Metal complexes, comprising carbene ligands having an O-substituted non-cyclometallated aryl group and their use in organic light emitting diodes

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10370396-B2
Application number	US-201816132798-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 17, 2018
Priority date	Mar 31, 2014
Publication date	Aug 6, 2019
Grant date	Aug 6, 2019

Abstract

Cyclometallated Ir complex comprising three N,N diaryl substituted carbene ligands, bearing substituents in the 2 position of the non-cyclometallated aryl ring; an organic electronic device, preferably an organic light-emitting diode (OLED), comprising at least one cyclometallated Ir complex as described above, a light-emitting layer comprising said cyclometallated Ir complex preferably as emitter material, preferably in combination with at least one host material, use of said cyclometallated Ir complex in an OLED and an apparatus selected from the group consisting of stationary visual display units, mobile visual display units, illumination units, units in items of clothing, units in handbags, units in accessories, units in furniture and units in wallpaper comprising said organic electronic device, preferably said OLED, or said light-emitting layer. The present invention further relates to a process for the preparation of said cyclometallated Ir complex.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A cyclometallated Ir complex of formula (I)

wherein
A 1 is CH or N;
A 2 is CR 1 or N;
A 3 is CR 2 or N;
wherein in the case that A 1 and/or A 3 are N, A 2 is CR 1 ;
R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 6 and R 7
are each independently hydrogen; deuterium; a linear or branched, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl radical having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, optionally interrupted by at least one heteroatom, selected from O, S and N; a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl radical having a total of from 3 to 30 carbon atoms; a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclo alkyl radical, interrupted by at least one heteroatom selected from O, S and N and having a total of from 3 to 30 carbon atoms and/or heteroatoms; a substituted or unsubstituted aryl radical, having a total of from 6 to 30 carbon atoms; a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl radical, having a total of from 5 to 30 carbon atoms and/or heteroatoms, selected from O, S and N; or a group with donor or acceptor action;
or
R 1 and R 2 , R 3 and R 4 and/or R 6 and R 7 may form, independently of each other, together with the carbon atoms to which they are bonded, a saturated or unsaturated or aromatic, optionally substituted ring, which is optionally interrupted by at least one heteroatom, selected from O, S and N, has a total of from 5 to 18 carbon atoms and/or heteroatoms, and may optionally be fused to at least one further optionally substituted saturated or unsaturated or aromatic ring, optionally interrupted by at least one heteroatom, selected from O, S and N, and having a total of from 5 to 18 carbon atoms and/or heteroatoms;
R 5
is a linear or branched, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl radical having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, optionally interrupted by at least one heteroatom, selected from O, S and N; a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl radical having a total of from 3 to 30 carbon atoms; a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclo alkyl radical, interrupted by at least one heteroatom selected from O, S and N and having a total of from 3 to 30 carbon atoms and/or heteroatoms; a substituted or unsubstituted aryl radical, having a total of from 6 to 30 carbon atoms; a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl radical, having a total of from 5 to 30 carbon atoms and/or heteroatoms, selected from O, S and N; or a group with donor or acceptor action;
X is CH, CD or N;
Y is CR 8 or N;
R 8
is hydrogen; deuterium; a linear or branched, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl radical having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, optionally interrupted by at least one heteroatom, selected from O, S and N; a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl radical having a total of from 3 to 30 carbon atoms; a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclo alkyl radical, interrupted by at least one heteroatom selected from O, S and N and having a total of from 3 to 30 carbon atoms and/or heteroatoms; a substituted or unsubstituted aryl radical, having a total of from 6 to 30 carbon atoms; a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl radical, having a total of from 5 to 30 carbon atoms and/or heteroatoms, selected from O, S and N; or a group with donor or acceptor action, with the proviso that cyclometallated Ir complex of formula (I) is not

2. The cyclometallated Ir complex according to claim 1 , wherein the cyclometallated Ir complex of formula (I) is a cyclometallated Ir complex of the formula

wherein
A 1 is CH or N;
A 2 is CR 1 or N;
A 3 is CR 2 or N;
wherein in the case that A 1 and/or A 3 are N, A 2 is CR 1 ;
R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 6 and R 7
are each independently hydrogen; deuterium; a linear or branched, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl radical having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, optionally interrupted by at least one heteroatom, selected from O, S and N; a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl radical having a total of from 3 to 30 carbon atoms; a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclo alkyl radical, interrupted by at least one heteroatom selected from O, S and N and having a total of from 3 to 30 carbon atoms and/or heteroatoms; a substituted or unsubstituted aryl radical, having a total of from 6 to 30 carbon atoms; a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl radical, having a total of from 5 to 30 carbon atoms and/or heteroatoms, selected from O, S and N; or a group with donor or acceptor action;
or
R 1 and R 2 , R 3 and R 4 and/or R 6 and R 7 may form, independently of each other, together with the carbon atoms to which they are bonded, a saturated or unsaturated or aromatic, optionally substituted ring, which is optionally interrupted by at least one heteroatom, selected from O, S and N, has a total of from 5 to 18 carbon atoms and/or heteroatoms, and may optionally be fused to at least one further optionally substituted saturated or unsaturated or aromatic ring, optionally interrupted by at least one heteroatom, selected from O, S and N, and having a total of from 5 to 18 carbon atoms and/or heteroatoms;
R 5
is a linear or branched, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl radical having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, optionally interrupted by at least one heteroatom, selected from O, S and N; a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl radical having a total of from 3 to 30 carbon atoms; a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclo alkyl radical, interrupted by at least one heteroatom selected from O, S and N and having a total of from 3 to 30 carbon atoms and/or heteroatoms; a substituted or unsubstituted aryl radical, having a total of from 6 to 30 carbon atoms; a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl radical, having a total of from 5 to 30 carbon atoms and/or heteroatoms, selected from O, S and N; or a group with donor or acceptor action;
X is CH, CD or N and Y is CR 8 ; or
Y is N or CR 8 and X is CH or CD;
R 8
is hydrogen; deuterium; a linear or branched, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl radical having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, optionally interrupted by at least one heteroatom, selected from O, S and N; a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl radical having a total of from 3 to 30 carbon atoms; a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclo alkyl radical, interrupted by at least one heteroatom selected from O, S and N and having a total of from 3 to 30 carbon atoms and/or heteroatoms; a substituted or unsubstituted aryl radical, having a total of from 6 to 30 carbon atoms; a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl radical, having a total of from 5 to 30 carbon atoms and/or heteroatoms, selected from O, S and N; or a group with donor or acceptor action.

3. The cyclometallated Ir complex according to claim 1 , wherein
R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 6 and R 7
are each independently hydrogen; deuterium; methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, iso-propyl, n-butyl, tert-butyl, sec-butyl, iso-butyl, cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl, OCH 3 , OCF 3 ; phenyl, pyridyl, pyrimidyl, pyrazinyl, carbazolyl, dibenzofuranyl, dibenzothiophenyl, benzofuranyl and benzothiophenyl wherein the aforementioned radicals may be unsubstituted or substituted by methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, iso-propyl, n-butyl, tert-butyl, sec-butyl, iso-butyl, methoxy, CF 3 or phenyl; or a group with donor or acceptor action, selected from F, CF 3 , CN and SiPh 3 ; and
R 5
is methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, iso-propyl, n-butyl, tert-butyl, sec-butyl, iso-butyl, cyc

Assignees

• Udc Ireland Ltd

Inventors

• Metz Stefan
• Dormann Korinna
• Battagliarin Glauco
• Eickhoff Christian
• Benedito Flavio Luiz
• Watanabe Soichi
• Wagenblast Gerhard
• Gessner Thomas
• Lennartz Christian
• Murer Peter

Classifications

• C09B57/10

  Metal complexes of organic compounds not being dyes in uncomplexed form · CPC title

• C07F15/0033 Primary

  Iridium compounds · CPC title

• C09K2211/1029

  containing one nitrogen atom as the heteroatom · CPC title

• C09K2211/1044

  containing two nitrogen atoms as heteroatoms · CPC title

• C09B69/008

  Dyes containing a substituent, which contains a silicium atom · CPC title