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Versatile Synthesis of Luminescent Tetradentate Cyclometalated Alkynylgold(III) Complexes and Their Application in Solution‐Processable Organic Light‐Emitting Devices
Author(s) -
Wong Ben YiuWing,
Wong HokLai,
Wong YiChun,
Chan MeiYee,
Yam Vivian WingWah
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
angewandte chemie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1521-3757
pISSN - 0044-8249
DOI - 10.1002/ange.201607816
Subject(s) - luminescence , photoluminescence , pincer movement , ligand (biochemistry) , doping , materials science , combinatorial chemistry , photochemistry , organic synthesis , chemistry , polymer chemistry , organic chemistry , optoelectronics , catalysis , biochemistry , receptor
A new class of cyclometalated tetradentate alkynylgold(III) complexes has been successfully synthesized by post‐synthetic modification. Through the judicious design and choice of pincer ligands, post‐synthetic cyclization could be achieved to produce the robust and structurally rigid class of tetradentate gold(III) C^N^C^C complexes with high photoluminescence quantum yields of up to 0.49 in solution and 0.78 in doped thin films at room temperature, at least an order of magnitude higher than those of the structurally related uncyclized tridentate alkynylgold(III) analogues. High‐performance yellow to orange‐red emitting solution‐processable organic light‐emitting devices have also been achieved with external quantum efficiency of 11.1 %. This work describes for the first time of the use of post‐synthetic ligand modification approach to overcome the synthetic challenge for tetradentate alkynylgold(III) complexes.