ORGANIC IRIDIUM COMPLEX FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENTS

The present invention provides an organometallic complex having a high quantum efficiency even in a polymer thin film as a emitting material for organic electroluminescent (EL) element. The present invention relates to an organoiridium complex for an organic electroluminescent element represented by the following Formula; wherein a C-N ligand including two atomic groups (A 1 , A 2 ), and a ²-diketone) ligand in line symmetry having two tert-butyl-substituted phenyl groups are coordinated with an iridium atom. The organoiridium complex of the present invention has a high quantum efficiency even in a polymer thin film with respect to green to yellow electroluminescence. (In the aforementioned Formula, R 1 , R 2 , and R 3 are each a tert-butyl group or a hydrogen atom, and have at least one tert-butyl group; they may bond each other to thereby form a saturated hydrocarbon ring, when having two tert-butyl groups; A 1 , A 2 are each an unsaturated hydrocarbon ring, at least one is a single ring, and at least one is a heterocyclic ring.)