Device utilizing bathophenanthroline compound and process for preparing same
A novel bathophenanthroline compound of the general formula [I] or [II] is provided wherein R1 and R2 may be the same or different and independently represent a linear, branched or cyclic, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon group, or a substituted or unsubstituted, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon group provided that at least one of R1 and R2 has at least two carbon atoms, and wherein Ar1 and Ar2 may be the same or different and independently represent a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group. A process for preparing the compound is also provided wherein bathophenanthroline and an organolithium compound are subjected to nucleophilic substitution reaction to obtain the compound of the above formula [I] or [II].
This invention relates to a bathophenanthroline compound, which is adapted for use in an organic electroluminescent device (e.g. an organic electroluminescent device suitable as a display device or a light-emitting device such as a spontaneous light flat display, especially an organic electroluminescent color display using an organic thin film as an electroluminescent layer), and also a process for preparing the compound.
In recent years, importance of interfaces between human beings and machines including multimedia-oriented commercial articles is exalted. For more comfortable and more efficient machine operations, it is necessary to retrieve information from an operated machine without failure simply, instantaneously and in an adequate amount. To this end, studies have been made on various types of display devices or displays.
As machines are now miniaturized, there is an increasing demand, day by day, for miniaturization and thinning of display devices. For instance, there is an inconceivable development with respect to the miniaturization of lap top-type information processors of the all-in-one type such as notebook-size personal computers, notebook-size word processors and the like. This, in turn, entails a remarkable technical innovation on liquid crystal displays for use as a display device for the processor.
Nowadays, liquid crystal displays are employed as an interface of a diversity of articles and have wide utility in the fields not only of lap top-type information processors, but also of articles for our daily use including small-sized television sets, watches, desk-top calculators and the like.
These liquid crystal displays have been studied as a key of display devices, which are used as the interface connecting a human being and a machine and cover small-sized to large capacitance display devices while making use of the feature that liquid crystals are low in drive voltage and power consumption. However, liquid crystal displays have the problems that they do not rely on spontaneous light and thus need a greater power consumption for back light drive than for liquid crystal drive, with the result that a service time is shortened when using a built-in battery, thus placing a limitation on their use. Moreover, the liquid crystal display has another problem that it has such a narrow angle of field as not to be suitable for use as a large-sized display device.
Furthermore, the liquid crystal display depends on the manner of display using the orientation of liquid crystal molecules, and this is considered to bring about a serious problem that its contrast changes depending on the angle even within an angle of field.
From the standpoint of drive systems, an active matrix system, which is one of drive systems, has a response speed sufficient to deal with a motion picture. However, since a TFT (thin film transistor) drive circuit is used, a difficulty is involved in making a large screen size owing to the pixel defects, thus being disadvantageous in view of the reduction in cost.
In the liquid crystal display, a simple matrix system, which is another type of drive system, is not only low in cost, but also relatively easy in making a large screen size. However, this system has the problem that its response speed is not enough to deal with a motion picture.
In contrast, a spontaneous light display device is now under study such as on a plasma display device, an inorganic electroluminescent device, an organic electroluminescent device and the like.
The plasma display device employs plasma emission in a low pressure gas for display and is suited for the purposes of a large size and large capacitance, but has the problem on thinning and costs. In addition, an AC bias of high potential is required for its drive, and thus, the display is not suitable as a portable device.
The inorganic electroluminescent device has been put on the market as a green light emission display. Like the plasma display device, an AC bias drive is essential, for which several hundreds of volts are necessary, thus not being of practical use.
In this connection, however, emission of three primaries including red (R), green (G) and blue (B) necessary for color display has been succeeded due to the technical development. Since inorganic materials are used for this purpose, it has been difficult to control emission wavelengths depending on the molecular design or the like. Thus, it is believed that full color display is difficult.
On the other hand, the electroluminescent phenomenon caused by organic compounds has been long studied ever since there was discovered a luminescent or emission phenomenon wherein carriers are injected into the single crystal of anthracene capable of emitting a strong fluorescence in the first part of 1960s. However, such fluorescence is low in brightness and monochronous in nature, and the single crystal is used, so that this emission has been made as a fundamental investigation of carrier injection into organic materials.
However, since Tang et al. of Eastman Kodak have made public an organic thin film electroluminescent device of a built-up structure having an amorphous luminescent or emission layer capable of realizing low voltage drive and high brightness emission in 1987, extensive studies have been made, in various fields, on the emission, stability, rise in brightness, built-up structure, manner of fabrication and the like with respect to the three primaries of R, G and B.
Furthermore, diverse novel materials have been prepared with the aid of the molecular design inherent to an organic material. At present, it starts to conduct extensive studies on applications, to color displays, of organic electroluminescent devices having excellent characteristic features of DC low voltage drive, thinning, and spontaneous light emission and the like.
The organic electroluminescent device (which may be sometimes referred to as organic EL device hereinafter) has a film thickness of 1 μm or below. When an electric current is charged to the device, the electric energy is converted to a light energy thereby causing luminescence to be emitted in the form of a plane. Thus, the device has an ideal feature for use as a display device of the spontaneous emission type.
A DC voltage 7 is selectively applied between the transparent electrode 5 serving as an anode and the cathode 1, so that holes serving as carriers charged from the transparent electrode 5 are moved via the hole transport layer 4, and electrons charged from the cathode 1 are moved via the electron transport layer 2, thereby causing the re-combination of the electrons-holes. From the site of the re-combination, light 8 with a given wavelength is emitted and can be observed from the side of the transparent substrate 6.
The emission layer 3 may be made of a light-emitting substance such as, for example, anthracene, naphthalene, phenanthrene, pyrene, chrysene, perylene, butadiene, coumarin, acridine, stilbene and the like. This may be contained in the electron transport layer 2.
Such an arrangement as set out above is usable not only as a display, but also as an image reproducing apparatus. It will be noted that if the striped pattern is provided for the respective colors of R, G and B, there can be obtained a full color or a multi-color arrangement.
In a display device made of a plurality of pixels using the organic EL device, emitting organic thin film layers 2, 3 and 4 are usually sandwiched between the transparent electrode 5 and the metal electrode 1, and emission occurs at the side of the transparent electrode 5.
For use as constituting materials of the organic EL device, attention has now been drawn to organic luminescent materials and carrier transport materials suitable for use in combination with the organic luminescent materials. The advantages of these organic materials reside in that their optical and electrical properties can be controlled to some extent through the molecular design thereof. When an organic luminescent material having a given light emission and a carrier transport material suited therewith are used in combination, efficient light emission is ensured. Accordingly, there can be realized a full color organic EL device wherein primaries of R, G and B are emitted using the respective luminescent materials.
In some case, such an organic EL device as set out above may have such a structure that a hole transport layer serves also as a luminescent element. In this device structure, it is essential to provide a carrier transport layer that is able to efficiently transport electrons and block holes. However, organic materials that satisfy the above requirement and the efficient manufacture of these materials have never been found yet.
SUMAMRY OF THE INVENTIONAn object of the invention is to provide a novel organic material, which is suitable for use as a carrier transport material capable of efficiently transporting electrons and blocking holes.
Another object of the invention is to provide a process for preparing such an organic compound as mentioned above in an efficient manner.
According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided a bathophenanthroline compound of the following general formula [I] or [II]
wherein R1 and R2 may be the same or different and independently represent a linear, branched or cyclic, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon group, or a substituted or unsubstituted, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon group provided that at least one of R1 and R2 has at least two carbon atoms, or
wherein Ar1 and Ar2 may be the same or different and independently represent a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group.
The bathophenanthroline compound of the invention can control carrier transportability depending on the type of substituent introduced into the molecule, and can thus be utilizable as a carrier transport material of various types of organic EL devices. The compounds have high glass transition point and high melting point and are stable electrically, thermally and/or chemically. In addition, the compounds are sublimable in nature, which is advantageous in that a uniform amorphous film can be readily formed according to a vacuum deposition process.
In the bathophenanthroline compounds of the formulas [I] and [II], it is preferred that R1 and R2, and Ar1 and Ar2 are, respectively, the same. It will be noted that the term “aryl group” used herein means a carbocyclic aromatic group such as, for example, a phenyl group, a naphthyl group, an anthryl group or the like, and a heterocyclic aromatic group such as, for example, a furyl group, a thienyl group, a pyridyl group or the like.
According to another aspect of the invention, there is also provided a process for perparing a bathophenanthroline compound, which comprising subjecting a lithium compound of the following general formula [III] or [V]
R3—Li or R4—Li General Formula [III]:
wherein R3 and R4 may be the same or different and independently represent a linear, branched or cyclic, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon group or a substituted or unsubstituted, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon group provided that at least one of R3 and R4 has at least two carbon atoms, or
Ar3—Li or Ar4—Li General Formula [V]:
wherein Ar3 and Ar4 may be the same or different and independently represent a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, and bathophenanthroline of the following formula [IV]
to nucleophilic substitution reaction to obtain a bathophenanthroline compound of the afore-indicated formula [I] or [II].
According to the preparation process of the invention, the bathophenanthroline compound of the invention can be efficiently prepared. It is preferred that in the course of the nucleophilic substitution reaction, carbanions are generated from the lithium compound and subsequently reacted with the bathophenanthroline.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The bathophenanthroline compound of the invention is described in more detail. In the compound of the general formula [I], R1 and R2 independently represent a linear, branched or cyclic, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon group. Specific examples include an ethyl group, a butyl group, an n-propyl group, an isopropyl group, an n-butyl group, a sec-butyl group, a tert-butyl group, an n-pentyl group, an iso-pentyl group, a neopentyl group, a tert-pentyl group, a cyclopentyl group, an n-hexyl group, a 2-ethylbutyl group, a 3,3-dimethylbutyl group, a cyclohexyl group, an n-heptyl group, a cyclohexylmethyl group, an n-octyl group, a tert-octyl group, a 2-ethylheyxl group, an n-nonyl group, an n-decyl group, an n-dodecyl group, an n-tetradecyl group, an n-hexadecyl group and the like although not limited to those mentioned above.
Specific examples of the substituted or unsubstituted, saturated and unsaturated hydrocarbon group for R1 and R2 include a benzyl group, a phenethyl group, an α-methylbenzyl group, an α,α-dimethylbenzyl group, a 1-naphthylmethyl group, a 2-naphthylmethyl group, a furfuryl group, a 2-methylbenzyl group, a 3-methylbenzyl group, a 4-methylbenzyl group, a 4-ethylbenzyl group, a 4-isopropylbnezyl group, a 4-tert-butylbenzyl group, a 4-n-hexylbenzyl group, a 4-nonylbenzyl group, a 3,4-dimethylbenzyl group, and the like saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon group although not limited to those mentioned above.
In the general formula [II], Ar1 and Ar2 independently represent a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group. Specific examples include a phenyl group, a 1-naphthyl group, a 2-anthryl group, a 9-anthryl group, a 2-fluorenyl group, a 4-quinolyl group, a pyridyl group, a 3-pyridynyl group, a 2-pyridynyl group, a 3-furyl group, a 2-furyl group, a 3-thienyl group, a 2-oxazolyl group, a 2-thiazolyl group, a 2-benzoxazoryl group, a 2-benzothiazoryl group, a 2-benzoimidazoryl group, a 4-methylphenyl group, a 3-methylphenyl group, a 2-methylphenyl group, a 2,3-dimethylphenyl group, a 2,4-dimethylphenyl group, a 2,5-dimethylphenyl group, a 2,6-dimethylphenyl group, a 3,4-dimethylphenyl group, a, 3,5-diemthylphenyl group, a 2,3,4-trimethylphenyl group, a 2,3,5-trimethylphenyl group, a 2,3,6-trimethylphenyl group, a 3,4,5-trimethylphenyl group, a 4-ethylphenyl group, a 3-ethylphenyl group, a 2-ethylphenyl group, a 2,3-diethylphenyl group, a 2,4-diethylphenyl group, a 2,5-diethylphenyl group, a 2,6-diethylphenyl group, a 3,4-diethylphenyl group, a 3,5-diethylphenyl group, a 2,3,4-triethylphenyl group, a 2,3,5-triethylphenyl group, a 2,3,6-triethylphenyl group, a 3,4,5-triethylphenyl group, a 4-n-propylphenyl group, a 4-isopropylphenyl group, a 2-isopropylphenyl group, a 4-n-butylphenyl group, a 4-isobutylphenyl group, a 4-sec-butylphenyl group, a 4-tert-butylphenyl group, a 3-tert-butlphenyl group, a 2-tert-butylphenyl group and the like although not limited to those mentioned above.
Specific examples of the bathophenanthroline compound of the invention includes those mentioned below as Compound Nos. 1 to 178, but these compounds should not be construed as limitation thereof. In the specific compounds, Me represents a methyl group, Et represents an ethyl group, Pr represents a propyl group, and Bu represents a butyl group.
Preferred embodiments of the invention wherein bathophenanthroline compounds of the invention are, respectively, applied to an organic EL device are described.
First Embodiment
In this embodiment, a transparent electrode, made of ITO (indium tin oxide) or Zn-doped indium oxide, is formed on a glass substrate 6 by sputtering or vacuum deposition, followed by successively forming a hole transporting luminescent layer 4a, a hole transporting luminescent layer 4b, a hole-blocking layer 33 containing a bathophenanthroline (derivative) compound of the afore-indicated general formula, an electron transport layer 2, and a cathode electrode 1 in this order according to a vacuum deposition technique to form an organic EL device (organic EL device) 21 made of the amorphous organic thin films.
This organic EL device 21 has such an arrangement that the hole transport layer 4 serves also as a luminescent layer, and this fundamental structure is likewise employed in other embodiments described hereinafter.
The feature of the organic EL device 21 of this embodiment resides in that the bathophenanthroline derivative-containing layer 33 is interposed, as a hole-blocking layer, between the hole transport layer 4 and the electron transport layer 2, so that the re-combination of electrons-holes is promoted in the hole transport layer 4, at which luminescence is emitted, and/or luminescence is also emitted from the bathophenanthroline derivative-containing layer 33.
In
In the organic EL device, as shown in
The electrons e charged from the metal electrode 1 serving as a cathode has the tendency of moving toward a lower energy level, and can arrive at the hole transporting luminescent layers 4b, 4a via the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) levels l1 to l4 of the respective layers in the order of the metal electrode 1, electron transport layer 2, hole-blocking layer 33, hole transporting luminescent layer 4b and hole transporting luminescent layer 4a.
On the other hand, the holes h charged from the ITO transparent electrode 5 serving as an anode has the tendency of moving toward a higher energy level, and can move to the electron transport layer 2 via the highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) levels l5 to l7 of the respective layers in the order of the hole transporting luminescent layer 4a, hole transporting luminescent layer 4b and hole-blocking layer 33.
However, as shown in
Eventually, the holes h filled in the hole-blocking layer 33 promote the re-combination of electrons-holes at the hole transport layer 4, thereby permitting the luminescent materials of the hole transporting luminescent layers 4a, 4b or the hole transport layer 4 to emit luminescence or light.
In this way, the provision of the hole-blocking layer 33 effectively controls the transport of the holes h in the hole-blocking layer 33 so that the electron-hole re-combination in the hole transport layer 4 is efficiently caused. Thus, light with a specific wavelength (blue) is emitted in the form of light emission mainly from the hole transporting luminescent layer 4b, adjoining to the hole-blocking layer 33, of the light-emitting hole transporting luminescent layers 4a, 4b, to which emission from the hole transporting luminescent layer 4a is added.
Fundamentally, the electron-hole re-combination takes place in the respective layers including the electron transport layer 2 and the hole transport layer 4 as resulting from the charge of electrons from the cathode electrode 1 and the charge of holes from the anode electrode 5. Accordingly, in the absence of such a hole-blocking layer 33 as set out above, the electron-hole re-combination occurs at the interface between the electron transport layer 2 and the hole transport layer 4 so that light emission with a long wavelength alone is obtained. However, when the hole-blocking layer 33 as in this embodiment is provided, it is enabled to promote blue light emission while permitting the luminescent substance-containing hole transport layer 4 as an emission region.
As set out above, the hole-blocking layer 33 is provided to control the transport of the holes h. To this end, it is sufficient that the highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) level of the hole-blocking layer 33 is not higher than the HOMO level that is lower in energy between the HOMO levels of the hole transporting luminescent layer 4b and the electron transport layer 2, and that the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) level of the hole-blocking layer 33 is not lower than the LUMO level that is lower in energy and is not higher than the LUMO level that is higher in energy, between the LUMO levels of the hole transporting luminescent layer 4b and the electron transport layer 2. Thus, the invention is not limited to such an arrangement as set out before.
In the practice of the invention, the energy levels may not always be within such ranges as defined before, and the bathophenanthroline compound-containing layer per se may emit light or luminescence. In addition, the hole-blocking layer may be made of a built-up structure including a plurality of layers.
The hole-blocking layer 33 may be formed of the bathophenanthroline derivative and/or other material, and its thickness may be changed within a range permitting its function to be maintained. More particularly, the thickness is preferably within a range of 1 Å to 1,000 Å (0.1 nm to 100 nm). If the thickness is too small, the hole blocking ability becomes incomplete, so that the re-combination region is liable to extend over the hole transport layer and the electron transport layer. On the contrary, when the thickness is too large, light emission may not occur due to the increase in film resistance.
The organic EL device 21 is made by use of a vacuum deposition aparatus 11 shown in
In this apparatus, the mask 22 is for pixels, and the shutter 14 is for deposition materials. The shutter 14 is able to rotate about the shaft 14a and has the function of intercepting a deposition stream of a material depending on the sublimation temperature of the deposition material.
Using the vacuum deposition apparatus 11, a large-sized pixel may be singly formed, aside from the device having a multitude of pixels as shown in
In this way, when the organic layer 33 is formed in order to improve the efficiency of the electron-hole re-combinations in the emission region, there can be obtained an organic EL device that is stable and high in brightness, can be driven at a low voltage and has the hole transporting luminescent layer 4. As will be described in more detail, it is enabled to obtain a brightness of not smaller than 10,000 cd/m2 by DC drive and a peak brightness, calculated as DC, of not smaller than 55,000 cd/m2 by pulse drive at a duty ratio of 1/10 with respect to blue light emission.
The transparent electrode, organic hole transport layer, organic hole-blocking layer, organic electron transport layer and metal electrode of the electroluminescent device may, respectively, have a built-up structure made of a plurality of layers.
The respective organic layers of the electroluminescent device may be formed not only by vacuum deposition, but also other film-forming techniques using sublimation or vaporization, or a technique of spin coating, casting or the like.
The hole transporting luminescent layer of the electroluminescent device may be formed by co-deposition of a small amount of molecules in order to control emission spectra of the device, and may be, for example, an organic thin film containing a small amount of an organic substance such as a perylene derivative, a coumarin derivative or the like.
Usable hole transport materials include, aside from benzidine or its derivatives, styrylamine or its derivatives and triphenylmethane or its derivatives, porphyrin or its derivatives, triazole or its derivatives, imidazole or its derivatives, oxadiazole or its derivatives, polyarylalkanes or derivatives thereof, phenylenediamine or its derivatives, arylamines or derivatives thereof, oxazole or its derivatives, anthracene or its derivatives, fluorenone or its derivatives, hydrazone or its derivatives, stilbene or its derivatives, or heterocyclic conjugated monomers, oligomers, polymers and the like such as polysilane compounds, vinylcarbazole compounds, thiophene compounds, aniline compounds and the like.
More particularly, mention is made of α-naphthylphenyldiamine, porphyrin, metal tetraphenylporphyrins, metal naphthalocyanines, 4,4′,4″-trimethyltriphenylamine, 4,4′,4″-tris(3-methylphenylphenylamino)triphenylamine, N,N,N′,N′-tetrakis(p-tolyl)-p-phenylenediamine, N,N,N′,N′-tetraphenyl-4,4′-diaminobiphenyl, N-phenylcarbazole, 4-di-p-tolylaminostilbene, poly(paraphenylenevinylene), poly(thiophenevinylene), poly(2,2′-thienylpyrrole) and the like, although not limited thereto.
Usable electron transport materials include quinoline or its derivatives, perylene or its derivatives, bistylyl or its derivatives, pyrazine or its derivatives, and the like.
More specifically, mention is made, for example, of 8-hydroxyquinoline aluminium, anthracene, naphthalene, phenanthrene, pyrene, chrysene, perylene, butadiene, coumarin, acridine, stilbene, or derivatives thereof.
The materials used as the anode electrode or cathode electrode of the electroluminescent device are not limitative in types.
The cathode electrode material should preferably be made of a metal whose work function from a vacuum level of an electrode material is small in order to efficiently charge electrons. There may be used, aside from an aluminium-lithium alloy, low work function metals such as, for example, aluminium, indium, magnesium, silver, calcium, barium, lithium and the like, singly or in the form of alloys with other metals for enhancing the stability thereof.
In order to take out organic electroluminescence from the side of the anode electrode, ITO is used as a transparent anode electrode in examples appearing hereinafter. Nevertheless, there may be used electrode materials, which have a great work function from the vacuum level of an anode electrode material and include, for example, gold, a stannic oxide-antimony mixture, a zinc oxide-aluminium mixture or the like, so as to efficiently charge holes.
The substrate 2 may not be limited to a glass substrate, but may be made of an opaque material. More particularly, there may be used, for example, a silicon substrate, a Cr substrate, or a substrate made of glass, on which a metal is formed by vacuum deposition. Where a substrate made of an opaque material is used, it is preferred that the upper surface of an organic EL device (i.e. the side of the cathode electrode) is formed of a transparent or translucent material so that electroluminescence is picked out to outside. ITO may be used for this purpose, for example.
There can be made an organic EL device for full color or multi-color, which is capable of emission of primaries of R, G and B, by proper choice of luminescent materials, not to mention an organic EL device for monochrome. Besides, the organic EL device of the invention is usable not only for display, but also for light source along with its application to other optical. use.
It will be noted that the organic EL device may be sealed with germanium oxide or the like so as to enhance the stability thereof by suppressing the influence of oxygen or the like in air, or may be driven under conditions drawn to vacuum.
Second Embodiment
An organic EL device 23 of this embodiment differs from that of
The invention is more particularly described by way of examples.
EXAMPLE 1 Preparation of 2,9-di(2-methylphenyl)bathophenanthroline The reaction sequence is shown below
n-Butyl lithium (1.6 M n-hexane solution, 17.0 ml, 26.8 mmol) was gradually dropped in an n-hexane solution (40 ml) of 2-iodotoluene (5.84 g, 26.4 mmol) at room temperature. After completion of the dropping, the reaction solution was agitated at room temperature for 16 hours, and the resultant product was separated by filtration, followed by washing of the resulting white solid with n-hexane (40 ml×3 times). A toluene solution (50 ml) of bathophenanthroline (2.03 g, 6.11 mmol) was gradually dropped, at room temperature, in an anhydrous diethyl ether/toluene (3:1) solution (20 ml) of the resulting white solid, followed by agitation at room temperature for 16 hours.
60 ml of iced water was added to the resultant reaction solution to separate an organic layer therefrom. The aqueous layer was extracted three times with chloroform, and the resultant organic layer was mixed with the previously separated organic layer. 60 g of manganese dioxide (chemically treated product) was added to the thus mixed organic layer and agitated for 30 minutes, after which 100 g of sodium sulfate was further added, followed by agitation for 30 minutes.
The resulting mixed solution was filtered and concentrated, and the residue was purified through column chromatography (silica gel, developing solvent: n-hexane/chloroform=4:1→2:1), followed by recrystallization (solvent for recrystallization: chloroform/n-hexane=2:1) to obtain the intended compound (1.01 g, yield: 49.5%) as light yellow crystals.
The product was identified through 1H-NMR (solvent: chloroform) and FAB-MS measurements.
1H-NMR: 2.70 (m, 6H, CH3—Ar—), 7.25-7.75 (s, 18H, aromatic), 7.80 (s, 2H, aromatic), 7.90 (s, 2H, aromatic)
MS: m/s (relative intensity) 512 (M+, 100)
The visible light absorption maximum wavelength of a tetrahydrofuran (THF) solution of the product was at 297 nm, with a fluorescent wavelength being at 390 nm.
EXAMPLE 2 Preparation of 2,9-di(2,6-dimethylphenyl)-bathophenanthroline The reaction sequence is shown below
n-Butyl lithium (1.6 M n-hexane solution, 60.2 ml, 96.3 mmol) was gradually dropped in an n-hexane/anhydrous diethyl ether (10:1) solution (110 ml) of 2-bromo-m-xylene (17.8 g, 96.3 mmol) at room temperature. After completion of the dropping, the reaction solution was heated under reflux for 2 hours and further agitated at room temperature for 16 hours, and the resultant product was separated by filtration, followed by washing of the resulting white solids with n-hexane (50 ml×3 times). A toluene solution (80 ml) of bathophenanthroline (5.09 g, 15.3 mmol) was gradually dropped, at room temperature, in an anhydrous diethyl ether solution (40 ml) of the resulting white solids. After completion of the dropping, the solution was heated under reflux for 2 hours and agitated at room temperature for 16 hours.
60 ml of iced water was gradually added to the resultant reaction solution to separate an organic layer therefrom. The aqueous layer was extracted three times with chloroform, and the resultant organic layer was mixed with the previously separated organic layer. 60 g of manganese dioxide (chemically treated product) was added to the thus mixed organic layer and agitated for 30 minutes, after which 100 g of sodium sulfate was further added, followed by agitation for 30 minutes.
The resulting mixed solution was filtered and concentrated, and the residue was purified through column chromatography (silica gel, developing solvent: n-hexane/chloroform=8:1→4:1), followed by recrystallization (solvent for recrystallization: chloroform/n-hexane=2:1) to obtain the intended compound (2.00 g, yield: 39.4%) as light yellow crystals.
The product was identified through 1H-NMR and FAB-MS measurements.
1H-NMR: 2.25 (m, 12H, CH3—Ar—), 7.05-7.25 (s, 6H, aromatic), 7.35-7.70 (s, 12H, aromatic), 7.95 (s, 2H, aromatic)
MS: m/s (relative intensity) 540 (M+, 100)
The visible light absorption maximum wavelength of a THF solution of the product was at 286 nm, with a fluorescent wavelength being at 380 nm.
EXAMPLE 3 Preparation of 2,9-dinaphthyl-bathophenanthroline The reaction sequence is shown below
n-Butyl lithium (1.6 M n-hexane solution, 15.3 ml, 24.4 mmol) was gradually dropped, at 0° C., in an n-hexane/anhydrous diethyl ether (1:1) solution (60 ml) of 1-bromonaphthalene (5.01 g, 24.4 mmol). After completion of the dropping, the reaction solution was agitated at room temperature for 16 hours, and the resultant product was subsequently separated by filtration, and the residue was washed with n-hexane (40 ml×3 times). A toluene solution (80 ml) of bathophenanthroline (2.03 g, 6.11 mmol) was gradually dropped, at room temperature, in an anhydrous diethyl ether solution (40 ml) of the resulting solids. After completion of the dropping, the reaction solution was agitated at room temperature for 16 hours.
60 ml of iced water was gradually added to the resultant reaction solution to separate an organic layer therefrom. The aqueous layer was extracted three times with chloroform, and the resultant organic layer was mixed with the previously separated organic layer. 60 g of manganese dioxide (chemically treated product) was added to the thus mixed organic layer and agitated for 30 minutes, after which 100 g of sodium sulfate was further added, followed by agitation for 30 minutes.
The resulting mixed solution was filtered and concentrated, and the residue was purified through column chromatography (silica gel, developing solvent: n-hexane/chloroform=8:1→4:1), followed by recrystallization (solvent for recrystallization: chloroform/n-hexane=2:1) to obtain the intended compound (1.38 g, yield: 68.2%).
The product was identified through 1H-NMR and FAB-MS measurements.
1H-NMR: 7.30-8.00 (s, 24H, aromatic), 8.32 (s, 2H, aromatic), 8.68 (s, 2H, aromatic)
MS: m/s (relative intensity) 584 (M+, 100)
EXAMPLE 4 Preparation of 2,9-difluorenyl-bathophenanthroline The reaction sequence is shown below
Lithium diisopropylamine (LDA)(1.89 g, 17.4 mmol) was added to a THF solution (30 ml) of fluorene (4.16 g, 25.0 mmol) and agitated at room temperature for 16 hours. Thereafter, the THF and diisopropylamine were removed by distillation under reduced pressure. A toluene solution (60 ml) of bathophenanthroline (2.03 g, 6.11 mmol) was gradually dropped in an anhydrous diethyl ether solution (20 ml) of the resultant yellow solids at room temperature. After the dropping, the reaction solution was heated under reflux for 2 hours and agitated at room temperature for 16 hours.
60 ml of iced water was gradually added to the resultant reaction solution to separate an organic layer therefrom. The aqueous layer was extracted three times with chloroform, and the resultant organic layer was mixed with the previously separated organic layer. 60 g of manganese dioxide (chemically treated product) was added to the thus mixed organic layer and agitated for 30 minutes, after which 100 g of sodium sulfate was further added, followed by agitation for 30 minutes.
The resulting mixed solution was filtered and concentrated, and the residue was purified through column chromatography (silica gel, developing solvent: n-hexane/chloroform=8:1→4:1), followed by recrystallization (solvent for recrystallization: chloroform/n-hexane=2:1) to obtain the intended compound (1.38 g, yield: 68.2%).
The product was identified through 1H-NMR and FAB-MS measurements.
1H-NMR: 4.51 (m, 2H, Ar—CH2—Ar), 7.30-7.78 (s, 28H, aromatic), 7.81 (s, 2H, aromatic)
MS: m/s (relative intensity) 660 (M+, 100)
EXAMPLE 5 Preparation of 2,9-dibenzyl-bathophenanthroline The reaction sequence is shown below
n-Butyl lithium (1.6 M n-hexane solution, 4.45 ml, 7.13 mmol) was gradually dropped in anhydrous toluene (2.24 g, 24.9 mmol) at room temperature. After completion of the dropping, Me-THF (0.627 g, 7.47 mmol) was further added to the solution at −22° C. in 20 minutes. Thereafter, THF (1.06 g, 14.7 mmol) was added to in 30 minutes, followed by agitation at 6 to 10° C. for 16 hours. A toluene solution (40 ml) of bathophenanthroline (2.03 g, 6.11 mmol) was gradually dropped, at room temperature, in the resultant reaction solution. After completion of the dropping, the reaction solution was agitated at room temperature for 16 hours.
60 ml of iced water was gradually added to the resultant reaction solution to separate an organic layer therefrom. The aqueous layer was extracted three times with chloroform, and the resultant organic layer was mixed with the previously separated organic layer. 60 g of manganese dioxide (chemically treated product) was added to the thus mixed organic layer and agitated for 30 minutes, after which 100 g of sodium sulfate was further added, followed by agitation for 30 minutes.
The resulting mixed solution was filtered and concentrated, and the residue was purified through column chromatography (silica gel, developing solvent: n-hexane/chloroform=8:1→4:1), followed by recrystallization (solvent for recrystallization: chloroform/n-hexane=2:1) to obtain the intended compound (0.88 g, yield: 43.3%).
The product was identified through 1H-NMR and FAB-MS measurements.
1H-NMR: 4.68 (m, 4H, —CH2—Ar), 7.28-7.78 (s, 22H, aromatic), 7.81 (s, 2H, aromatic)
MS: m/s (relative intensity) 512 (M+, 100)
EXAMPLE 6 Preparation of 2,9-dicyclohexyl-bathophenanthroline The reaction sequence is shown below
n-Butyl lithium (1.6 M n-hexane solution, 36.3 ml, 58.0 mmol) was gradually dropped, at room temperature, in an n-hexane/anhydrous diethyl ether (10:1) solution (50 ml) of chlorocyclohexane (3.00 g, 25.0 mmol). After completion of the dropping, the reaction solution was further agitated at room temperature for 16 hours, and the resultant product was subsequently separated by filtration, and the resulting white solids were washed with n-hexane (50 ml×3 times). A toluene solution (40 ml) of bathophenanthroline (2.03 g, 6.11 mmol) was gradually dropped, at room temperature, in an anhydrous diethyl ether solution (10 ml) of the resulting white solids. After completion of the dropping, the reaction solution was agitated at room temperature for 16 hours.
60 ml of iced water was gradually added to the resultant reaction solution to separate an organic layer therefrom. The aqueous layer was extracted three times with chloroform, and the resultant organic layer was mixed with the previously separated organic layer. 60 g of manganese dioxide (chemically treated product) was added to the thus mixed organic layer and agitated for 30 minutes, after which 100 g of sodium sulfate was further added, followed by agitation for 30 minutes.
The resulting mixed solution was filtered and concentrated, and the residue was purified through column chromatography (silica gel, developing solvent: n-hexane/chloroform=8:1→4:1), followed by recrystallization (solvent for recrystallization: chloroform/n-hexane=2:1) to obtain the intended compound (0.98 g, yield: 48.3%).
The product was identified through 1H-NMR and FAB-MS measurements.
1H-NMR: 0.80-2.45 (m, 20H, —CH2—CH2—CH2—CH2—CH2—), 3.20 (m, 2H, —CH—Ar), 7.25-7.75 (S, 12H, aromatic), 7.81 (s, 2H, aromatic)
MS: m/s (relative intensity) 496 (M+, 100)
EXAMPLE 7 Preparation of 2,9-dibiphenyl-bathophenanthroline The reaction sequence is shown below
n-Butyl lithium (1.6 M n-hexane solution, 17.0 ml, 27.2 mmol) was gradually dropped, at room temperature, in an n-hexane/anhydrous diethyl ether (10:1) solution (110 ml) of 4-boromobiphenyl (6.33 g, 27.2 mmol). After completion of the dropping, the reaction solution was agitated at room temperature for 16 hours, and the resultant product was subsequently separated by filtration, and the resulting white solids were washed with n-hexane (50 ml×3 times). A toluene solution (40 ml) of bathophenanthroline (2.03 g, 6.11 mmol) was gradually dropped, at room temperature, in an anhydrous diethyl ether solution (20 ml) of the resulting white solids. After completion of the dropping, the reaction solution was agitated at room temperature for 16 hours.
60 ml of iced water was gradually added to the resultant reaction solution to separate an organic layer therefrom. The aqueous layer was extracted three times with chloroform, and the resultant organic layer was mixed with the previously separated organic layer. 60 g of manganese dioxide (chemically treated product) was added to the thus mixed organic layer and agitated for 30 minutes, after which 100 g of sodium sulfate was further added, followed by agitation for 30 minutes.
The resulting mixed solution was filtered and concentrated, and the residue was purified through column chromatography (silica gel, developing solvent: n-hexane/chloroform=8:1→4:1), followed by recrystallization (solvent for recrystallization: chloroform/n-hexane=2:1) to obtain the intended compound (0.76 g, yield: 37.4%).
The product was identified through 1H-NMR and FAB-MS measurements.
1H-NMR: 7.25-7.78 (s, 26H, aromatic), 7.81 (s, 2H, aromatic), 8.32 (s, 4H, aromatic)
MS: m/s (relative intensity) 636 (M+, 100)
EXAMPLE 8 Preparation of 2,9-di(2-methylbenzyl)-bathophenanthroline The reaction sequence is shown below
n-Butyl lithium (1.6 M n-hexane solution, 4.45 ml, 7.13 mmol) was gradually dropped in α-bromo-o-xylene (4.91 g, 24.9 mmol) at room temperature. After completion of the dropping, Me-THF (0.627 g, 7.47 mmol) was added in 20 minutes at −22° C., after which THF (1.06 g, 14.7 mmol) was further added in 30 minutes, followed by further agitation at 6 to 10° C. for 16 hours. A toluene solution (40 ml) of bathophenanthroline (2.03 g, 6.11 mmol) was gradually dropped in the resultant reaction solution at room temperature. After completion of the dropping, the reaction solution was agitated at room temperature for 16 hours.
60 ml of iced water was gradually added to the resultant reaction solution to separate an organic layer therefrom. The aqueous layer was extracted three times with chloroform, and the resultant organic layer was mixed with the previously separated organic layer. 60 g of manganese dioxide (chemically treated product) was added to the thus mixed organic layer and agitated for 30 minutes, after which 100 g of sodium sulfate was further added, followed by agitation for 30 minutes.
The resulting mixed solution was filtered and concentrated, and the residue was purified through column chromatography (silica gel, developing solvent: n-hexane/chloroform=8:1→4:1), followed by recrystallization (solvent -for recrystallization: chloroform/n-hexane=2:1) to obtain the intended compound (0.72 g, yield: 35.4%).
The product was identified through 1H-NMR and FAB-MS measurements.
1H-NMR: 2.35 (m, 6H, CH3—Ar—), 4.65 (m, 4H, CH2—Ar—), 7.25-7.78 (s,20H, aromatic), 7.81 (s, 2H, aromatic)
MS: m/s (relative intensity) 540 (M+, 100)
EXAMPLE 9 Preparation of 2,9-di(8-methylnaphthyl)-bathophenanthroline The reaction sequence is shown below
n-Butyl lithium (1.6 M n-hexane solution, 15.3 ml, 24.4 mmol) was gradually dropped, at 0° C., in an n-hexane/anhydrous diethyl ether (1:1) solution (60 ml) of 1-bromo-8-methylnaphthalene (5.34 g, 24.4 mmol). After completion of the dropping, the reaction solution was agitated at room temperature for 16 hours, and the resultant product was subsequently separated by filtration, and the residue was washed with n-hexane (40 ml×3 times). A toluene solution (80 ml) of bathophenanthroline (2.03 g, 6.11 mmol) was gradually dropped, at room temperature, in an anhydrous diethyl ether solution (40 ml) of the resulting solids. After completion of the dropping, the reaction solution was agitated at room temperature for 16 hours.
60 ml of iced water was gradually added to the resultant reaction solution to separate an organic layer therefrom. The aqueous layer was extracted three times with chloroform, and the resultant organic layer was mixed with the previously separated organic layer. 60 g of manganese dioxide (chemically treated product) was added to the thus mixed organic layer and agitated for 30 minutes, after which 100 g of sodium sulfate was further added, followed by agitation for 30 minutes.
The resulting mixed solution was filtered and concentrated, and the residue was purified through column chromatography (silica gel, developing solvent: n-hexane/chloroform=8:1→4:1), followed by recrystallization (solvent for recrystallization: chloroform/n-hexane=2:1) to obtain the intended compound (1.30 g, yield: 64.0%).
The product was identified through 1H-NMR and FAB-MS measurements.
1H-NMR: 2.60 (m, 6H, CH3—Ar—), 7.30-7.81 (s, 22H, aromatic), 7.81 (s, 2H, aromatic), 8.25 (s, 2H, aromatic)
MS: m/s (relative intensity) 612 (M+, 100)
EXAMPLE 10 Preparation of 2,9-di(2-methylnaphthyl)-bathophenanthroline The reaction sequence is shown below
n-Butyl lithium (1.6 M n-hexane solution, 15.3 ml, 24.4 mmol) was gradually dropped, at 0° C., in an n-hexane/anhydrous diethyl ether (1:1) solution (60 ml) of 1-boromo-2-methylnaphthalene (5.34 g, 24.4 mmol). After completion of the dropping, the reaction solution was agitated at room temperature for 16 hours, and the resultant product was subsequently separated by filtration, and the residue was washed with n-hexane (40 ml×3 times). A toluene solution (80 ml) of bathophenanthroline (2.03 g, 6.11 mmol) was gradually dropped, at room temperature, in an anhydrous diethyl ether solution (40 ml) of the resulting solids. After completion of the dropping, the reaction solution was agitated at room temperature for 16 hours.
60 ml of iced water was gradually added to the resultant reaction solution to separate an organic layer therefrom. The aqueous layer was extracted three times with chloroform, and the resultant organic layer was mixed with the previously separated organic layer. 60 g of manganese dioxide (chemically treated product) was added to the thus mixed organic layer and agitated for 30 minutes, after which 100 g of sodium sulfate was further added, followed by agitation for 30 minutes.
The resulting mixed solution was filtered and concentrated, and the residue was purified through column chromatography (silica gel, developing solvent: n-hexane/chloroform=8:1→4:1), followed by recrystallization (solvent for recrystallization: chloroform/n-hexane=2:1) to obtain the intended compound (1.20 g, yield: 59.1%).
The product was identified through 1H-NMR and FAB-MS measurements.
1H-NMR: 2.80 (m, 6H, CH3—Ar—), 7.25-7.78 (s, 24H, aromatic), 7.81 (s, 2H, aromatic)
MS: m/s (relative intensity) 612 (M+, 100)
EXAMPLE 11 Preparation of 2,9-di(α-methylbenzyl)-bathophenanthroline The reaction sequence is shown below
n-Butyl lithium (1.6 M n-hexane solution, 4.45 ml, 7.13 mmol) was gradually dropped in 1-bromo-1-phenylethane (4.91 g, 24.9 mmol) at room temperature. After completion of the dropping, Me-THF (0.627 g, 7.47 mmol) was added in 20 minutes at −22° C., after which THF (1.06 g, 14.7 mmol) was further added in 30 minutes, followed by further agitation at 6 to 1° C. for 16 hours. A toluene solution 40 ml) of bathophenanthroline (2.03 g, 6.11 mmol) was gradually dropped in the resultant reaction solution at room temperature. After completion of the dropping, the reaction solution was agitated at room temperature for 16 hours.
60 ml of iced water was gradually added to the resultant reaction solution to separate an organic layer therefrom. The aqueous layer was extracted three times with chloroform, and the resultant organic layer was mixed with the previously separated organic layer. 60 g of manganese dioxide (chemically treated product) was added to the thus mixed organic layer and agitated for 30 minutes, after which 100 g of sodium sulfate was further added, followed by agitation for 30 minutes.
The resulting mixed solution was filtered and concentrated, and the residue was purified through column chromatography (silica gel, developing solvent: n-hexane/chloroform=8:1→4:1), followed by recrystallization (solvent for recrystallization: chloroform/n-hexane=2:1) to obtain the intended compound (0.83 g, yield: 40.9%).
The product was identified through 1H-NMR and FAB-MS measurements.
1H-NMR: 2.40 (m, 6H, CH3—Ar—), 4.64 (m, 2H, —CH—Ar—), 7.25-7.78 (s, 22H, aromatic), 7.81 (s, 2H, aromatic)
MS: m/s (relative intensity) 540 (M+, 100)
As will be appreciated from the foregoing, the bathophenanthroline compounds of the invention can control, for example, carrier transportability depending on the type of substituent to be introduced into the molecule, thus permitting one to utilize them as a carrier transport material of various types of organic EL devices. Moreover, these compounds have high glass transition point and melting point and are thus stable electrically, thermally and/or chemically. In addition, the compounds are sublimable in nature, thus leading to the advantage that they are be readily formed as a uniform amorphous film according to a vacuum deposition process. The bathophenanthroline compound of the invention can be efficiently prepared through nucleophilic substitution reaction using an organolithium compound.
Claims
1-10. (canceled)
11. An organic EL device comprising:
- an organic layer having a luminescent region provided between an anode and a cathode, wherein the organic layer comprises a bathophenanthroline compound of formula:
- wherein Ar1 and Ar2 may be the same or different and independently represent an aryl group but do not form an interlocking macrocyclic compound.
12. An organic EL device according to claim 11 wherein Ar1 and Ar2 are selected from the group consisting of a 1-naphthyl group, a 2-anthryl group, a 9-anthryl group, a 2-fluorenyl group, a 4-quinolyl group, a pyridyl group, a 3-pyridynyl group, a 2-pyridynyl group, a 3-furyl group, a 2-furyl group, a 3-thienyl group, a 2-oxazolyl group, a 2-thiazolyl group, a 2-benzoxazoryl group, a 2-benzothiazoryl group, a 2-benzoimidazoryl group, a 4-methylphenyl group a 3-methylphenyl group, a 2-methylphenyl group, a n,n-dimethylphenyl group, a n,n,n-trimethylphenyl group, a n-ethylphenyl group, a n,n-diethylphenyl group, a n,n,n-triethylphenyl group, a 4-n-propylphenyl group, a n-isopropylphenyl group, a 4-n-butylphenyl group, a 4-isobutylphenyl group, a 4-sec-butylphenyl group, a n-tert-butylphenyl group.
Type: Application
Filed: Feb 21, 2005
Publication Date: Jul 14, 2005
Inventors: Tetsuo Shibanuma (Kanagawa), Yasunori Kijima (Tokyo), Nobutoshi Asai (Kanagawa), Shinichiro Tamura (Kanagawa)
Application Number: 11/062,076
