Organic electron transport materials

• Joseph Cameron and
• Peter J. Skabara

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 672–674, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.60

• transport materials for organic semiconductor devices due to their potential to be applied in various technologies. For example, such materials can be used to improve charge balance in the emissive layer of an organic light-emitting diode, charge extraction in perovskite solar cells or used as the

Aromatic systems with two and three pyridine-2,6-dicarbazolyl-3,5-dicarbonitrile fragments as electron-transporting organic semiconductors exhibiting long-lived emissions

• Karolis Leitonas,
• Brigita Vigante,
• Dmytro Volyniuk,
• Audrius Bucinskas,
• Pavels Dimitrijevs,
• Sindija Lapcinska,
• Pavel Arsenyan and
• Juozas Vidas Grazulevicius

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1867–1880, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.139

• small singlet–triplet splitting and a fair photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY). The optimized organic light-emitting diode (OLED) based on 13 wt % CPC doped in 1,3-bis(9H-carbazol-9-yl)benzene (mCP) as host exhibited maximum current efficiency, power efficiency, and external quantum efficiency (EQE

Thienothiophene-based organic light-emitting diode: synthesis, photophysical properties and application

• Recep Isci and
• Turan Ozturk

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1849–1857, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.137

• triphenylamine as donor and dimesitylboron as acceptor linked through a thieno[3,2-b]thiophene (TT) π-conjugated linker bearing a 4-MeOPh group, was designed, synthesized, and fabricated as an emitter via a solution process for an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) application. DMB-TT-TPA (8) exhibited

• emitter for an organic light-emitting diode through a solution process. DMB-TT-TPA (8) displayed excellent performance in both device application and photophysical properties, i.e., a maximum solution fluorescence quantum yield of 86% in THF, maximum solid-state fluorescence quantum yield of 41%, maximum

A deep-red fluorophore based on naphthothiadiazole as emitter with hybridized local and charge transfer and ambipolar transporting properties for electroluminescent devices

• Suangsiri Arunlimsawat,
• Patteera Funchien,
• Pongsakorn Chasing,
• Atthapon Saenubol,
• Taweesak Sudyoadsuk and
• Vinich Promarak

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1664–1676, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.122

• –donor (D–A–D)-type molecule and its application as a non-doped emitter in an organic light-emitting diode (OLED). The fluorophore TPECNz contains naphtho[2,3-c][1,2,5]thiadiazole (Nz) as a strong acceptor unit symmetrically functionalized with N-(4-(1,2,2-triphenylvinyl)phenyl)carbazole as a donor and

• coordinates of (0.664, 0.335)), an EQEmax of 3.32% and exciton utilization efficiency (EUE) of 47%. Keywords: ambipolar material; deep red fluorophore; hybridized local and charge transfer; naphthothiadiazole; OLED; organic light-emitting diode; Introduction Recently, organic fluorophores with efficient

Organic thermally activated delayed fluorescence material with strained benzoguanidine donor

• Alexander C. Brannan,
• Elvie F. P. Beaumont,
• Nguyen Le Phuoc,
• George F. S. Whitehead,
• Mikko Linnolahti and
• Alexander S. Romanov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1289–1298, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.95

• LUMO energy levels, along with multiple electron-withdrawing aza-nitrogen atoms in the structure of 4BGIPN, suggests its potential suitability as an electron transport layer in OLED (organic light-emitting diode) devices. Variable temperature photoluminescence studies revealed that 4BGIPN corresponds

Light-responsive rotaxane-based materials: inducing motion in the solid state

• Adrian Saura-Sanmartin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 873–880, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.64

• supramolecular gels (Figure 2a) [52]. Upon irradiation using a UV-light-emitting diode (LED) and a visible LED as sources, the reversible cleavage of the trithiocarbonate stoppers was accomplished, thus allowing the dethreading [53] of the wheels to take place by the shuttling of the macrocycles along the thread

Thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) emitters: sensing and boosting spin-flipping by aggregation

• Ashish Kumar Mazumdar,
• Gyana Prakash Nanda,
• Nisha Yadav,
• Upasana Deori,
• Upasha Acharyya,
• Bahadur Sk and
• Pachaiyappan Rajamalli

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1177–1187, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.122

• metal-based emitters in organic light-emitting diode (OLED) devices [18]. Nevertheless, many TADF emitters suffer from quenching of the emission due to the aggregation-caused quenching effect [19][20]. The strong π–π-stacking interactions in the solid or aggregated state may lead to emission quenching

Scope of tetrazolo[1,5-a]quinoxalines in CuAAC reactions for the synthesis of triazoloquinoxalines, imidazoloquinoxalines, and rhenium complexes thereof

• Laura Holzhauer,
• Chloé Liagre,
• Olaf Fuhr,
• Nicole Jung and
• Stefan Bräse

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1088–1099, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.111

• -diisopropylethylamine; OLED, organic-light emitting diode; SCE, saturated calomel electrode; TADF, thermally activated delayed fluorescence; TEMPO, 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidinyloxyl; TIQ, triazoloimidazoquinoxaline. UV–vis absorption spectra of the obtained metal complexes (18 µM solutions) in acetonitrile at 20 °C

Effect of a twin-emitter design strategy on a previously reported thermally activated delayed fluorescence organic light-emitting diode

• Ettore Crovini,
• Zhen Zhang,
• Yu Kusakabe,
• Yongxia Ren,
• Yoshimasa Wada,
• Bilal A. Naqvi,
• Prakhar Sahay,
• Tomas Matulaitis,
• Stefan Diesing,
• Ifor D. W. Samuel,
• Wolfgang Brütting,
• Katsuaki Suzuki,
• Hironori Kaji,
• Stefan Bräse and
• Eli Zysman-Colman

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2894–2905, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.197

• nm compared to that of ICzTRZ at 475 nm and showed a comparable photoluminescence quantum yield of 57.1% in a 20 wt % CzSi film versus 63.3% for ICzTRZ. The emitter was then incorporated within a solution-processed organic light-emitting diode that showed a maximum external quantum efficiency of 8.4

Reversible switching of arylazopyrazole within a metal–organic cage

• Anton I. Hanopolskyi,
• Soumen De,
• Michał J. Białek,
• Yael Diskin-Posner,
• Liat Avram,
• Moran Feller and
• Rafal Klajn

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2398–2407, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.232

• photoisomerization of encapsulated E-1. UV irradiation (365 nm light-emitting diode, LED) of the transparent yellow solution of (E-1)22 in water did not result in any pronounced visual changes. However, UV–vis absorption spectroscopy showed (Figure 4) a dramatic decrease in the intensity of E-1’s absorption at 336

Degenerative xanthate transfer to olefins under visible-light photocatalysis

• Atsushi Kaga,
• Xiangyang Wu,
• Joel Yi Jie Lim,
• Hirohito Hayashi,
• Yunpeng Lu,
• Edwin K. L. Yeow and
• Shunsuke Chiba

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 3047–3058, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.283

• absorption [28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37]. In the area of polymer synthesis, visible-light-induced RAFT polymerization of xanthates with vinyl monomers under blue LED (light-emitting diode) irradiation has been reported [38][39][40][41]. Visible-light-induced single unit monomer insertion of the

D–A–D-type orange-light emitting thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) materials based on a fluorenone unit: simulation, photoluminescence and electroluminescence studies

• Lin Gan,
• Xianglong Li,
• Xinyi Cai,
• Kunkun Liu,
• Wei Li and
• Shi-Jian Su

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 672–681, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.55

• -emitting diode (OLED); thermally activated delayed fluorescence; Introduction Since multilayered OLEDs were first reported by Tang in 1987 [1], organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) have been a research focus due to their applications in display devices and general lighting. The efficiency of OLEDs was

• exciton utilization of TADF materials. Importantly, OLEDs based on 2 exhibited a maximum external quantum efficiency of 8.9%, which is higher than the theoretical efficiency of the OLEDs based on conventional fluorescent materials. Keywords: fluorenone acceptor; orange light emission; organic light

Bright molecules for sensing, computing and imaging: a tale of two once-troubled cities

• A. Prasanna de Silva

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 2774–2784, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.298

• blood, also could be conveniently excited by a blue light-emitting diode once the red cells were filtered out. 1 [41] and relatives for K+, Ca2+, H+ and (indirectly) CO2 are immobilized within a millimetric channel in the chemistry module of the OPTI point-of-care analyzer (Figure 2) now sold by

Bromination of hydrocarbons with CBr₄, initiated by light-emitting diode irradiation

• Yuta Nishina,
• Bunsho Ohtani and
• Kotaro Kikushima

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 1663–1667, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.190

• as a bromine source, induced by light-emitting diode (LED) irradiation, has been developed. Monobromides were synthesized with high efficiency without the need for any additives, catalysts, heating, or inert conditions. Action and absorption spectra suggest that CBr4 absorbs light to give active

• : bromination; free radical; hydrocarbon; light-emitting diode; photo irradiation; Introduction Bromination reactions of organic compounds are fundamental reactions for providing a wide variety of organic precursors for industrial materials [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]. Generally, the bromination of saturated

Organotellurium-mediated living radical polymerization under photoirradiation by a low-intensity light-emitting diode

• Yasuyuki Nakamura and
• Shigeru Yamago

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 1607–1612, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.183

• Yasuyuki Nakamura Shigeru Yamago Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Gokasyo, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan, and Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) 10.3762/bjoc.9.183 Abstract A low-intensity (6 W) light-emitting

• -emitting diode; living radical polymerization; organotellurium compound; photopolymerization; tellurium; visible light; Introduction Living radical polymerization (LRP) is one of the most powerful methods for the synthesis of structurally well-defined polymers because of its robustness and high

• emitting diode (LED) due to its high power conversion efficiency, low heat generation, narrow and tunable wavelength range of the emitted light, and ease of availability. Herein, we report on the use of photo-TERP with a 6 W white, household LED (Scheme 1). Attention was focused on the TERP of methyl

Novel carbazole–pyridine copolymers by an economical method: synthesis, spectroscopic and thermochemical studies

• Aamer Saeed,
• Madiha Irfan and
• Shahid Ameen Samra

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 638–647, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.75

• . The weight average molecular masses (Mw) of the polymers were estimated by the laser light scattering (LLS) technique. Keywords: carbazole–pyridine copolymers; fluorescent materials; organic light emitting diode (OLED); photoluminescence spectra; UV spectra; Introduction An immense research effort

Donor-acceptor substituted phenylethynyltriphenylenes – excited state intramolecular charge transfer, solvatochromic absorption and fluorescence emission

• Ritesh Nandy and
• Sethuraman Sankararaman

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, 992–1001, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.112

• reports on the extension of conjugation of the triphenylene chromophore have appeared. 2,3,6,7,10,11-Hexakis(ethynyl)triphenylene derivatives have been used in photonics as organic light emitting diode (OLED) materials [40][41][42]. Therefore, it is worthwhile to tune the fluorescence emission of the

Conjugated polymers containing diketopyrrolopyrrole units in the main chain

• Bernd Tieke,
• A. Raman Rabindranath,
• Kai Zhang and
• Yu Zhu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, 830–845, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.92

• versus voltage of polymer light-emitting diode containing P-5: ITO/P-5/OXD7/Ca/Mg:Al:Zn (from [28]). Optical properties of some diphenylDPP-based conjugated polymers. Optical properties of copolymers P-21 and P-22 based on two isomeric diphenylDPP monomer units (from [48]). Absorption

Highly brominated anthracenes as precursors for the convenient synthesis of 2,9,10-trisubstituted anthracene derivatives

• Osman Cakmak,
• Leyla Aydogan,
• Kiymet Berkil,
• Ilhami Gulcin and
• Orhan Buyukgungor

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2008, 4, No. 50, doi:10.3762/bjoc.4.50

• biological systems, anthracene skeletal compounds are also useful for probing DNA cleavage [17]. Bromoanthracenes have become increasingly important in the synthesis of anthracene derivatives [18]. For example, new anthracene derivatives used as light emitting material in a non-doped organic light-emitting

• diode (OLED) were synthesized from the corresponding bromo derivatives by substitution [19][20][21][22][23]. Recently we succeeded in the bromination of anthracene to give hexabromides 3 and 4 which were used in the selective and specific preparation of anthracene oxides and anthracene derivatives