Patent ID: 7396599

Claim:
An organometallic complex represented by Formula 1: wherein M is a metal selected from the group consisting of Ir, Os, Pt, Pb, Re, Ru, and Pd; CyN is a substituted or unsubstituted C 3 -C 60 heterocyclic group containing nitrogen bonded to M, or a substituted or unsubstituted C 3 -C 60 heteroaryl group containing nitrogen bonded to M; CyC is selected from the group consisting of a substituted or unsubstituted C 4 -C 60 carbocyclic group containing carbon bonded to M, a substituted or unsubstituted C 3 -C 60 heterocyclic group containing carbon bonded to M, a substituted or unsubstituted C 3 -C 60 aryl group containing carbon bonded to M, and a substituted or unsubstituted C 3 -C 60 heteroaryl group containing carbon bonded to M; alternatively, CyN-CyC is represented by one of Formulas: wherein each of R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , and R 4 is independently a monosubstituted or polysubstituted group, and is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, a halogen atom, —OR, —N(R) 2 , —P(R) 2 , —POR, —PO 2 R, —PO 3 R, —SR, —Si(R) 3 , —B(R) 2 , —B(OR) 2 , —C(O)R, —C(O)OR, —C(O)N(R), —CN, —NO 2 , —SO 2 , —SOR, —SO 2 R, —SO 3 R, a C 1 -C 20 alkyl group, and a C 6 -C 20 aryl group, where R is hydrogen, a substituted or unsubstituted C 1 -C 20 alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C 1 -C 10 alkoxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted C 2 -C 20 alkenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C 2 -C 20 alkynyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C 1 -C 20 heteroalkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C 6 -C 40 aryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C 7 -C 40 arylalkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C 7 -C 40 alkylaryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C 2 -C 40 heteroaryl group, and a substituted or unsubstituted C 3 -C 40 heteroarylalkyl group; Y is a linker connecting two mononuclear organometallic complexes to each other; A is a group containing nitrogen bonded to M; X is a monoanionic monodentate ligand; and n is 1 or 2.