METAL-ASSISTED DELAYED FLUORESCENT EMITTERS CONTAINING TRIDENTATE LIGANDS

• US 20160043331A1
• Filed: 07/27/2015
• Published: 02/11/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/29/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents (University of Arizona)
• Original Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents (University of Arizona)
• Inventors: Li, Jian, Li, Guijie
• Granted Patent: US 9,818,959 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: C07F 1/12 Gold compounds
• CPC Class Codes: C07F 15/0033 Iridium compounds
• CPC Class Codes: C07F 15/006 Palladium compounds
• CPC Class Codes: C07F 15/0073 Rhodium compounds
• CPC Class Codes: C07F 15/0086 Platinum compounds
• CPC Class Codes: C07F 9/65683 the ring phosphorus atom being part of a phosphine
• CPC Class Codes: C07F 9/65685 the ring phosphorus atom being part of a phosphine oxide or thioxide
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 11/06 containing organic luminescent materials
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 2211/1007 Non-condensed systems
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 2211/1011 Condensed systems
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 2211/1014 bridged by heteroatoms, e.g. N, P, Si or B
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 2211/1029 containing one nitrogen atom as the heteroatom
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 2211/1033 with oxygen
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 2211/1044 containing two nitrogen atoms as heteroatoms
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 2211/1048 with oxygen
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 2211/1059 containing three nitrogen atoms as heteroatoms
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 2211/1088 containing oxygen as the only heteroatom
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 2211/1092 containing sulfur as the only heteroatom
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 2211/1096 containing other heteroatoms
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 2211/185 of the platinum group, i.e. Os, Ir, Pt, Ru, Rh or Pd
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 33/14 : characterised by the chemical or physical composition or the arrangement of the electroluminescent material , or by the simultaneous addition of the electroluminescent material in or onto the light source
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 2101/10 : Triplet emission
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/11 : characterised by the electroluminescent [EL] layers
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 85/346 : comprising platinum

Abstract

Tridentate platinum, palladium, and gold complexes of Formulas A-I and A-II and tridentate iridium and rhodium compounds of Formulas B-I, B-II, and B-III suitable for delayed fluorescent and phosphorescent or phosphorescent emitters in display and lighting applications.

Claims

1. A compound represented by one of Formulas A-1 to A-10:

2. The compound of claim 1, wherein each of LP¹, LP², and LP³, if present, is independently an aromatic hydrocarbon, an aromatic hydrocarbon derivative, a polyphenyl hydrocarbon, a hydrocarbon with condensed aromatic nuclei, naphthalene, anthracene, phenanthrene, chrysene, pyrene, triphenylene, perylene, acenaphthene, tetracene, pentacene, tetraphene, coronene, fluorene, biphenyl, p-terphenyl, o-diphenylbenzene, m-diphenylbenzene, p-quaterphenyl, benzo[a]tetracene, benzo[k]tetraphene, indeno[1,2,3-cd]fluoranthene, tetrabenzo[de,hi,op,st]pentacene, arylethylene, arylacetylene, an arylacetylene derivative, a diarylethylene, a diarylpolyene, a diaryl-substituted vinylbenzene, a distyrylbenzene, a trivinylbenzene, an arylacetylene, a functional substitution product of stilbene, a five-, six- or seven-membered heterocyclic compound derivative, a furan derivative, a thiophene derivative, a pyrrole derivative, an aryl-substituted oxazole, a 1,3,4-oxadiazole, a 1,3,4-thiadiazole, an aryl-substituted 2-pyrazoline, an aryl-substituted pyrazole, a benzazole, 2H-benzotriazole, a substitution product of 2H-benzotriazole, a heterocycle with one, two or three nitrogen atoms, an oxygen-containing heterocycle, a coumarin, a coumarin derivative, a dye, an acridine dye, a xanthene dye, an oxazine, a thiazine, or a derivative thereof.

3. The compound of claim 1, wherein M-R^L4 is one of:

4. The compound of claim 1, wherein

5. The compound of claim 1, wherein the five-membered heterocyclyl

6. The compound of claim 1, wherein the six-membered heterocyclyl

7. The compound of claim 1, wherein:

8. The compound of claim 1, wherein each of LP¹, LP² and LP³, if present, independently represents one of the following structures:

aromatic hydrocarbons selected from the group consisting of;

9. The compound of claim 1, wherein each LP¹, LP² and LP³, if present, is independently bonded indirectly to L¹, L², or L³, respectively, through a linking atom or linking group selected from the group consisting of:

10. A compound represented by one of Formulas B-1-B-65:

11. The compound of claim 10, wherein each of LP¹, LP², LP³, LP⁴, LP⁵ and LP⁶, if present, is independently selected from the group consisting of:

an aromatic hydrocarbon, an aromatic hydrocarbon derivative, a polyphenyl hydrocarbon, a hydrocarbon with condensed aromatic nuclei, naphthalene, anthracene, phenanthrene, chrysene, pyrene, triphenylene, perylene, acenaphthene, tetracene, pentacene, tetraphene, coronene, fluorene, biphenyl, p-terphenyl, o-diphenylbenzene, m-diphenylbenzene, p-quaterphenyl, benzo[a]tetracene, benzo[k]tetraphene, indeno[1,2,3-cd]fluoranthene, tetrabenzo[de,hi,op,st]pentacene, an arylethylene derivative, an arylacetylene derivative, a diarylethylene, a diarylpolyene, a diaryl-substituted vinylbenzene, a distyrylbenzene, a trivinylbenzene, an arylacetylene, a functional substitution product of stilbene, a five-, six- or seven-membered heterocyclic compound derivative, a furan derivative, a thiophene derivative, a pyrrole derivative, an aryl-substituted oxazole, an 1,3,4-oxadiazole, an 1,3,4-thiadiazole, an aryl-substituted 2-pyrazoline, an aryl-substituted pyrazole, a benzazole, 2H-benzotriazole, a substitution product of 2H-benzotriazole, a heterocycle with one, two, or three nitrogen atoms, an oxygen-containing heterocycle, a coumarin, a coumarin derivative, a dye, an acridine dye, a xanthene dye, an oxazine, thiazine, and derivatives thereof.

12. The compound of claim 10, wherein each of

13. The compound of claim 10, wherein each of

14. The compound of claim 10, wherein each of

15. The compound of claim 10, wherein:

each of

16. The compound of claim 10, wherein each of LP¹, LP², LP³, LP⁴, LP⁵ and LP⁶, if present, is independently selected from the group consisting of:

aromatic hydrocarbons selected from the group consisting of;

17. The compound of claim 10, wherein each of LP¹, LP², LP³, LP⁴, LP⁵ and LP⁶, if present, is bonded directly to L¹, L², L³, L⁴, L⁵ and L⁶, respectively, through a linking atom or linking group independently selected from the group consisting of:

18. The compound of claim 10, wherein the compound is a delayed fluorescent and phosphorescent emitter, a phosphorescent emitter, or a delayed fluorescent emitter.

19. A device comprising the compound of claim 10, wherein the device is an organic light emitting diode or a full color display.