Patent ID: 8445119

Claim:
An organic electronic device selected from a light-emitting diode, a light-emitting electrochemical cell, and a photodetector, said device comprising an anode, a buffer layer, a hole transport layer, a photoactive layer, an electron transport layer, and cathode, wherein at least one layer positioned between the anode and the cathode comprises a compound having Formula I: wherein: R 1 and R 3 through R 5 are the same or different at each occurrence and are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, halogen, hydroxyl, aryloxy, alkoxy, alkenyl, alkynyl, amino, alkylthio, phosphino, silyl, —COR, —COOK, —PO 3 R 2 , —OPO 3 R 2 , and CN; R 2 is aryl; R 6 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, alkylaryl, and arylalkyl; R is the same or different at each occurrence and is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, alkenyl, and alkynyl; and n is an integer from 0-3.