10.1135/cccc20001403
The purpose of the study was to prepare fluorenylidene-linked triarylamines using the palladium-catalyzed Hartwig–Buchwald amination and investigate their redox and spectral properties. The researchers synthesized compounds 4 and 5, which contain two hole-transporting units linked by a non-conjugated fluorene bridge, aiming to improve the thermal and film-forming properties of OLED materials while preserving their electronic characteristics. The study concluded that these linked triarylamines showed significantly increased glass-transition temperatures compared to low-molecular-weight analogues conventionally used in OLEDs, with their desirable electronic properties intact. The research involved the use of various chemicals, including N,N,N′,N′-tetraphenylbenzidine (TPB), N,N′-di(1-naphthyl)-N,N′-diphenylbenzidine (α-NPD), triphenylamine (TPA), and tetraarylbenzidine derivatives, as well as palladium catalysts and other reagents necessary for the Hartwig–Buchwald amination process.