Patent Publication Number: US-7211335-B2

Title: Red organic light-emitting compound and organic light-emitting device comprising the same

Description:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION 
     The present invention relates to an organic light-emitting compound, and more particularly, to a red organic light-emitting compound which has a superior heat-resistance and is capable of adjusting the color of the emitted light, and an organic light-emitting device including the same. 
     BACKGROUNDS OF THE INVENTION 
     An organic light-emitting device, which is generally called as EL (Electroluminescence device), is one of the representative flat-panel display devices along with Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), Plasma Display Panel (PDP), and Field Emission Display (FED). The organic light-emitting device does not require a back-light for light-emitting, and can be manufactured into a thin film and flexible type device, and mass-produced by the well-known film fabrication techniques. In addition, the EL is a self-light emitting device. Therefore, the EL has not only a fast response speed but also an excellent brightness and wide viewing angle. Also, the EL can be operated with a low driving voltage, and display full colors in a visible region. 
     In the organic light-emitting device, an organic light-emitting layer having a light-emitting property is interposed between a transparent electrode made of ITO having a high work function and a metal electrode made of Mg having a low work function. When a voltage is applied to the electrodes, holes and electrons are generated at the electrodes, and recombined at the organic light-emitting layer to induce a light-emission. To produce a full-color organic light-emitting device, it is necessary to prepare organic light-emitting compounds for emitting red (R), green (G) or blue (B) light. Such organic light-emitting compounds are disclosed in various references, for example, U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,852,683, 3,986,140, 4,012,376, 4,146,707, 4,769,292, 5,018,160, 5,294,869, 5,409,783, 5,492,942, 5,908,581, and 5,935,720, “Design and Synthesis of Red Dopants for Electroluminescence” (C. H. Chen and C. W. Tang, Chemistry of Functional Dyes, Vol. 2, pp. 536–543 (1993)), “Electroluminescence of Doped Organic Thin Films” (C. W. Tang, S. A. VanSlyke, and C. H. Chen, Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 65, pp. 3610–3616 (1989)), “Red-light-emitting organic electroluminescent devices with bisanil dye as emitter” (Junsheng YU, Zhijian CHEN, and Seizo MIYATA, Jpn. J. Appl. phys. Vol. 40(2001) pp. 3201–3205) et al. 
     Among the organic light-emitting compounds, 4-dicyanomethylene-2-methyl-6-(p-dimethylaminostyryl)-4H-pyran (DCM), which emits the light having the wavelength of 590 nm, and 4-dicyanomethylene-6-cp-julolidinostyryl-2-tert-butyl-4H-pyran (DCJTB), which emits the light having the wavelength of 630 nm and is one of the derivatives of DCM, are conventionally used as the red organic light-emitting compound. The red organic light-emitting compound having the DCM structure is produced by substituting a substituent, such as alkyl group, to nitrogen. Therefore, the compound having the DCM structure has a low heat resistance, which results in the decrease of the life span of the organic light-emitting device. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a red organic light-emitting compound having a novel structure, and an organic light-emitting device including the same. 
     It is other object of the present invention to provide an organic light-emitting compound which has a superior heat-resistance and stability, and is capable of emitting red lights of various wavelength, and an organic light-emitting device including the same. 
     It is another object of the present invention to provide an organic light-emitting compound which can be used as a red host material or a red dopant in an organic light-emitting layer, and an organic light-emitting device including the same. 
     In order to achieve these objects, the present invention provides a red organic light-emitting compound of the following chemical formula. The present invention also provides an organic light-emitting device comprising: the first electrode having a high work function; the second electrode having a low work function; and at least one organic layer formed between the first electrode and the second electrode, which includes the red organic light-emitting compound of the following chemical formula, 
     
       
         
         
             
             
         
       
     
     wherein, X is C, O, S, SO 2  or N; Y is S or 
                         
R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 11  and R 12  can be the same or different, and are hydrogen, substituted or non-substituted alkyl group containing from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, substituted or non-substituted alkoxy group containing from 1 to 5 carbon atoms, substituted or non-substituted aryl or heteroaryl group containing from 4 to 24 carbon atoms, substituted or non-substituted heterocyclic group containing from 4 to 6 carbon atoms, or fused ring group containing from 4 to 24 carbon atoms; and R 4  and R 5  can be the same or different, and are the functional group defined for R 1  or O. When R 4  and R 5  are O, R 4  and R 5  can be connected to form a heterocyclic ring. R 6  is the functional group defined for R 1  or substituted or non-substituted amine group; and n is 1, 2 or 3.
 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  is a cross sectional view of the organic light-emitting device according to an embodiment of the present invention; and 
         FIG. 2  is a cross sectional view of the organic light-emitting device according to other embodiment of the present invention. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     A more complete appreciation of the invention, and many of the attendant advantages thereof, can be better appreciated by reference to the following detailed description and the accompanying drawings. 
     The red organic light-emitting compound of the present invention absorbs the energy generated by the recombination of electrons and holes, and emits red light using the absorbed energy. The compound of the present invention can be represented by the following chemical formula 1. 
     
       
         
         
             
             
         
       
     
     In chemical formula 1, X is C, O, S, SO 2  or N; Y is S or 
                         
R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 11  and R 12  can be the same or different, and are hydrogen, substituted or non-substituted alkyl group containing from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, substituted or non-substituted alkoxy group containing from 1 to 5 carbon atoms, substituted or non-substituted aryl or heteroaryl group containing from 4 to 24 carbon atoms, substituted or non-substituted heterocyclic group containing from 4 to 6 carbon atoms, or fused ring group containing from 4 to 24 carbon atoms; and R 4  and R 5  can be the same or different, and are the functional group defined for R 1  or O. When R 4  and R 5  are O, R 4  and R 5  can be connected to form a heterocyclic ring. R 6  is the functional group defined for R 1  or substituted or non-substituted amine group; and n is 1, 2 or 3. The exemplary substituent which can be substituted to R 1  to R 6 , R 11  and R 12  includes lower alkyl group containing from 1 to 5 carbon atoms, aryl group such as phenyl, tolyl and so on, amine group, halogen and so on. When X is C or N, X can be substituted with the functional group defined for R 1 . The fused ring group is the functional group produced by fusing ring compounds, and the non-limiting example of the fused ring group includes the functional group formed by fusing two or more benzene rings, such as
 
                         
and soon.
 
     The preferable example of the red organic light-emitting compound of the present invention includes the compounds represented by the following chemical formulas 2 to 6. 
     
       
         
         
             
             
         
       
     
     In chemical formula 2, X and R 1  to R 5  are as defined in chemical formula 1; R 7  and R 8  can be the same or different, and are the functional group defined for R 1  in chemical formula 1; and n is 1, 2 or 3. 
     
       
         
         
             
             
         
       
     
     In chemical formula 3, X, R 1 , R 7  and R 8  are as defined in chemical formula 2. More preferably, X is O; R 1  is tert-butyl group; and R 7  and R 8  are methyl group. 
     
       
         
         
             
             
         
       
     
     In chemical formula 4, R 1  and R 8  to R 10  are the functional group defined for R 1  in chemical formula 1; and n is 1, 2 or 3. More preferably, R 1  is tert-butyl group; R 8  is hydrogen; R 9  is phenyl group; and R 10  is 3-methylphenyl group. 
     
       
         
         
             
             
         
       
     
     In chemical formula 5, X, R 1  to R 5 , R 11  and R 12  are as defined in chemical formula 1; R 7  to R 9  can be the same or different, and are the functional group defined for R 1  in chemical formula 1; and n is 1, 2 or 3. More preferably, at least one of R 1  to R 5 , R 7  to R 9 , R 11  and R 12  is isopropyl or t-butyl group, and R 1  to R 5 , R 7  to R 9 , R 11  and R 12  can be connected to form a conjugated and fused ring with the benzene ring or the pyrazoline ring in the compound of chemical formula 5. 
     
       
         
         
             
             
         
       
     
     In chemical formula 6, R 1  to R 4  are as defined in chemical formula 1; R 7  to R 9  can be the same or different, and are the functional group defined for R 1  in chemical formula 1; and n is 1, 2 or 3. 
     The red organic light-emitting compound of the present invention emits various colors from orange to red according to the substituent of thiophene group, 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene (EDOT) group, or pyrazoline group. Therefore, the compound can be used as a red host material or a red dopant in an organic light-emitting device. The organic light-emitting compound of the present invention can be prepared by various conventional methods. For example, the compound can be prepared by reacting substituted or non-substituted 2-(6-methyl-pyran-4-ylidene)-malononitrile and substituted or non-substituted thiophenyl carbaldehyde or 4-(4,5-dihydro-pyrazole-1-yl)-benzaldehyde in an alcoholic solvent and in the presence of a base, such as piperidine. The solid product obtained form the above reaction is separated by filtration, recrystallization or column chromatography to provide the pure target compound. 
       FIG. 1  is a cross sectional view of the organic light-emitting device including the organic light-emitting compound according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in  FIG. 1 , the first electrode  12  (anode) having a high work function is formed on a substrate  10 , and at least one light-emitting layer  14  including the organic light-emitting compound of the present invention is formed on the first electrode  12 . The light-emitting layer  14  may further include a conventional organic light-emitting compound, a fluorescent dye, a host and/or dopant material in addition to the organic light-emitting compound of the present invention. When the compound of the present invention is used as a dopant with the conventional host material, such as Alq 3 , the preferable amount of the dopant is 2 to 50% by weight. On the light-emitting layer  14 , the second electrode  16  (cathode) having a low work function is formed so that the second electrode  16  faces toward the first electrode  12 . When a voltage is applied between the first electrode  12  and the second electrode  16  of the organic light-emitting device, the holes and the electrons produced in the first and the second electrodes  12 ,  16  are injected into the light-emitting layer  14 . The injected holes and the electrons are recombined in the layer  14  to induce the light emission. The emitted light produces a display image by passing through the transparent first electrode  12  and the transparent substrate  10 . 
     The substrate  10  of the organic light-emitting device is made of an electrically insulating material. If the organic light-emitting device is designed to emit light at the side of the first electrode  12 , the substrate  10  should be made of a transparent material, preferably a glass or a transparent plastic film. The first electrode  12  can be made of the material having a high work function, for example, Indium Tin Oxide (ITO), polyaniline or Ag. The second electrode  16  can be made of the material having a low work function, for example, a metal such as Al, Mg or Ca, or a metal alloy such as Li—Al or Mg—Ag. 
       FIG. 2  is a cross sectional view of the organic light-emitting device according to other embodiment of the present invention. In contrast to the organic light-emitting device shown in  FIG. 1 , the organic light-emitting device shown in  FIG. 2  further includes a hole injecting layer  21  and a hole transporting layer  22  formed between the first electrode  12  and the light-emitting layer  14  to facilitate the injection and transportation of holes from the first electrode  12  into the light-emitting layer  14 , and an electron injecting layer  25  and an electron transporting layer  26  formed between the second electrode  16  and the light-emitting layer  14  to facilitate the injection and transportation of electrons from the second electrode  16  into the light-emitting layer  14 . The hole injecting layer  21  and the hole transporting layer  22  are provided to facilitate the stable hole injection and transportation, and to prevent the electron flow therethrough. Exemplary material for forming the hole injecting and the hole transporting layers  21 ,  22  includes porphyrinic compound, such as copper phthalocyanine (CuPc), disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,356,429; tri(phenyldiamine) derivatives such as N,N′-diphenyl-N,N′-bis(3-methylphenyl)-[1,1′-biphenyl]-4,4′-diamine (TPD); amine derivatives having aromatic condensed ring such as 4,4′,4″-tris[3-methylphenyl(phenyl)amino]triphenylamine (m-MTDATA), N,N′-diphenyl-N,N′-bis(1-naphthylphenyl)-1,1′-biphenyl-4,4′-diamine (α-NPD), N,N,N′N′-tetrakis(m-methylphenyl)-1,3-diaminobenzene (PDA), 1,1-bis[N,N-di(p-tolyl)aminophenyl]cyclohexane (TPAC), styrylamine derivatives, N,N′-bis-(1-naphthyl)-N,N′-diphenylbenzidine and so on. The electron injecting layer  25  and the electron transporting layer  26  are provided to facilitate the stable electron injection and transportation, and to prevent the hole flow therethrough. Exemplary material for forming the electron injecting and the electron transporting layers  25 ,  26  includes LiF, 1,2,4-triazole (TAZ), quinolin derivatives, tris(8-quinolinolate)aluminum (Alq3) and so on. 
     These layers improve the light-emitting efficiency by increasing the amounts of the holes and the electrons injected into the organic light-emitting layer  14 , by constraining the holes and the electrons in the light-emitting layer  14 , and by accelerating the hole-electron recombination. The thickness of the light-emitting layer  14 , the hole injecting layer  21 , the hole transporting layer  22 , the electron injecting layer  25  or the electron transporting layer  26  can be varied, for example, according to the method for forming the layers, but the thickness is generally 5–1000 nm, preferably 10–500 nm. 
     The organic light-emitting compound of the present invention can be included into the hole injecting layer  21 , the hole transporting layer  22 , the electron injecting layer  25  and/or the electron transporting layer  26 . The organic layers can be formed by conventional film fabrication processes such as spin coating, thermal evaporation, spin casting, sputtering, e-beam evaporation, chemical vapor deposition (CVD) and so on. The organic layers can be formed with the mixture of at least two compounds by the above-mentioned methods, or by co-depositing two or more compounds. The anode can also be formed by conventional processes, such as sputtering, ion plating, thermal depositing by using e-gun and so on. The metal layer for forming the cathode can be produced by thermal evaporation, sputtering, chemical vapor deposition, ion plating, and so on. The organic light-emitting compound of the present invention can be used for producing not only the organic light-emitting devices shown in  FIG. 1  or  FIG. 2  but also for producing various organic light-emitting device utilizing the electron-hole recombination for light emission. 
     Hereinafter, the preferable examples of the present invention are provided for better understanding of the present invention. However, the following examples are to illustrate the present invention, and the present invention cannot be limited by the following examples. 
     EXAMPLE 1 
     Synthesis of 2-{2-tert-butyl-6-[2-(7-dimethylamino-2,3-dihydro-thieno[3,4-b][1,4]dioxine-5-yl)-vinyl]-pyran-4-ylidene}-malononitrile 
     As shown in the following reaction 1, 2.14 g (10 mmol) of 2-(2-tert-butyl-6-methyl-pyran-4-ylidene)-malononitrile and 2.13 g (10 mmol) of 7-dimethylamino-2,3-dihydro-thieno[3,4-b][1,4]dioxine-5-carbaldehyde were added into 100 ml of ethanol, and 0.93 g (11 mmol) of piperidine was added thereto. The reaction solution was heated at 75° C. for 10 hours. After cooling the reaction solution, the precipitated red solid was filtered, and recrystallized with ethanol to obtain 2 g of the target compound (Yield 48%). 
     
       
         
         
             
             
         
       
     
     EXAMPLE 2 
     Synthesis of 2-(2-tert-buty-6-{2-[7-(5-phenyl-1-m-tolyl-4,5-dihydro-1H-pyrazol-3-yl)-2,3-dihydro-thieno[3,4-b][1,4]dioxy-5-yl]-vinyl}-pyran-4-ylidene)-malononitrile 
     As shown in the following reaction 2, 0.21 g (1 mmol) of 2-(2-tert-butyl-6-methyl-pyran-4-ylidene)-malononitrile and 0.4 g (1 mmol) of 7-(5-phenyl-1-m-tolyl-4,5-dihydro-1H-pyrazol-3-yl)-2,3-dihydro-thieno[3,4-b][1,4]dioxine-5-carbaldehyde were added into 30 ml of ethanol, and 93 mg (1.1 mmol) of piperidine was added thereto. The reaction solution was heated at 75° C. for 10 hours. After cooling the reaction solution, the precipitated red solid was filtered, and recrystallized with ethanol to obtain 0.42 g of the target compound (Yield 70%). 
     
       
         
         
             
             
         
       
     
     EXAMPLE 3 
     Synthesis of 2-(2-tert-butyl-6-{2-[5-(4-diphenylamino-phenyl)-thiophene-2-yl]-vinyl}-pyran-4-ylidene)-malononitrile 
     As shown in the following reaction 3, 0.72 g (3.37 mmol) of (2-(2-tert-butyl-6-methyl-pyran-4-ylidene)-malononitrile and 1 g (2.81 mmol) of 5-(4-diphenylamino-phenyl)-thiophene-2-carbaldehyde were added into 50 ml of ethanol, and 0.28 g (3.37 mmol) of piperidine was added thereto. The reaction solution was heated for 24 hours while refluxing. After cooling the reaction solution, the precipitated red solid was filtered, and recrystallized with ethanol to obtain 0.79 g of the target compound (Yield 50%). 
     
       
         
         
             
             
         
       
     
     EXAMPLE 4 
     Synthesis of 2-(2-{2-[4-(3,5-diphenyl-4,5-dihydro-pyrazol-1-yl)-phenyl]-vinyl}-6-phenyl-pyran-4-ylidene)-malononitrile 
     As shown in the following reaction 4, 0.4 g (1.7 mmol) of 2-(2-methyl-6phenyl-pyran-4-ylidene)-malononitrile and 0.55 g (1.7 mmol) of 4-(3,5-diphenyl-4,5-dihydro-pyrazol-1-yl)-benzaldehyde} were added into 40 ml of ethanol, and 0.17 g (2.0 mmol) of piperidine was added thereto. The reaction solution was heated at 75° C. for 10 hours. 
     
       
         
         
             
             
         
       
     
     After cooling the reaction solution, the precipitated red solid was filtered, and recrystallized with ethanol to obtain 0.8 g of the target compound (Yield 86%). 
     EXAMPLE 5 
     Synthesis of 2-[2-(2-{4-[3-(2-methoxy-phenyl)-5-phenyl-4,5-dihydro-pyrazol-1-yl]-phenyl}-vinyl)-6-phenyl-pyran-4-ylidene]-malononitrile 
     As shown in the following reaction 5, 0.197 g (0.84 mmol) of 2-(2-methyl-6-phenyl-pyran-4-ylidene)-malononitrile and 0.30 g (0.84 mmol) of 4-[3-(2-methoxy-phenyl)-5-phenyl-4,5-dihydro-pyrazol-1-yl]-benzaldehyde were added into 20 ml of alcohol (ethanol), and 0.10 g (1.2 mmol) of piperidine was added thereto. The reaction solution was heated at 75° C. for 10 hours. 
     
       
         
         
             
             
         
       
     
     After cooling the reaction solution, the precipitated red solid was filtered, and recrystallized with chloroform-methanol to obtain 0.4 g of the target compound (Yield 83%). 
     EXAMPLE 6 
     Synthesis of 2-(2-phenyl-6-{2-[4-(3-phenyl-5-pyren-1-yl-4,5-dihydro-pyrazol-1-yl)-phenyl]-vinyl}-pyran-4-ylidene)-malononitrile 
     As shown in the following reaction 6, 0.5 g (2.13 mmol) of 2-(2-methyl-6-phenyl-pyran-4-ylidene)-malononitrile and 0.961 g (2.13 mmol) of 4-(3-phenyl-5-pyren-1-yl-4,5-dihydro-pyrazol-1-yl)-benzaldehyde were added into 50 ml of ethanol, and 0.27 g (3.2 mmol) of piperidine was added thereto. The reaction solution was heated at 75° C. for 10 hours. 
     
       
         
         
             
             
         
       
     
     After cooling the reaction solution, the precipitated red solid was filtered, and recrystallized with chloroform-methanol to obtain 0.72 g of the target compound (Yield 50%). 
     EXAMPLE 7 
     Synthesis of 2-(2-{2-[4-(5-biphenyl-4-yl-3-phenyl-4,5-dihydro-pyrazol-1-yl)]-phenyl}-vinyl)-6-phenyl-pyran-4-ylidene)-malononitrile 
     As shown in the following reaction 7, 0.27 g (1.16 mmol) of 2-(2-methyl-6-phenyl-pyran-4-ylidene)-malononitrile) and 0.47 g (1.16 mmol) of 4-(5-biphenyl-4-yl-3-phenyl-4,5-dihydro-pyrazol-1-yl)-benzaldehyde were added into 20 ml of ethanol, and 0.15 g (1.74 mmol) of piperidine was added thereto. The reaction solution was heated at 75° C. for 10 hours. 
     
       
         
         
             
             
         
       
     
     After cooling the reaction solution, the precipitated red solid was filtered, and recrystallized with methanol to obtain 0.65 g of the target compound (Yield 90%). 
     EXAMPLE 8 
     Synthesis of 2-(2-phenyl-6-{2-[4-(5-phenyl-3-pyren-1-yl-4,5-dihydro-pyrazol-1-yl)-phenyl]-vinyl}-pyran-4-ylidene)-malononitrile 
     As shown in the following reaction 8, 0.24 g (1.0 mmol) of 2-(2-methyl-6-phenyl-pyran-4-ylidene)-malononitrile and 0.46 g (1.0 mmol) of 4-(5-phenyl-3-pyren-1-yl-4,5-dihydro-pyrazol-1-yl)benzaldehyde were added into 20 ml of ethanol, and 0.13 g (1.53 mmol) of piperidine was added thereto. The reaction solution was heated at 75° C. for 10 hours. 
     
       
         
         
             
             
         
       
     
     After cooling the reaction solution, the precipitated red solid was filtered, and recrystallized with chloroform to obtain 0.52 g of the target compound (Yield 75%). 
     EXAMPLE 9 
     Synthesis of 2-(2-{2-[4-(3,5-diphenyl-4,5-dihydro-pyrazol-1-yl)-phenyl]-vinyl}-6-isopropyl-pyran-4-ylidene)-malononitrile 
     As shown in the following reaction 9, 0.5 g (2.5 mmol) of 2-(2-isopropyl-6-methyl-pyran-4-ylidene)-malononitrile and 0.815 g (2.5 mmol) of 4-(3,5-diphenyl-4,5-dihydro-pyrazol-1-yl)-benzaldehyde were added into 20 ml of ethanol, and 0.32 g (3.75 mmol) of piperidine was added thereto. The reaction solution was heated at 75° C. for 10 hours. 
     
       
         
         
             
             
         
       
     
     After cooling the reaction solution, the precipitated red solid was filtered, and purified with a column chromatography to obtain 0.6 g of the target compound (Yield 50%). 
     EXAMPLE 10 
     An Indium Tin oxide (ITO) coated glass substrate was ultrasonically washed, and then washed with deionized water. The grease on the washed substrate was removed with gas phase toluene. The hole injecting layer of thickness of 300 Å was formed by vacuum depositing m-MTDATA on the ITO electrode layer, and a hole transporting layer of thickness of 200 Å was formed by vacuum depositing α-NPD on the hole injecting layer. 
     The red organic light-emitting compounds of examples 1–9 were deposited to a thickness of 650 Å as the host material on the hole transporting layer, or the mixtures of Alq3 (host material) and one of the red organic light-emitting compounds of examples 1–9 (dopant, mixing amount: 2 to 50% by weight) were co-deposited to a thickness of 650 Å on the hole transporting layer to form the organic light-emitting layers. Then, TAZ was vacuum deposited to a thickness of 50 Å to form an electron transporting layer on the organic light-emitting layer, and LiF of thickness of 5 Å was deposited on the electron transporting layer to form the electron injecting layer. Finally, Al of thickness of 2000 Å were deposited on the electron injecting layer to form the cathode of an organic electroluminescence device. 
     The melting temperatures [Tm] of the organic light-emitting compounds of Examples 1 to 3 were measured, and the photoluminescences (PL) thereof were measured with using dichloroethane solvent. The results are shown in Table 1. In addition, the organic electroluminescence devices were prepared with the compounds according to the method described in Example 10, and the maximum brightness of the devices were also measured. The results are also shown in Table 1. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
               
               
             
               
                   
                 TABLE 1 
               
               
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                   
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                 PL(nm) 
                 Tm(° C.) 
                 (cd/m 2 ) 
                 Doping amount 
               
               
                   
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 Example 1 
                 625 
                 280 
                   4952/14 V 
                 2 wt % 
               
               
                 Example 2 
                 680 
                 312 
                 1873/19.4 V 
                 2 wt % 
               
               
                 Example 3 
                 660 
                 257 
                 2650/16.5 V 
                 2 wt % 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     The melting temperatures [Tm], the glass transition temperatures [Tg] and the photoluminescences (PL, solvent: dichloroethane) of the organic light-emitting compounds of Examples 4 to 9 were measured. The results are shown in Table 2. In addition, the organic electroluminescence devices were prepared with the compounds according to the method described in Example 10, and the maximum brightness and the color coordinates of the devices were measured. The results are also shown in Table 2. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
             
               
                   
                 TABLE 2 
               
               
                   
                   
               
               
                   
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                 Color 
               
               
                   
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                 Tg(° C.) 
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                 Example 4 
                 640 
                 312/— 
                   873/14 V 
                 0.69/0.32 
                 Host 
               
               
                 Example 5 
                 655 
                 289/124 
                 1952/19.4 V 
                 0.62/0.40 
                 50 wt % 
               
               
                 Example 6 
                 640 
                 310/— 
                 2450/19.8 V 
                 0.62/0.38 
                 10 wt % 
               
               
                 Example 7 
                 645 
                 300/— 
                 2450/19.8 V 
                 0.62/0.38 
                 10 wt % 
               
               
                 Example 8 
                 670 
                 326/152 
                  735/15.6 V 
                 0.67/0.33 
                 Host 
               
               
                 Example 9 
                 610 
                 225/— 
                 2223/18.4 V 
                 0.51/0.49 
                 10 wt % 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     As shown in tables 1 and 2, the red organic light-emitting compound of the present invention has a high melting temperature (Tm) and a high glass transition temperature (Tg), and thus the stability and the life-span of the organic electroluminescence device including the compound can be improved. In addition, the organic light-emitting compound of the present invention has a superior brightness and emits various red lights having the high quality. Therefore, the organic light-emitting compound of the present invention is useful as the host material or the red dopant of an organic light-emitting layer. 
     As described above, the red organic light-emitting compound of the present invention has a superior heat-resistance and stability, is capable of emitting red lights of various wavelength according to the substituent, and produces high quality display image. Thus the red organic light-emitting compound is particularly useful for producing a full color organic light-emitting device having a long life-span. In addition, the red organic light-emitting compound of the present invention can be applied for various devices, such as a field effect transistor, a photodiode, a photovoltaic cell, a solar cell, an organic laser, a laser diode, and so on.