Xanthone compound and organic light-emitting device including the same

An organic light-emitting device comprising:

• a pair of electrodes;
• and
• an organic compound layer disposed between the pair of electrodes, wherein the organic compound layer contains a xanthone compound represented by general formula [1]
• where R1 to R8 are each independently selected from a hydrogen atom an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted naphthyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted phenanthryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted fluorenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted triphenylenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted chrysenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted dibenzofuranyl group, and a substituted or unsubstituted dibenzothienyl group;
• and
• L represents a single bond, a substituted or unsubstituted divalent benzene, a substituted or unsubstituted divalent biphenyl, a substituted or unsubstituted divalent terphenyl, a substituted or unsubstituted divalent naphthalene, a substituted or unsubstituted divalent phenanthrene, a substituted or unsubstituted divalent fluorene, a substituted or unsubstituted divalent triphenylene, a substituted or unsubstituted divalent chrysene, a substituted or unsubstituted divalent dibenzofuran, or a substituted or unsubstituted divalent dibenzothiophene,
• wherein the benzene, the biphenyl, the terphenyl, the naphthalene, the phenanthrene, the fluorene, the triphenylene, the chrysene, the dibenzofuran, and the dibenzothiophene may have an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms as a substituent.