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

• research on organic compounds exhibiting thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) has led to numerous patents and research articles. This study focuses on the synthesis and investigation of the semiconducting properties of polyaromatic π-systems containing two and three fragments of pyridine-2,6

• electronic devices including OLEDs. Thus, extensive search for organic dyes exhibiting E-type fluorescence (thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF)) is booming [1][2][3]. The majority of research results are protected by an impressive amount of patent applications. The first example of a blue TADF

• be soluble in common organic solvents and to exhibit non-structured emission peaks in the green-yellow color region of the spectrum. The PL intensity of the compounds in solution was enhanced after deoxygenation, indicating the presence of triplet harvesting by the mechanism of thermally activated

Quinoxaline derivatives as attractive electron-transporting materials

• Zeeshan Abid,
• Liaqat Ali,
• Sughra Gulzar,
• Faiza Wahad,
• Raja Shahid Ashraf and
• Christian B. Nielsen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1694–1712, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.124

• devices is discussed in detail. Additionally, their significance as thermally activated delayed fluorescence emitters and chromophores for OLEDs, sensors and electrochromic devices is explored. The review emphasizes the remarkable characteristics and versatility of quinoxaline derivatives in electron

• high electron mobility and efficient charge transfer. In particular, Qx derivatives find use as non-fullerene acceptors (NFAs) in OSCs and as essential building blocks in sensitizers for DSSCs. The significance of Qx extends beyond to thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) emitters and

• scientific community due to their remarkable characteristics as electron-transporting and hole-blocking layers in organic electronics [60]. Moreover, these derivatives have exhibited promising traits as thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) emitters. This multifaceted nature has spurred ongoing

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

• Abstract Organic thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) materials have been widely investigated due to their impressive electronic properties and applied potential for the third generation of organic light-emitting diodes (OLED). We present organic TADF material (4BGIPN) based on the strained

• : guanidine; organic; photoluminescence; TADF; yellow; Introduction Thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) is a photoluminescence mechanism where excitons undergo thermally-assisted reverse-intersystem crossing from an excited triplet state to a higher-lying in energy singlet state to emit delayed

The effect of dark states on the intersystem crossing and thermally activated delayed fluorescence of naphthalimide-phenothiazine dyads

• Liyuan Cao,
• Xi Liu,
• Xue Zhang,
• Jianzhang Zhao,
• Fabiao Yu and
• Yan Wan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1028–1046, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.79

• –acceptor dyads were prepared to study the thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) properties of the dyads, from a point of view of detection of the various transient species. The photophysical properties of the dyads were tuned by changing the electron-donating and the electron-withdrawing

• ; electron donor; intersystem crossing; TADF; triplet state; Introduction Thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) compounds are promising emitters to be used in organic light-emitting diodes (OLED) [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]. These emitters have the advantage of low cost and high

• naphthalimide (NI)–phenothiazine (PTZ) electron donor–acceptor dyads, to make an in-depth study of the photophysical mechanism of the thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) of the electron donor–acceptor emitters. In order to tune the photophysical properties, we changed the electron-donating and the

Naphthalimide-phenothiazine dyads: effect of conformational flexibility and matching of the energy of the charge-transfer state and the localized triplet excited state on the thermally activated delayed fluorescence

• Kaiyue Ye,
• Liyuan Cao,
• Davita M. E. van Raamsdonk,
• Zhijia Wang,
• Jianzhang Zhao,
• Daniel Escudero and
• Denis Jacquemin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1435–1453, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.149

• investigate the joint influence of the conformation flexibility and the matching of the energies of the charge-transfer (CT) and the localized triplet excited (3LE) states on the thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) in electron donor–acceptor molecules, a series of compact electron donor–acceptor

• : charge-transfer; electron donor; intersystem crossing; TADF; triplet state; Introduction Thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) has attracted much attention in recent years, not only for its application in organic light emitting diodes (OLED) [1][2][3] but also as a mean for studying of charge

• fragment. Conclusion In order to study the impact of the energy matching between the charge-transfer (CT) and localized triplet excited (3LE) states on the thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF), a series of compact electron donor–acceptor dyads and a triad were prepared. In the dyads and the

Ionic multiresonant thermally activated delayed fluorescence emitters for light emitting electrochemical cells

• Merve Karaman,
• Abhishek Kumar Gupta,
• Subeesh Madayanad Suresh,
• Tomas Matulaitis,
• Lorenzo Mardegan,
• Daniel Tordera,
• Henk J. Bolink,
• Sen Wu,
• Stuart Warriner,
• Ifor D. Samuel and
• Eli Zysman-Colman

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1311–1321, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.136

• were prepared using both DiKTa-OBuIm and DiKTa-DPA-OBuIm as active emitters showing green (λmax = 534 nm) and red (λmax = 656 nm) emission, respectively. Keywords: electroluminescence; light-emitting electrochemical cells; multiresonance; purely organic emitters; thermally activated delayed

• fluorescence; Introduction Light-emitting electrochemical cells (LEECs) are thin film light-emitting devices typically consisting of an emissive layer containing ionic species that facilitate charge transport and an emissive semiconductor material. The emissive layer is sandwiched between two air-stable

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

• thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) characteristics are emerging due to the potential applications in optoelectronic devices, time-resolved luminescence imaging, and solid-phase sensing. Herein, we synthesized two (4-bromobenzoyl)pyridine (BPy)-based donor–acceptor (D–A) compounds with varying

• as well as the relevance for fluorescence-based acid–base sensing. Keywords: intramolecular charge transfer; molecular aggregates; sensing; thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF); Introduction Metal-free organic solid-state emitters have gained increasing interest in recent years due to

• –triplet energy gap (ΔEST) [16][17]. The low ΔEST facilitates the exciton upconversion through reverse intersystem crossing (RISC) [2], which is commonly known as thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) [16]. Theoretically, this has up to 100% internal quantum efficiency and could replace heavy

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

Substituent effect on TADF properties of 2-modified 4,6-bis(3,6-di-tert-butyl-9-carbazolyl)-5-methylpyrimidines

• Irina Fiodorova,
• Tomas Serevičius,
• Rokas Skaisgiris,
• Saulius Juršėnas and
• Sigitas Tumkevicius

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 497–507, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.52

• .18.52 Abstract The interest in organic materials exhibiting thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) significantly increased in recent years owing to their potential application as emitters in highly efficient organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs). Simple modification of the molecular structure

• attached through a phenylene bridge. A modification of the pyrimidine unit with CN, SCH3, and SO2CH3 functional groups at position 2 is shown to enhance the emission yield up to 0.5 with pronounced TADF activity. Keywords: carbazole; pyrimidine; RTP; synthesis; thermally activated delayed fluorescence

• ; Introduction The first reports on highly efficient thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) mechanism and its successful realization in organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) by Adachi and co-workers [1][2] have drawn the attention to the design and synthesis of various emissive donor–acceptor organic

Comparative study of thermally activated delayed fluorescent properties of donor–acceptor and donor–acceptor–donor architectures based on phenoxazine and dibenzo[a,j]phenazine

• Saika Izumi,
• Prasannamani Govindharaj,
• Anna Drewniak,
• Paola Zimmermann Crocomo,
• Satoshi Minakata,
• Leonardo Evaristo de Sousa,
• Piotr de Silva,
• Przemyslaw Data and
• Youhei Takeda

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 459–468, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.48

• of Chemistry, Silesian University of Technology, Strzody 9, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland Department of Energy Conversion and Storage, Technical University of Denmark, Anker Engelunds Vej 301, 2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark 10.3762/bjoc.18.48 Abstract A new thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF

• thermally activated delayed fluorescent behavior. Keywords: charge-transfer; dibenzophenazine; donor–acceptor; organic light-emitting diodes; thermally activated delayed fluorescence; Introduction Thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF), which was firstly reported in 1961 by Parker and Hatchard [1

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

• %, with Commission Internationale de l’Éclairage coordinate of (0.22, 0.47), at 1 mA cm−2. Keywords: blue emitters; dimer; indolocarbazole; orientation; outcoupling effect; solution-processed OLEDs; TADF emitters; triazine; Introduction Organic thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) materials

Exploring the possibility of using fluorine-involved non-conjugated electron-withdrawing groups for thermally activated delayed fluorescence emitters by TD-DFT calculation

• Dongyang Chen and
• Eli Zysman-Colman

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 210–223, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.21

• thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) emitters. In the present study, we investigate computationally the potential of other fluorine-containing acceptors, trifluoromethoxy (OCF3), trifluoromethylthio (SCF3), and pentafluorosulfanyl (SF5), within two families of donor–acceptor TADF emitters. Time

• states between S1 and T1, thus likely leading to a very efficient reverse intersystem crossing in these compounds. Keywords: DFT calculation; pentafluorosulfanyl; spin-orbit coupling; TADF; trifluoromethoxy; trifluoromethylthio; Introduction Organic thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF

Synthesis and properties of quinazoline-based versatile exciplex-forming compounds

• Rasa Keruckiene,
• Simona Vekteryte,
• Ervinas Urbonas,
• Matas Guzauskas,
• Eigirdas Skuodis,
• Dmytro Volyniuk and
• Juozas V. Grazulevicius

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1142–1153, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.101

• properties [8]. A quinazoline-based emitter exhibiting thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) was also reported [6] and green to yellow TADF OLEDs were fabricated with EQEs from 17.6 to 20.5%. The multicolor emission of a quinazoline–carbazole compound was employed in white OLEDs. White

Aryl-substituted acridanes as hosts for TADF-based OLEDs

• Naveen Masimukku,
• Dalius Gudeika,
• Oleksandr Bezvikonnyi,
• Ihor Syvorotka,
• Rasa Keruckiene,
• Dmytro Volyniuk and
• Juozas V. Grazulevicius

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 989–1000, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.88

• ”, 202 Stryska Str. 79031, Lviv, Ukraine 10.3762/bjoc.16.88 Abstract Four aryl-substituted acridan derivatives were designed, synthesized and characterized as electroactive materials for organic light emitting diodes based on emitters exhibiting thermally activated delayed fluorescence. These compounds

• demonstrated maximum external quantum efficiencies up to 3.2%. Keywords: acridan; hole mobility; host; OLED; thermally activated delayed fluorescence; Introduction Organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) are perfect candidates for multicolor displays and for next generation energy saving large area-lighting

• devices [1]. Nowadays, organic compounds exhibiting thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) are widely used as emitters for OLEDs [2]. The great interest in TADF emitters is mainly explained by their heavy-atoms-free molecular structure and 100% theoretical limit of internal quantum efficiency

Synthesis and optoelectronic properties of benzoquinone-based donor–acceptor compounds

• Daniel R. Sutherland,
• Nidhi Sharma,
• Georgina M. Rosair,
• Ifor D. W. Samuel,
• Ai-Lan Lee and
• Eli Zysman-Colman

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2914–2921, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.285

• to the benzoquinone acceptor. Compound 3, where benzoquinone is para-conjugated to the diphenylamine donor group, exhibited thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) with a biexponential lifetime characterized by a prompt ns component and a delayed component of 353 μs. Keywords: materials

• chemistry; physical organic chemistry; spectroscopy; thermally activated delayed fluorescence; Introduction Substituted benzoquinones and derivatives [1] have generated great interest, in particular due to their redox-active nature and their importance in biological mechanisms [2]. Compounds bearing

Organometallic vs organic photoredox catalysts for photocuring reactions in the visible region

• Aude-Héloise Bonardi,
• Frédéric Dumur,
• Guillaume Noirbent,
• Jacques Lalevée and
• Didier Gigmes

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 3025–3046, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.282

• thermally activated delayed fluorescence property has been observed combined with photoredox catalytical behaviour from UV to 450 nm light. A3 (abbreviation for 2,3,5,6-tetrakis(N-carbazolyl)benzonitrile) is one of those compounds (Scheme 4). A synthetic pathway of A3 has been detailed in reference [81

• excited state lifetimes that make these structures highly reactive structures. Since 2012 and thanks to the pioneering works of Adachi et al. in this field [69][70][71], a new class of metal-based complexes has been developed for photoredox application: TADF (abbreviation for Thermally Activated Delayed

• Fluorescence) complexes. These compounds have singular excited states: their HOMO and their LUMO have been designed to avoid the overlap of the frontier molecular orbitals [32][69]. The energy between the singlet excited state and the triplet excited state becomes inferior to 0.1 eV, an energy easily overcome

Recent advances in materials for organic light emitting diodes

• Eli Zysman-Colman

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1944–1945, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.168

• in design, from fluorescent compounds to phosphorescent organometallic complexes to organic thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) molecules, the latter driving tremendous recent excitement within the field of organic semiconductor research. This thematic issue of the Beilstein Journal of

Recent advances on organic blue thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) emitters for organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs)

• Thanh-Tuân Bui,
• Fabrice Goubard,
• Malika Ibrahim-Ouali,
• Didier Gigmes and
• Frédéric Dumur

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 282–308, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.18

• activity of the scientific community in this field. Recently, a great deal of interest has been devoted to the elaboration of emitters exhibiting a thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF). By a specific molecular design consisting into a minimal overlap between the highest occupied molecular

• emission [9]. This new family of light emitting materials capable to compete with the well-established triplet emitters and displaying a similar efficiency in devices by developing a new emission mechanism was immediately termed as the third generation of OLEDs emitters that consists of thermally activated

• delayed fluorescence (TADF) emitters. As specificity, these materials can thermally repopulate the singlet state from the triplet state by reverse intersystem crossing (RISC), leading to an increase of the luminescence intensity. From the OLEDs viewpoint, TADF emitters behave by harvesting both singlet

Palladium-catalyzed synthesis of N-arylated carbazoles using anilines and cyclic diaryliodonium salts

• Stefan Riedmüller and
• Boris J. Nachtsheim

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 1202–1209, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.136

• , or as host or luminescent-materials in electronic devices (OLEDs) (Figure 1) [2][3][4][5][6][7]. Representative examples are the host molecules mCP, CBP and CBZ1-F2, the hole transporter BCz2 [8] or the recently described thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) emitter 4CzIPN [9]. Therefore