Compound for organic electroluminescent device

Abstract

The present invention generally discloses an organic compound and organic electroluminescence (herein referred to as organic EL) device using the organic compound. More specifically, the present invention relates to an organic EL device employing the organic compound as fluorescent emitting host or phosphorescent emitting host which can display long lifetime, high efficiency.

Claims

1. A compound with a general formula(I) as follows: ##STR00041## wherein A represents a phenyl group or a substituted or unsubstituted fused ring hydrocarbon unit with two to four rings, L represents a substituted or unsubstituted divalent arylene group having 6 to 30 ring carbon atoms, Ar.sub.1 and Ar.sub.2 independently are selected from the group consisting of a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted naphthyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted anthracenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted phenanthrenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted pyrenyl group and a substituted or unsubstituted chrysenyl group; R.sub.1 to R.sub.3 are independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms and a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group having 3 to 30 carbon atoms.

2. The compound according to claim 1, wherein L is represented the following formulas: ##STR00042##

3. The compound according to claim 1, wherein Ar.sub.1 is represented the following formulas: ##STR00043##

4. The compound according to claim 1, wherein Ar.sub.2 is represented the following formulas: ##STR00044##

5. A compound of formula(III): ##STR00045## wherein L represents a single bond or a substituted or unsubstituted divalent arylene group having 6 to 30 ring carbon atoms, Ar.sub.1 and Ar.sub.2 independently are selected from the group consisting of a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted naphthyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted anthracenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted phenanthrenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted pyrenyl group and a substituted or unsubstituted chrysenyl group; R.sub.1 to R.sub.3 are independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms and a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group having 3 to 30 carbon atoms.

6. The compound according to claim 5, wherein L is represented the following formulas: ##STR00046##

7. The compound according to claim 5, wherein Ar.sub.1 is represented the following formulas: ##STR00047##

8. The compound according to claim 5, wherein Ar.sub.2 is represented the following formulas: ##STR00048##

9. A organic electroluminescence device comprising a pair of electrodes consisting of a cathode and an anode, and between the pairs of electrodes comprising at least a light emitting layer, one or more layers of organic thin film layer, wherein the light emitting layer comprising the compound according to claim 1.

10. The organic electroluminescence device according to claim 9, wherein the light emitting layer comprising the compound with a general formula(I) is a host material.

11. The organic electroluminescence device according to claim 9, wherein the light emitting layer comprising the compound with a general formula(I) is a fluorescent emitter.

12. The organic electroluminescence device according to claim 9, wherein the light emitting layer emits fluorescent blue and green lights.

13. The organic electroluminescence device according to claim 9, wherein the light emitting layer emits phosphorescent green lights.

14. The organic electroluminescence device according to claim 9, wherein the device is an organic light emitting device.

15. The organic electroluminescence device according to claim 9, wherein the device is a lighting panel.

16. The organic electroluminescence device according to claim 9, wherein the device is a backlight panel.

17. A compound with one of the following formulas: ##STR00049## ##STR00050## ##STR00051## ##STR00052## ##STR00053## ##STR00054##

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) FIG. 1 show one example of organic EL device in the present invention. 6 is transparent electrode, 13 is metal electrode, 7 is hole injection layer which is deposited onto 6, 8 is hole transport layer which is deposited onto 7, 9 is fluorescent or phosphorescent emitting layer which is deposited onto 8, 10 is hole blocking layer which is deposited onto 9, 11 is electron transport layer which is deposited onto 10, 12 is electron injection layer which is deposited on to 11.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

(2) What probed into the invention is the compound and organic EL device using the compound. Detailed descriptions of the production, structure and elements will be provided in the following to make the invention thoroughly understood. Obviously, the application of the invention is not confined to specific details familiar to those who are skilled in the art. On the other hand, the common elements and procedures that are known to everyone are not described in details to avoid unnecessary limits of the invention. Some preferred embodiments of the present invention will now be described in greater detail in the following. However, it should be recognized that the present invention can be practiced in a wide range of other embodiments besides those explicitly described, that is, this invention can also be applied extensively to other embodiments, and the scope of the present invention is expressly not limited except as specified in the accompanying claims.

(3) In a first embodiment of the present invention, the compound which can be used as fluorescent emitting host or phosphorescent emitting host for organic EL device are disclosed. The mentioned compound are represented by the following formula(I)

(4) ##STR00002##
wherein A represents a phenyl group and a substituted or unsubstituted fused ring hydrocarbon units with two to four rings group, L represents a single bond or a substituted or unsubstituted divalent arylene group having 6 to 30 ring carbon atoms, Ar.sub.1 and Ar.sub.2 independently are selected from the group consisting of a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted naphthyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted anthracenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted phenanthrenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted pyrenyl group and a substituted or unsubstituted chrysenyl group; R.sub.1 to R.sub.3 independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms and a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group having 3 to 30 carbon atoms.

(5) According to the above-mentioned formula(I) wherein L is represented the following formulas:

(6) ##STR00003##

(7) According to the above-mentioned formula(I) wherein Ar.sub.1 is represented the following formulas:

(8) ##STR00004## ##STR00005##

(9) According to the above-mentioned formula(I) wherein Ar.sub.2 is represented the following formulas:

(10) ##STR00006##

(11) According to the above-mentioned the compound formula(I)) represented by the following formula(II) and formula(III):

(12) ##STR00007##
wherein L represents a single bond or a substituted or unsubstituted divalent arylene group having 6 to 30 ring carbon atoms, Ar.sub.1 and Ar.sub.2 independently are selected from the group consisting of a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted naphthyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted anthracenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted phenanthrenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted pyrenyl group and a substituted or unsubstituted chrysenyl group; R.sub.1 to R.sub.3 independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms and a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group having 3 to 30 carbon atoms.

(13) According to the above-mentioned compound formula(II) and formula(III), wherein the L is consisting of group represented as follows:

(14) ##STR00008##

(15) According to the above-mentioned compound formula(II) and formula(III), wherein the Ar.sub.1 is consisting of group represented as follows:

(16) ##STR00009##

(17) According to the above-mentioned compound formula(II) and formula(III), wherein the Ar.sub.2 is consisting of group represented as follows:

(18) ##STR00010## ##STR00011##

(19) In this embodiment, some compounds are shown below:

(20) ##STR00012## ##STR00013## ##STR00014## ##STR00015## ##STR00016## ##STR00017## ##STR00018## ##STR00019##

(21) Detailed preparation for the compound in the present invention could be clarified by exemplary embodiments, but the present invention is not limited to exemplary embodiments. EXAMPLE 15 show the preparation for some EXAMPLES of the compound in the present invention. EXAMPLE 67 show the fabrication of organic EL device and I-V-B, life time of organic EL device testing report.

Example 1

Synthesis of EX7

Synthesis of 2-phenyl-4-nitrobromobenzene

(22) ##STR00020##

(23) 2.6 g (12.14 mmol) of 2-phenyl-4-nitroaniline was added to a mixture of 0.92 g (13.35 mmol) of sodium nitrite, 8 ml of sulfuric acid, 9 ml of acetic acid at 0-5 C. and stirred for 2 hours at 0-5 C. Water was added to this mixture and stirred for 1 hr at room temperature. 4.3 g (19.42 mmol) of copper(II) bromide dissolved in 9.3 ml 2M HCl solution was added and stirred for 20 min at room temperature, then heated to 60 C. for 1 hr. After finishing the reaction, the organic layer was extracted with ether and water, washed with brine, dried over magnesium sulfate and evaporated to dryness and the crude was purified by column chromatography on silica to give product (1.5 g, 5.39 mmol, 45.5%) as a white solid.

Synthesis of 2-(5-nitro-[1,1-bipheny]-2-yl)-9,9-dimethyl-9H-fluorene

(24) ##STR00021##

(25) A mixture of 40 g (14.38 mmol) of 2-phenyl-4-nitrobromobenzene, 27.7 g (15.82 mmol) of 9,9-dimethyl-9H-fluoren-2-yl-2-boronic acid, 1.8 g (0.16 mmol) of Pd(PPh.sub.3).sub.4, 119 ml of 2M Na.sub.2CO.sub.3, 150 ml of EtOH and 450 ml toluene was degassed and placed under nitrogen, and then heated at 90 C. overnight. After finishing the reaction, the mixture was allowed to cool to room temperature. The solution was extracted with dichloromethane and water. The organic layer was dried with anhydrous magnesium sulfate and the solvent was evaporated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by column chromatography on silica (hexane-dichloromethane) to give product 43.1 g (110.1 mmol, 69.6%). 1H NMR (CDCl3, 400 MHz): chemical shift (ppm) 7.93 (s, 1H), 7.71 (d, 1H), 7.50 (d, 1H), 7.38-7.21 (m, 6H), 7.166.92 (m, 4H), 6.836.65 (m, 2H), 1.15 (s, 6H)

Synthesis of 2-(5-amino-[1,1-bipheny]-2-yl)-9,9-dimethyl-9H-fluorene

(26) ##STR00022##

(27) A mixture of 10.4 g (26.56 mmol) of 2-(5-nitro-[1,1-bipheny]-2-yl)-9,9-dimethyl-9H-fluorene, 8.5 g (159.36 mmol) of iron powder and 10 ml of conc. HCl was refluxed in aqueous ethanol (100 mL of alcohol and 30 mL of water) at 85 C. for 2 h. The reaction mixture was filtered and the filtrate was extracted with ethyl acetate and water. The organic layer was dried with anhydrous magnesium sulfate and the solvent was evaporated under reduced pressure. Formed solid was washed with hexane to yield product 8.2 g (22.68 mmol, 85%). 1H NMR (CDCl3, 400 MHz): chemical shift (ppm) 7.71 (d, 1H), 7.64 (d, 1H), 7.42 (d, 1H), 7.297.12 (m, 7H), 7.06 (d, 2H), 6.89 (s, 1H), 6.80 (d, 1H), 6.78 (s, 1H), 1.12 (s, 6H).

Synthesis of 2-(4-bromo-[1,1-bipheny]-2-yl)-9,9-dimethyl-9H-fluorene

(28) ##STR00023##

(29) To a refluxing mixture of 0.34 g (3.32 mmol) of tert-butyl nitrite, 0.6 g (2.76 mmol) of anhydrous copper(II)bromide and anhydrous acetonitrile (46 mL), 1 g (2.76 mmol) of the corresponding 2-(4-amino-[1,1-bipheny]-2-yl) 9,9-dimethyl-9H-fluorene was added slowly over a period of 1 h giving rise to a reaction with vigorous foaming and evolution of nitrogen gas. After completion of the reaction, the mixture was cooled to room temperature and poured into an aqueous HCl solution. The crude which precipitated was purified by column chromatography on silica(hexane-dichloromethane) to give product 0.3 g (0.70 mmol, 25%). 1H NMR (CDCl3, 400 MHz): chemical shift (ppm) 7.81 (d, 1H), 7.407.65 (m, 1H), 7.667.68 (m, 1H), 7.617.63 (m, 1H), 7.357.37 (m, 1H), 7.247.32 (m, 4H), 7.157.22 (m, 4H), 7.097.12 (m, 2H), 6.93 (d, 1H), 1.20 (s, 6H).

Synthesis of 6-bromo-10,10-dimethyl-10H-indeno[2,1-b] triphenylene

(30) ##STR00024##

(31) In a 100 ml three-necked flask that had been degassed and filled with nitrogen, 2.9 g (0.68 mmol) of 2-(4-bromo[1,1-bipheny]-2-yl)-9,9-dimethyl-9H-fluorene was dissolved in anhydrous dichloromethane (180 ml), 5.5 g (3.40 mmol) Iron(III)chloride was then added, and the mixture was stirred one hour. The reaction was quenched with methanol and water and the organic layer was separated and the solvent was removed. The residue was purified by column chromatography on silica(hexane-dichloromethane) afforded a white solid (1.7 g, 0.81 mmol, 58.6%). 1H NMR (CDCl3, 400 MHz): chemical shift (ppm) 9.01 (s, 1H), 8.94 (d, 2H), 8.78 (s, 1H), 8.58 (s, 1H), 8.49 (s, 1H), 7.98 (d, 1H), 7.78-7.85 (m, 2H), 7.437.63 (m, 4H), 1.69 (s, 6H).

Synthesis of 10,10-dimethyl-6-(10-(naphthalen-2-yl)anthracen-9-yl)-10H-indeno[2,1-b]triphenylene

(32) ##STR00025##

(33) A mixture of 8.6 g (20.3 mmol) of 6-bromo-10,10-dimethyl-10H-indeno[2,1-b]triphenylene, 7.8 g (22.3 mmol) of 10-(naphthalen-2-yl)anthracen-9-ylboronic acid, 0.5 g (0.4 mmol) of Pd(PPh.sub.3).sub.4, 21 ml of 2M Na.sub.2CO.sub.3, 17 ml of EtOH and 70 ml toluene was degassed and placed under nitrogen, and then heated at 100 C. for 12 h. After finishing the reaction, the mixture was allowed to cool to room temperature. The organic layer was extracted with ethyl acetate and water, dried with anhydrous magnesium sulfate, the solvent was removed and the residue was purified by column chromatography on silica to give product (6.5 g, 10 mmol, 50%) as a yellow solid. 1H NMR (CDCl3, 400 MHz): chemical shift (ppm) 9.06 (s, 1H), 9.01 (d, 1H), 8.818.88 (m, 3H), 8.60 (d, 1H), 7.938.11 (m, 5H), 7.767.86 (m, 5H), 7.647.73 (m, 2H), 7.547.63 (m, 4H), 7.407.48 (m, 2H), 7.347.31 (m, 4H), 1.71 (s, 6H).

Example 2

Synthesis of EX9

Synthesis of 110,10-dimethyl-6-(4-(10-(naphthalen-2-yl) anthracen-9-yl)phenyl)-10H-indeno[2,1-b]triphenylene

(34) ##STR00026##

(35) A mixture of 8.6 g (20.3 mmol) of 6-bromo-10,10-dimethyl-10H-indeno[2,1-b]triphenylene, 9.5 g (22.3 mmol) of 4-(10-(naphthalen-2-yl) anthracen-9-yl)phenylboronic acid, 0.5 g (0.4 mmol) of Pd(PPh.sub.3).sub.4, 21 ml of 2M Na.sub.2CO.sub.3, 17 ml of EtOH and 70 ml Toluene was degassed and placed under nitrogen, and then heated at 100 C. for 12 h. After finishing the reaction, the mixture was allowed to cool to room temperature. The organic layer was extracted with ethyl acetate and water, dried with anhydrous magnesium sulfate, the solvent was removed and the residue was purified by column chromatography on silica to give product (7.3 g, 10 mmol, 50%) as a yellow solid. 1H NMR (CDCl3, 400 MHz): chemical shift (ppm) 9.06 (s, 1H), 9.01 (d, 1H), 8.818.88 (m, 3H), 8.60 (d, 1H), 7.938.11 (m, 5H), 7.767.86 (m, 5H), 7.64-7.73 (m, 2H), 7.547.63 (m, 4H), 7.407.48 (m, 2H), 7.347.25 (m, 8H), 1.71 (s, 6H).

Example 3

Synthesis of EX17

Synthesis of 2-(10,10-dimethyl-10H-indeno[2,1-b] triphenylen-12-yl)quinoline

(36) ##STR00027##

(37) In a 500 ml three-necked flask that had been degassed and filled with nitrogen, 10 g (21.7 mmol) of 9-bromo-10-(4-(naphthalen-1-yl) cyclohexa-1,3-dienyl)anthracene was dissolved in anhydrous THF (150 ml) cool to 78 C., 10.4 ml (26.1 mmol) of n-butyllithium (2.5M) was then added and stir 1 hour, 3.4 g (32.6 mmol) of trimethyl borate was then added and hexane-dichloromethane stir overnight, After finishing the reaction, the solution was extracted with 300 ml of ethyl acetate and 200 ml of water. The organic layer was dried with anhydrous magnesium sulfate and the solvent was evaporated under reduced pressure to give product 7.4 g (80%) as a yellow solid.

Synthesis of 10,10-dimethyl-6-(10-(4-(naphthalen-1-yl)phenyl) anthracen-9-yl)-10H-indeno[2,1-b]triphenylene

(38) ##STR00028##

(39) A mixture of 8.6 g (20.3 mmol) of 6-bromo-10,10-dimethyl-10H-indeno[2,1-b]triphenylene, 9.5 g (22.3 mmol) of 10-(4-(naphthalen-1-yl) cyclohexa-1,3-dienyl)anthracen-9-ylboronic acid, 0.5 g (0.4 mmol) of Pd(PPh.sub.3).sub.4, 21 ml of 2M Na.sub.2CO.sub.3, 17 ml of EtOH and 70 ml toluene was degassed and placed under nitrogen, and then heated at 100 C. for 12 h. After finishing the reaction, the mixture was allowed to cool to room temperature. The organic layer was extracted with ethyl acetate and water, dried with anhydrous magnesium sulfate, the solvent was removed and the residue was purified by column chromatography on silica to give product (5.9 g, 8.1 mmol, 40%) as a yellow solid. 1H NMR (CDCl3, 400 MHz): chemical shift (ppm) 9.06 (s, 1H), 9.02 (d, 1H), 8.838.88 (m, 3H), 8.61 (d, 1H), 8.198.21 (m, 1H), 8.037.92 (m, 5H), 7.87-7.84 (m, 3H), 7.787.70 (m, 3H), 7.707.54 (m, 8H), 7.487.35 (m, 6H), 1.71 (s, 6H).

Example 4

Synthesis of EX26

Synthesis of 4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-2-(6-phenylpyren-1-yl)-1,3,2-dioxaborolane

(40) ##STR00029##

(41) A mixture of 13.1 g (37 mmol) of 1-bromo-6-phenylpyrene, 11.25 g (44.3 mmol) of bis(pinacolato)diboron, 0.44 g (0.38 mmol) of Pd(PPh.sub.3).sub.4, 10.8 g (110 mmol) of potassium acetate, and 440 ml 1,4-dioxane was degassed and placed under nitrogen, and then heated at 90 C. for 16 h. After finishing the reaction, the mixture was allowed to cool to room temperature. The organic phase separated and washed with ethyl acetate and water. After drying over magnesium sulfate, the solvent was removed in vacuo. The residue was purified by column chromatography on silica(hexane-dichloromethane) to give product (10.5 g, 26 mmol, 70%) as a light-yellow solid.

Synthesis of 1-(4-bromophenyl)-6-phenylpyrene

(42) ##STR00030##

(43) A mixture of 10.5 g (26 mmol) of 4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-2-(6-phenyl pyren-1-yl)-1,3,2-dioxaborolane, 12 g (52 mmol) of 1,4-dibromobenzene, 0.58 g (0.5 mmol) of Pd(PPh.sub.3).sub.4, 39 ml of 2M Na.sub.2CO.sub.3, 40 ml of EtOH and 80 ml toluene was degassed and placed under nitrogen, and then heated at 90 C. overnight. After finishing the reaction, the mixture was allowed to cool to room temperature. The solution was extracted with 250 ml of ethyl acetate and 1000 ml of water. The organic layer was dried with anhydrous magnesium sulfate and the solvent was evaporated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by column chromatography on silica to give product (5.6 g, 13 mmol, 50%) as a light-yellow solid.

Synthesis of 4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-2-(4-(6-phenylpyren-1-yl) phenyl)-1,3,2-dioxaborolane

(44) ##STR00031##

(45) A mixture of 5.6 g (13 mmol) of 1-(4-bromophenyl)-6-phenyl pyrene, 4.9 g (19.5 mmol) of bis(pinacolato)diboron, 0.15 g (0.13 mmol) of Pd(PPh.sub.3).sub.4, 3.8 g (39 mmol) of potassium acetate, and 180 ml 1,4-dioxane was degassed and placed under nitrogen, and then heated at 90 C. for 16 h. After finishing the reaction, the mixture was allowed to cool to room temperature. The organic phase separated and washed with ethyl acetate and water. After drying over magnesium sulfate, the solvent was removed in vacuo. The residue was purified by column chromatography on silica(hexane-dichloromethane) to give product (4.36 g, 9.1 mmol, 70%) as a light-yellow solid.

Synthesis of 10,10-dimethyl-6-(4-(6-phenylpyren-1-yl)phenyl)-10H-indeno[2,1-b]triphenylene

(46) ##STR00032##

(47) A mixture of 4.36 g (9.1 mmol) of 4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-2-(4-(6-phenylpyren-1-yl)phenyl)-1,3,2-dioxaborolane, 3.8 g (9.1 mmol) of 6-bromo-10,10-dimethyl-10H-indeno[2,1-b]triphenylene, 0.1 g (0.09 mmol) of Pd(PPh.sub.3).sub.4, 14 ml of 2M Na.sub.2CO.sub.3, 28 ml of EtOH and 56 ml toluene was degassed and placed under nitrogen, and then heated at 90 C. overnight. After finishing the reaction, the mixture was allowed to cool to room temperature. The solution was extracted with 250 ml of ethyl acetate and 1000 ml of water. The organic layer was dried with anhydrous magnesium sulfate and the solvent was evaporated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by column chromatography on silica(hexane-dichloromethane) to give product (4.43 g, 6.37 mmol, 70%) as a light-yellow solid; 1H NMR (CDCl3, 400 MHz): chemical shift (ppm) 9.01 (s, 1H), 8.858.73 (m, 4H), 8.338.19 (m, 4H), 8.077.96 (m, 8H), 7.64-7.83 (m, 6H), 7.577.41 (m, 6H), 1.69 (s, 6H).

Example 5

Synthesis of EX31

Synthesis of 4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-2-(6-(naphthalen-1-yl) pyren-1-yl)-1,3,2-dioxaborolane

(48) ##STR00033##

(49) A mixture of 15 g (37 mmol) of 1-bromo-6-(naphthalen-1-yl) pyrene, 11.25 g (44.3 mmol) of bis(pinacolato)diboron, 0.44 g (0.38 mmol) of Pd(PPh.sub.3).sub.4, 10.8 g (110 mmol) of potassium acetate, and 440 ml 1,4-dioxane was degassed and placed under nitrogen, and then heated at 90 C. for 16 h. After finishing the reaction, the mixture was allowed to cool to room temperature. The organic phase separated and washed with ethyl acetate and water. After drying over magnesium sulfate, the solvent was removed in vacuo. The residue was purified by column chromatography on silica(hexane-dichloromethane) to give product (11.8 g, 26 mmol, 70%) as a light-yellow solid.

Synthesis of 1-(4-bromophenyl)-6-(naphthalen-1-yl)pyrene

(50) ##STR00034##

(51) A mixture of 11.8 g (26 mmol) of 4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-2-(6-(naphthalen-1-yl)pyren-1-yl)-1,3,2-dioxaborolane, 12 g (52 mmol) of 1,4-dibromobenzene, 0.58 g (0.5 mmol) of Pd(PPh.sub.3).sub.4, 39 ml of 2M Na.sub.2CO.sub.3, 40 ml of EtOH and 80 ml toluene was degassed and placed under nitrogen, and then heated at 90 C. overnight. After finishing the reaction, the mixture was allowed to cool to room temperature. The solution was extracted with 250 ml of ethyl acetate and 1000 ml of water. The organic layer was dried with anhydrous magnesium sulfate and the solvent was evaporated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by column chromatography on silica to give product (6.3 g, 13 mmol, 50%) as a light-yellow solid.

Synthesis of 4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-2-(4-(6-(naphthalen-1-yl) pyren-1-yl)phenyl)-1,3,2-dioxaborolane

(52) ##STR00035##

(53) A mixture of 6.3 g (15 mmol) of 1-(4-bromophenyl)-6-(naphthalene-1-yl)pyrene, 5.7 g (22.5 mmol) of bis(pinacolato)diboron, 0.17 g (0.15 mmol) of Pd(PPh.sub.3).sub.4, 4.4 g (45 mmol) of potassium acetate, and 180 ml 1,4-dioxane was degassed and placed under nitrogen, and then heated at 90 C. for 14 h. After finishing the reaction, the mixture was allowed to cool to room temperature. The organic phase separated and washed with ethyl acetate and water. After drying over magnesium sulfate, the solvent was removed in vacuo. The residue was purified by column chromatography on silica (hexane-dichloromethane) to give product (6.4 g, 12 mmol, 80%) as a light-yellow solid.

Synthesis of 10,10-dimethyl-6-(4-(6-(naphthalen-1-yl)pyren-1-yl)phenyl)-10H-indeno[2,1-b]triphenylene

(54) ##STR00036##

(55) A mixture of 6.4 g (12 mmol) of 4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-2-(4-(6-(naphthalen-1-yl)pyren-1-yl)phenyl)-1,3,2-dioxaborolane, 5 g (12 mmol) of 6-bromo-10,10-dimethyl-10H-indeno[2,1-b]triphenylene, 0.14 g (0.12 mmol) of Pd(PPh.sub.3).sub.4, 18 ml of 2M Na.sub.2CO.sub.3, 20 ml of EtOH and 40 ml toluene was degassed and placed under nitrogen, and then heated at 90 C. overnight. After finishing the reaction, the mixture was allowed to cool to room temperature. The solution was extracted with 250 ml of ethyl acetate and 1000 ml of water. The organic layer was dried with anhydrous magnesium sulfate and the solvent was evaporated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by column chromatography on silica(hexane-dichloromethane) to give product (6.26 g, 8.4 mmol, 70%) as a light-yellow solid; 1H NMR (CDCl3, 400 MHz): chemical shift (ppm) 9.01 (d, 1H), 9.00 (s, 1H), 8.888.81 (m, 3H), 8.74 (s, 1H), 8.7 (d, 1H), 8.28 (d, 1H), 8.22 (d, 1H), 8.15 (d, 1H), 8.087.99 (m, 8H), 7.92 (d, 1H), 7.83 (d, 1H), 7.757.63 (m, 5H), 7.557.39 (m, 5H), 7.307.27 (m, 1H), 1.69 (s, 6H)

General Method of Producing Organic EL Device

(56) ITO-coated glasses with 912 ohm/square in resistance and 120160 nm in thickness are provided (hereinafter ITO substrate) and cleaned in a number of cleaning steps in an ultrasonic bath (e.g. detergent, deionized water). Before vapor deposition of the organic layers, cleaned ITO substrates are further treated by UV and ozone. All pre-treatment processes for ITO substrate are under clean room (class 100).

(57) These organic layers are applied onto the ITO substrate in order by vapor deposition in a high-vacuum unit (10.sup.7 Torr), such as: resistively heated quartz boats. The thickness of the respective layer and the vapor deposition rate (0.10.3 nm/sec) are precisely monitored or set with the aid of a quartz-crystal monitor. It is also possible, as described above, for individual layers to consist of more than one compound, i.e. in general a host material doped with a dopant material. This is achieved by co-vaporization from two or more sources.

(58) Dipyrazino[2,3-f: 2,3-]quinoxaline-2,3,6,7,10,11-hexacarbonitrile (HAT-CN) is used as hole injection layer in this organic EL device. N,N-Bis(naphthalene-1-yl)-N,N-bis(phenyl)-benzidine (NPB) is most widely used as the hole transporting layer. 10,10-Dimethyl-12-(4-(pyren-1-yl)phenyl)-10H-indeno[1,2-b]triphenylene(PT-312, US20140175384) or 10,10-dimethyl-12-(10-(naphthalen-2-yl)anthracen-9-yl)-10H-indeno[2,1-b]triphenylene (PT-3 13, US20140209866) is used as blue emitting host in organic EL device for comparison and N1,N1,N6,N6-tetram-tolylpyrene-1,6-diamine (D1) is used as blue guest. 2-(10,10-dimethyl-10H-indeno[2,1-b]triphenylen-13-yl)-9-phenyl-1,10-phenanthroline is used as electron transporting material (ET1) to co-deposit with 5% Li, 2-(10,10-dimethyl-10H-indeno[2,1-b]triphenylen-12-yl)-4,6-diphenyl-1,3,5-triazine (ET2), 2-(10,10-dimethyl-10H-indeno[2,1-b] triphenylen-13-yl)-4,6-bis 5-phenylbiphenyl-3-yl)-1,3,5-triazineto (ET3) or 2,9-di(naphthalen-2-yl)-4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline (ET4) is used as electron transporting material to co-deposit with 8-hydroxyquinolato-lithium (LiQ) in organic EL device for comparison. Tris(2-phenylpyridinato)iridium(III) (D2) is used as phosphorescent dopant. 4-(10,10-dimethyl-10H-indeno[2,1-b] triphenylen-13-yl)dibenzo[b,d]thiophene (H1) is used as hole blocking material or emitting host in organic phosphorescent EL device. The prior art of OLED materials for producing standard organic EL device control and comparable material in this invention shown its chemical structure as follows:

(59) ##STR00037## ##STR00038## ##STR00039##

(60) A typical organic EL device consists of low work function metals, such as Al, Mg, Ca, Li and K, as the cathode by thermal evaporation, and the low work function metals can help electrons injecting the electron transporting layer from cathode. In addition, for reducing the electron injection barrier and improving the organic EL device performance, a thin-film electron injecting layer is introduced between the cathode and the electron transporting layer. Conventional materials of electron injecting layer are metal halide or metal oxide with low work function, such as: LiF, LiQ, MgO, or Li.sub.2O. On the other hand, after the organic EL device fabrication, EL spectra and CIE coordination are measured by using a PR650 spectra scan spectrometer. Furthermore, the current/voltage, luminescence/voltage and yield/voltage characteristics are taken with a Keithley 2400 programmable voltage-current source. The above-mentioned apparatuses are operated at room temperature (about 25 C.) and under atmospheric pressure.

Example 6

(61) Using a procedure analogous to the above mentioned general method, fluorescent blue-emitting organic EL device having the following device structure I and II was produced (See FIG. 1). Device I: ITO/HAT-CN (20 nm)/NPB (130 nm)/fluorescent host doped 5% D1 (30 nm)/ET2 (10 nm)/ETM doped 5% Li (35 nm)/Al (160 nm). Device II: ITO/HAT-CN (20 nm)/NPB (130 nm)/fluorescent host doped 5% D1 (30 nm)/ET2 (10 nm)/ETM co-deposit 50% LiQ (35 nm)/LiQ (1 nm)/Al (160 nm). The I-V-B (at 1000 nits) and half-life time of fluorescent blue-emitting organic EL device testing report as Table 1 and Table 2, The half-life time is defined that the initial luminance of 1000 cd/m.sup.2 has dropped to half.

(62) TABLE-US-00001 TABLE 1 ETM Volt- Effi- Half-life Fluorescent doped age ciency CIE time Host 5% Li (V) (cd/A) (y) (hour) PT-312 ET1 4.5 4.3 0.182 450 PT-313 ET1 4.5 4.1 0.185 480 EX7 ET1 4.3 5.2 0.182 350 EX9 ET1 4.8 5.6 0.191 580 EX17 ET1 4.5 5.3 0.193 480 EX26 ET1 4.8 5.0 0.182 450 EX31 ET1 4.6 5.5 0.182 480 EX9 ET4 6.5 4.5 0.188 250

(63) TABLE-US-00002 TABLE 2 ETM Volt- Effi- Half-life Fluorescent co-deposit age ciency CIE time Host 50% LiQ (V) (cd/A) (y) (hour) PT-312 ET3 6.5 4.3 0.181 460 PT-313 ET3 6.0 4.8 0.180 460 EX7 ET3 5.8 5.0 0.178 580 EX9 ET3 5.6 6.0 0.179 550 EX17 ET3 5.5 5.7 0.179 580 EX26 ET3 5.5 5.5 0.177 520 EX31 ET3 5.3 5.6 0.178 400 EX9 ET2 5.6 5.5 0.179 520 EX17 ET2 5.5 5.4 0.178 570 EX9 ET4 7.0 3.5 0.183 310

Example 7

(64) Using a procedure analogous to the above mentioned general method, phosphorescent emitting organic EL device having the following device structures are produced (See FIG. 1.): ITO/HAT-CN (20 nm)/NPB (130 nm)/phosphorescent host (PHhost)+12% D2 (30 nm)/H1 (15 nm)/ET2 co-deposit 50% LiQ (40 nm)/LiQ (1 nm)/Al (160 nm). The I-V-B (at 1000 nits) and half-life time of phosphorescent emitting organic EL device testing report as Table 3. The half-life time is defined that the initial luminance of 3000 cd/m.sup.2 has dropped to half.

(65) TABLE-US-00003 TABLE 3 Voltage Efficiency Half-life PHhost HBM ETM (V) (cd/A) CIE (x, y) time (hour) EX1 H1 ET3 4.8 30 0.36, 0.55 550 EX7 H1 ET3 4.5 17 0.36, 0.55 260 EX1 H1 ET2 4.5 32 0.36, 0.55 650 EX7 H1 ET2 4.6 16 0.35, 0.56 220 EX1 ET2 ET3 3.8 38 0.36, 0.57 800 H1 ET2 ET3 4.2 28 0.37, 0.57 600

(66) In the above preferred embodiments for organic EL device test report (see Table 1 to Table 3), we show that with a general formula(I) in the present invention display good performance for fluorescent host and more purposes (EX1 is used for phosphorescent host) than the prior art of OLED materials US20140131664A1, US20140175384A1 and US20140209866A1. More specifically, the organic EL device in the present invention to collocate with H1 (hole blocking layer or phosphorescent host) and ET1, ET2 or ET3 (electron transporting layer) shown lower power consumption, higher efficiency and longer half-life time than the prior art of OLED materials ET4.

(67) To sum up, the present invention discloses a compound which can be used for organic EL device is disclosed. More specifically, an organic EL device employing the compound as fluorescent emitting host, phosphorescent emitting host. The mentioned compound are represented by the following formula(I)

(68) ##STR00040##
wherein A represents a phenyl group and a substituted or unsubstituted fused ring hydrocarbon units with two to four rings group, L represents a single bond or a substituted or unsubstituted divalent arylene group having 6 to 30 ring carbon atoms, Ar.sub.1 and Ar.sub.2 independently are selected from the group consisting of a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted naphthyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted anthracenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted phenanthrenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted pyrenyl group and a substituted or unsubstituted chrysenyl group; R.sub.1 to R.sub.3 independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms and a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group having 3 to 30 carbon atoms.

(69) Obvious many modifications and variations are possible in light of the above teachings. It is therefore to be understood that within the scope of the appended claims the present invention can be practiced otherwise than as specifically described herein. Although specific embodiments have been illustrated and described herein, it is obvious to those skilled in the art that many modifications of the present invention may be made without departing from what is intended to be limited solely by the appended claims.