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Boron complexes of aromatic ring fused iminopyrrolyl ligands: Synthesis, structure, and luminescence properties
Suresh,Ferreira, Bruno,Lopes, Patrícia S.,Gomes, Clara S. B.,Krishnamoorthy, Paramasivam,Charas, Ana,Vila-Vi?osa, Diogo,Morgado, Jorge,Calhorda, Maria José,Ma?anita, António L.,Gomes, Pedro T.
supporting information, p. 15603 - 15620 (2016/10/13)
The condensation reactions of 2-formylindole (1) or 2-formylphenanthro[9,10-c]pyrrole (2) with various aromatic amines afforded the corresponding phenyl or phenanthrene ring fused mono-/bis-iminopyrrole ligand precursors 3-8, which, upon reaction with BPh3 in an appropriate molar ratio, led to the new mono- and diboron chelate compounds Ph2B[NC8H5C(H)N-2,6-Ar] (Ar = 2,6-iPr2C6H39; C6H510), Ph2B[(NC8H5C(H)N)2-1,4-C6H4]BPh211, Ph2B(NC16H9C(H)N-Ar) (Ar = 2,6-iPr2C6H312; C6H513), and Ph2B[(NC16H9C(H)N)2-1,4-C6H4]BPh214, respectively. Boron complexes 12-14, containing a phenanthrene fragment fused to the pyrrolyl C3-C4 bond, are highly fluorescent in solution, with quantum efficiencies of 37%, 61% and 58% (in THF), respectively, their emission colours ranging from blue to orange depending on the extension of π-conjugation. Complexes 9-11, containing a benzene fragment fused to the pyrrolyl C4-C5 bond, are much weaker emitters, exhibiting quantum efficiencies of 10%, 7% and 6%, respectively. DFT and TDDFT calculations showed that 2,6-iPr2C6H3N-substituents or, to a smaller extent, the indolyl group prevent a planar geometry of the ligand in the excited state and reveal the existence of a low energy weak band in all the indolyl complexes, which is responsible for the different optical properties. Non-doped single-layer light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) were fabricated with complexes 9-14, deposited by spin coating, that of complex 13 revealing a maximum luminance of 198 cd m-2.
