1. A polycyclic compound represented by the following general formulae (7) or (8):
where:
X3, X4, X5, and X6 each independently represent oxygen (O), sulfur (S), or N\u2014R1, R1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl group having 3 to 20 carbon atoms forming the ring, a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group having 7 to 24 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted organosilyl group having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 24 carbon atoms forming the aromatic ring, or a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group having 3 to 24 atoms forming the aromatic ring, provided that when both X3 and X4 or both X5 and X6 represent N\u2014R1, at least one R1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted monovalent fused aromatic heterocyclic group having 8 to 24 atoms forming the aromatic ring;
o, p, and q each independently represent 0 or 1, provided that o+p is 1 or more;
L1, L2, and L3 each independently represent a structure which is selected from the following formulae (21) to (39) and may have a substituent:
and
Y1, Y2, and Y3 each independently represent a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl group having 3 to 20 carbon atoms forming the ring, a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group having 7 to 24 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted organosilyl group having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 24 carbon atoms forming the aromatic ring, or a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group having 3 to 24 atoms forming the aromatic ring which is bonded with a carbon atom, a number of Y1’s is 0, 1, 2, or 3, a number of Y2’s is 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4, and a number of Y3’s is 0, 1, or 2.
2. The polycyclic compound according to claim 1, which is represented by any one of the following general formulae (7-1), (7-2), (8-1), and (8-2):
3. The polycyclic compound according to claim 1, which is represented by the following general formula (19):
4. The polycyclic compound according to claim 1, wherein a total number of substituents represented by Y1, Y2, and Y3 in the general formulae (7) and (8) is 2 or less.
5. The polycyclic compound according to claim 1, wherein a number of substituents represented by Y1 and Y2 in the general formulae (7) and (8) is 0.
6. The polycyclic compound according to claim 1, wherein a number of substituents represented by Y3 in the general formulae (7) and (8) is 0.
7. The polycyclic compound according to claim 1, wherein o+p+q is 2 or less in the general formulae (7) and (8).
8. The polycyclic compound according to claim 1, wherein o+p is 1 in the general formulae (7) and (8).
9. The polycyclic compound according to claim 1, wherein both X3 and X4 or X5 and X6 represent N\u2014R1 in the general formulae (7) and (8).
10. The polycyclic compound according to claim 1, wherein both X3 and X4 represent N\u2014R1 in the general formula (7) and both R1’s represent substituted or unsubstituted fused aromatic heterocycles each having 8 to 24 atoms forming the aromatic ring, and both X5 and X6 represent N\u2014R1 in the general formula (8) and both R1’s represent substituted or unsubstituted fused aromatic heterocycles each having 8 to 24 atoms forming the aromatic ring.
11. The polycyclic compound according to claim 1, wherein X3 and X4 or X5 and X6 each represent N\u2014R1 in the general formulae (7) and (8) and N\u2014R1 of X3 and N\u2014R1 of X4 or N\u2014R1 of X5 and N\u2014R1 of X6 are different from each other.
12. The polycyclic compound according to claim 1, wherein at least one of X3 and X4 in the general formula (7) represents an oxygen atom, and at least one of X5 and X6 in the general formula (8) represents an oxygen atom.
13. The polycyclic compound according to claim 12, wherein both X3 and X4 or both X5 and X6 in the general formulae (7) and (8) represent oxygen atoms.
14. An organic electroluminescence device, comprising one or more organic thin film layers containing a light emitting layer between a cathode and an anode, wherein at least one of the organic thin film layers contains the polycyclic compound according to claim 1.
15. The organic electroluminescence device according to claim 14, wherein the light emitting layer contains the polycyclic compound as a host material.
16. The organic electroluminescence device according to claim 14, wherein the light emitting layer further contains a phosphorescent material.
17. The organic electroluminescence device according to claim 14, wherein the light emitting layer contains a host material and a phosphorescent material, and the phosphorescent material comprises an orthometalated complex of an iridium (Ir), osmium (Os), or platinum (Pt) metal.
18. The organic electroluminescence device according to claim 14, further comprising an electron injecting layer between the light emitting layer and the cathode, wherein the electron injecting layer contains a nitrogen-containing ring derivative.
19. The organic electroluminescence device according to claim 14, further comprising an electron transporting layer between the light emitting layer and the cathode, wherein the electron transporting layer contains the polycylic compound.
20. The organic electroluminescence device according to claim 14, further comprising a hole transporting layer between the light emitting layer and the anode, wherein the hole transporting layer contains the polycyclic compound.
21. The organic electroluminescence device according to claim 14, further comprising a reducing dopant at an interfacial region between the cathode and the organic thin film layer.
22. The organic electroluminescence device according to claim 19, wherein the light emitting layer includes a material for an organic electroluminescence device which is a compound having a \u03c0-conjugated heteroacene skeleton crosslinked with a carbon atom, a nitrogen atom, an oxygen atom, or a sulfur atom as a host material.
23. The organic electroluminescence device according to claim 19, wherein the light emitting layer contains, as a host material, a material for an organic electroluminescence device represented by any one of the following general formulae (40) to (43):
where:
X15, X16, X17, and X18 each independently represent oxygen (O), sulfur (S), N\u2014R1, or CR2R3, R1, R2, and R3 each independently represent an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl group having 3 to 20 carbon atoms forming the ring, an aralkyl group having 7 to 24 carbon atoms, an organosilyl group having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 24 carbon atoms forming the aromatic ring, or a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group having 3 to 24 atoms forming the aromatic ring, provided that when both X15 and X16 or both X17 and X18 represent N\u2014R1, at least one R1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted monovalent fused aromatic heterocyclic group having 8 to 24 atoms forming the aromatic ring;
n represents 2, 3, or 4, and the material comprises a dimer using L3 as a linking group for n=2, a trimer using L3 as a linking group for n=3, or a tetramer using L3 as a linking group for n=4;
L1 represents a single bond, an alkylene group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkylene group having 3 to 20 carbon atoms forming the ring, a divalent organosilyl group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms which is bonded with a silicon atom, a substituted or unsubstituted divalent aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 24 carbon atoms forming the aromatic ring, or a substituted or unsubstituted divalent aromatic heterocyclic group which has 3 to 24 atoms forming the aromatic ring and which is linked with a benzene ring a through a carbon-carbon bond;
L2 represents a single bond, an alkylene group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkylene group having 3 to 20 carbon atoms forming the ring, a divalent organosilyl group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms which is bonded with a silicon atom, a substituted or unsubstituted divalent aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 24 carbon atoms forming the aromatic ring, or a substituted or unsubstituted divalent aromatic heterocyclic group which has 3 to 24 atoms forming the aromatic ring and which is linked with a benzene ring c through a carbon-carbon bond, provided that when both X15 and X16 or both X17 and X18 represent CR2R3 and both L1 and L2 represent substituted or unsubstituted divalent aromatic hydrocarbon groups having 6 to 24 carbon atoms forming the aromatic ring, a case where L1 and L2 are simultaneously linked at para position with respect to a benzene ring b is excluded;
when n represents 2, L3 represents a single bond, an alkylene group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkylene group having 3 to 20 carbon atoms forming the ring, a divalent organosilyl group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms which is bonded with a silicon atom, a substituted or unsubstituted divalent aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 24 carbon atoms forming the aromatic ring, or a substituted or unsubstituted divalent aromatic heterocyclic group which has 3 to 24 atoms forming the aromatic ring and which is linked with the benzene ring c through a carbon-carbon bond, when n represents 3, L3 represents an alkanetriyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkanetriyl group having 3 to 20 carbon atoms forming the ring, a trivalent organosilyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms which is bonded with a silicon atom, a substituted or unsubstituted trivalent aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 24 carbon atoms forming the aromatic ring, or a substituted or unsubstituted trivalent aromatic heterocyclic group which has 3 to 24 atoms and which is linked with the benzene ring c through a carbon-carbon bond, and when n represents 4, L3 represents an alkanetetrayl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkanetetrayl group having 3 to 20 carbon atoms forming the ring, a silicon atom, a substituted or unsubstituted tetravalent aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 24 carbon atoms forming the aromatic ring, or a substituted or unsubstituted tetravalent aromatic heterocyclic group which has 3 to 24 atoms forming the aromatic ring and which is linked with the benzene ring c through a carbon-carbon bond, provided that when both X15 and X16 or both X17 and X18 represent CR2R3 and both L1 and L3 represent substituted or unsubstituted divalent, trivalent, or tetravalent aromatic hydrocarbon groups having 6 to 24 carbon atoms forming the aromatic ring, a case where L1 and L3 are simultaneously linked at para position with respect to the benzene ring b is excluded;
A1 represents a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl group having 3 to 20 carbon atoms forming the ring, an organosilyl group having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 24 carbon atoms forming the aromatic ring, or an aromatic heterocyclic group which has 3 to 24 atoms forming the aromatic ring and which is linked with L1 through a carbon-carbon bond, provided that when L1 represents an alkyl or alkylene group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a case where A1 represents a hydrogen atom is excluded;
A2 represents a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl group having 3 to 20 carbon atoms forming the ring, an organosilyl group having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 24 carbon atoms forming the aromatic ring, or an aromatic heterocyclic group which has 3 to 24 atoms forming the aromatic ring and which is linked with L2 through a carbon-carbon bond, provided that when L2 represents an alkyl or alkylene group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a case where A2 represents a hydrogen atom is excluded;
Y1, Y2, and Y3 each represent an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl group having 3 to 20 carbon atoms forming the ring, an alkoxy group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, an aralkyl group having 7 to 24 carbon atoms, an organosilyl group having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 24 carbon atoms forming the aromatic ring, or a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group which has 3 to 24 atoms forming the aromatic ring and which is linked with the benzene ring a, b, or c through a carbon-carbon bond, a number of each of Y1 and Y3 is 0, 1, 2, or 3, and a number of Y2 is 0, 1, or 2, provided that when both X15 and X16 or both X17 and X18 represent oxygen (O), sulfur (S), or CR2R3, both L1 and L2 represent single bonds, and both A1 and A2 represent hydrogen atoms, a case where a benzene ring b has one or two Y2’s, which represent a methyl group or an unsubstituted phenyl group is excluded; and
A1, A2, L1, L2, and L3 are each free of any carbonyl group.
24. The organic electroluminescence device according to claim 19, wherein the light emitting layer contains, as a host material, a material for an organic electroluminescence device represented by any one of the following general formulae (44) to (47):
where:
n represents 2, 3, or 4, and the material comprises a dimer using L3 as a linking group for n=2, a trimer using L3 as a linking group for n=3, or a tetramer using L3 as a linking group for n=4;
L1 represents a single bond, an alkylene group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkylene group having 3 to 20 carbon atoms forming the ring, a divalent organosilyl group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms which is bonded with a silicon atom, a substituted or unsubstituted divalent aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 24 carbon atoms forming the aromatic ring, or a substituted or unsubstituted divalent aromatic heterocyclic group which has 3 to 24 atoms forming the aromatic ring and which is linked with a benzene ring a through a carbon-carbon bond;
L2 represents a single bond, an alkylene group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkylene group having 3 to 20 carbon atoms forming the ring, a divalent organosilyl group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms which is bonded with a silicon atom, a substituted or unsubstituted divalent aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 24 carbon atoms forming the aromatic ring, or a substituted or unsubstituted divalent aromatic heterocyclic group which has 3 to 24 atoms forming the aromatic ring and which is linked with a benzene ring c through a carbon-carbon bond;
when n represents 2, L3 represents a single bond, an alkylene group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkylene group having 3 to 20 carbon atoms forming the aromatic ring, a divalent organosilyl group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms which is bonded with a silicon atom, a substituted or unsubstituted divalent aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 24 carbon atoms forming the aromatic ring, or a substituted or unsubstituted divalent aromatic heterocyclic group which has 3 to 24 atoms forming the aromatic ring and which is linked with the benzene ring c through a carbon-carbon bond, when n represents 3, L3 represents an alkanetriyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkanetriyl group having 3 to 20 carbon atoms forming the ring, a trivalent organosilyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms which is bonded with a silicon atom, a substituted or unsubstituted trivalent aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 24 carbon atoms forming the aromatic ring, or a substituted or unsubstituted trivalent aromatic heterocyclic group which has 3 to 24 atoms and which is linked with the benzene ring c through a carbon-carbon bond, or when n represents 4, L3 represents an alkanetetrayl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkanetetrayl group having 3 to 20 carbon atoms forming the ring, a silicon atom, a substituted or unsubstituted tetravalent aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 24 carbon atoms forming the aromatic ring, or a substituted or unsubstituted tetravalent aromatic heterocyclic group which has 3 to 24 atoms forming the aromatic ring and which is linked with the benzene ring c through a carbon-carbon bond;
A1 represents a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl group having 3 to 20 carbon atoms forming the ring, an organosilyl group having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 24 carbon atoms forming the aromatic ring, or an aromatic heterocyclic group which has 3 to 24 atoms forming the aromatic ring and which is linked with L1 through a carbon-carbon bond, provided that when L1 represents an alkyl or alkylene group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a case where A1 represents a hydrogen atom is excluded;
A2 represents a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl group having 3 to 20 carbon atoms forming the ring, an organosilyl group having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 24 carbon atoms forming the aromatic ring, or an aromatic heterocyclic group which has 3 to 24 atoms forming the aromatic ring and which is linked with L2 through a carbon-carbon bond, provided that when L2 represents an alkyl or alkylene group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a case where A2 represents a hydrogen atom is excluded;
Y1, Y2, and Y3 each represent an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl group having 3 to 20 carbon atoms forming the ring, an alkoxy group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, an aralkyl group having 7 to 24 carbon atoms, an organosilyl group having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 24 carbon atoms forming the aromatic ring, or a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group which has 3 to 24 atoms forming the aromatic ring and which is linked with the benzene ring a, b, or c through a carbon-carbon bond, a number of each of Y1 and Y3 is 0, 1, 2, or 3, and a number of Y2 is 0, 1, or 2, provided that when both L1 and L2 represent single bonds, and both A1 and A2 represent hydrogen atoms, a case where a benzene ring b has one or two Y2’s, which represent a methyl group or an unsubstituted phenyl group is excluded; and
A1, A2, L1, L2, and L3 are each free of any carbonyl group.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
I claim:
1. In combination with an air conditioning system having a refrigerant compressor, a condenser, an expansion valve, and an evaporator, and a water fixture having a water recirculation loop with a pump therein, the improvement which comprises: a refrigerant-to-water heat exchanger comprising an insulated water tank having a water inlet and a water outlet connected in said recirculation loop; and a condenser coil positioned in said tank in heat exchange relationship with the water therein, said condenser coil of said heat exchanger having a refrigerant inlet for receiving hot refrigerant from said compressor and a refrigerant outlet for passing the refrigerant to said condenser of the air conditioning system after heating the water in said tank
2. The combination of claim 1 and further comprising:
a normally-closed first solenoid valve connected between said compressor and said refrigerant inlet;
a normally-closed second solenoid valve connected between said refrigerant outlet and said condenser of the air conditioning system;
a normally-open third solenoid valve connected between the upstream side of said first solenoid valve and the downstream side of said second solenoid valve;
and means for energizing said first, second and third solenoid valves to open said first and second solenoid valves and close said third solenoid valve when said air conditioning system comes on.
3. The combination of claim 2 and further comprising: means for turning on said pump when said air conditioning system comes on.
4. The combination of claim 1 and further comprising: means for blocking said refrigerant inlet of the refrigerant-to-water heat exchanger from said compressor when said air conditioning system is off.
5. The combination of claim 1 and further comprising:
a timer operatively connected to said pump to control its operation;
and means for turning on said pump independent of said timer whenever said air conditioning system is on.
6. The combination of claim 5 and further comprising: means for blocking said refrigerant inlet of the refrigerant-to-water heat exchanger from said compressor when said air conditioning system is off and for connecting said refrigerant inlet to said compressor when said air conditioning system is on.
7. In combination with an air conditioning system having a refrigerant compressor, a condenser, an expansion valve, and an evaporator, and a water fixture having a water recirculation loop with a pump therein, the improvement which comprises: a refrigerant-to-water heat exchanger having a water inlet and a water outlet connected in said recirculation loop and a refrigerant receiver in heat exchange relationship with the water therein, said refrigerant receiver of said heat exchanger having a refrigerant inlet for receiving hot refrigerant from said compressor and a refrigerant outlet for passing the refrigerant to said condenser of the air conditioning system after heating the water in said tank; and means for blocking said refrigerant inlet of the refrigerant-to-water heat exchanger from said compressor when said air conditioning system is off.
8. The combination of claim 7 and further comprising:
a timer operatively connected to said pump to control its operation;
and means for turning on said pump independent of said timer whenever said air conditioning system is on.
9. The combination of claim 1 and further comprising:
a second air conditioning system having a refrigerant compressor, a condenser, an expansion valve, and an evaporator;
and a second refrigerant-to-water heat exchanger comprising a second insulated water tank having a water inlet connected to said outlet of said first-mentioned tank to receive water therefrom and a water outlet connected in said recirculation loop, and a second condenser coil positioned in said second tank in heat exchange relationship with the water therein, said condenser coil of said second heat exchanger having a refrigerant inlet for receiving hot refrigerant from said compressor of said second air conditioning system and a refrigerant outlet for passing the refrigerant to said condenser of said second air conditioning system after heating the water in said second tank.
10. The combination of claim 9 wherein said second refrigerant-to-water heat exchanger comprises:
a normally-closed first solenoid valve connected between said compressor of said second air conditioning system and said refrigerant inlet of said second tank;
a normally-closed second solenoid valve connected between said refrigerant outlet of said second tank and said condenser of said second air conditioning system;
a normally-open third solenoid valve connected between the upstream side of said first solenoid valve of said second heat exchaanger and the downstream side of said second solenoid valve of said second heat exchanger;
and means for energizing said first, second and third solenoid valves of said second heat exchanger to open said first and second solenoid valves and close said third solenoid valve when said second air conditioning system comes on.
11. The combination of claim 9 and further comprising:
a timer operatively connected to said pump to control its operation;
and means for turning on said pump independent of said timer whenever either said first-mentioned or said second air conditioning system is on.
12. The combination of claim 10 and further comprising:
a timer operatively connected to said pump to control its operation;
and means for turning on said pump independent of said timer whenever either said first-mentioned or said second air conditioning system is on.