Patent ID: 7740958

Claim:
An organic light-emitting device, comprising: a pair of electrodes composed of an anode and a cathode; and a light-emitting organic compound layer interposed between the pair of electrodes, wherein the light-emitting organic compound layer contains a light-emitting compound represented by the following general formula [1]: where Ar 1 and Ar 2 each represent a group selected from the group consisting of a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, and a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group, Ar 1 and Ar 2 may be the same or different from each other, and Ar 1 and Ar 2 may be bonded to each other to form a ring, R 1 , R 2 , and R 3 each represent a group selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, and a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group, and R 1 , R 2 , and R 3 may be the same or different from one another, X represents a group selected from the group consisting of a halogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkynyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted sulfide group, a substituted or unsubstituted silyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted amino group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, and a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group, and X's may be the same or different from each other, and a represents an integer of 0 or more to 8 or less.