an electronic equipment comprising the inventive organic electroluminescence device. ##STR00001##

Disclosed herein are compounds capable of producing organic electroluminescence (EL) devices having excellent properties, organic EL devices comprising the compounds, and electronic devices comprising the organic EL devices. The compounds of this disclosure are represented by formula (1) below, where A, B, C, and R.sub.1 to R.sub.11 are defined herein. ##STR00001##

The present invention describes amines with dibenzofuran, dibenzothiophene and fluorene groups, especially for use as triplet matrix materials in organic electroluminescent devices. The invention further relates to a process for preparing the compounds of the invention and to electronic devices comprising these.

A compound of: ##STR00001##
is disclosed. In Formula IV, ring B and ring C are each independently a 5 or 6-membered carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring; A-B represents a bonded pair of carbocyclic or heterocyclic rings coordinated to a metal M via a nitrogen atom in ring A and an sp.sup.2 hybridized atom in ring B; A-C represents a bonded pair of carbocyclic or heterocyclic rings; M is a metal having an atomic number greater than 40; L′ is a monoanionic bidentate ligand; m is the oxidation state of the metal M; and n is at least 1.

The present disclosure discloses a novel multi-stable and erasable anti-counterfeiting technology with controlled reflection color and the application thereof in optical coding. The method and use are characterized by high thermal stability and robust fatigue resistance, and the realization thereof relies on the material system composed of an intrinsic chiral diarylethene molecule based on steric hindrance ethene bridge and a liquid crystal (LC) material disclosed herein. The diarylethene based on steric hindrance ethene bridge has the following structural feature:

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The material system composed of a diarylethene compound based on steric hindrance ethene bridge and an LC can be prepared by a simple preparation process from cheap raw materials, can achieve a wide spectral color adjustment range, and has excellent thermal stability and fatigue resistance, which is expected to be further widely used in the fields of dual erasable anti-counterfeiting and optical information encoding with high thermal stability and strong fatigue resistance.

The present invention relates to spiro compounds containing electron-conducting groups and to electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices, comprising these compounds.