Hodogaya Chemical Co., Ltd.

Ji-Yung Kim

Kouki Kase

Yuta Hirayama

Si-In Kim

Shuichi Hayashi

Kazuyuki Suruga

An object of the present invention is to provide, as a material for a highly efficient and highly durable organic EL element, an organic compound that has excellent properties, including excellent electron-injecting/transporting capability, hole-blocking capability, and high stability in the form of a thin film. Another object of the present invention is to provide a highly efficient and highly durable organic EL element by using this compound. The present invention focuses on the properties of the benzazole ring, which has affinity for electrons, and specifically focuses on the capability of its nitrogen atom to coordinate to a metal and also on excellent heat resistance. The inventors have thus designed and chemically synthesized various compounds having a benzazole ring structure, and then experimentally produced organic EL elements including the compounds, followed by thoroughly evaluating the characteristics thereof. As a result, it has been found that it is possible to obtain an organic EL element having excellent properties by using a specific compound having a benzazole ring structure.

Compound having benzazole ring structure, and organic electroluminescent device

An object of the present invention is to provide, as a material for a highly efficient and highly durable organic EL element, an organic compound having excellent properties, including excellent electron-injecting/transporting capability, hole-blocking capability, and high stability in the form of a thin film. Another object of the present invention is to provide a highly efficient and highly durable organic EL element by using this compound. The compound having an azabenzoxazole ring structure of the present invention has excellent heat resistance, and good electron-transporting capability. An organic EL element having an electron-transporting layer, a hole-blocking layer, a light-emitting layer, or an electron-injecting layer including the compound had favorable element characteristics.

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Ji-Yung Kim