Thermally Induced Defluorination during a mer to fac Transformation of a Blue-Green Phosphorescent Cyclometalated Iridium(III) Complex
摘要:
The new homoleptic tris-cyclometalated [Ir((CN)-N-boolean AND)(3)] complexes mer-8, fac-8, and fac-9 incorporating gamma-carboline ligands are reported. Reaction of 3-(2,4-difluorophenyl)-5-(2-ethylhexyl)-pyrido[4,3-b]indole 6 with iridium(III) chloride under standard cyclometalating conditions gave the homoleptic complex mer-8 in 63% yield. The X-ray crystal structure of mer-8 is described. The Ir-C and Ir-N bonds show the expected bond length alternations for the differing trans influence of phenyl and pyridyl ligands. mer-8 quantitatively isomerized to fac-8 upon irradiation with UV light. However, heating mer-8 at 290 degrees C in glycerol led to an unusual regioselective loss of one fluorine atom from each of the ligands, yielding fac-9 in 58% yield. fac-8 is thermally very stable: no decomposition was observed when fac-8 was heated in glycerol at 290 degrees C for 48 h. The gamma-carboline system of fac-8 enhances thermal stability compared to the pyridyl analogue fac-Ir(46dfppy)(3) 10, which decomposes extensively upon being heated in glycerol at 290 degrees C for 2 h. Complexes mer-8, fac-8, and fac-9 are emitters of blue-green light (lambda(em)(max) = 477, 476, and 494 nm, respectively). The triplet lifetimes for fac-8 and fac-9 are similar to 4.5 Its at room temperature; solution On values are 0.31 and 0.22, respectively.
The effect of the molecular structure of the chromophore on the photorefractive properties of the polymer systems with low glass transition temperatures
The preparation and properties of bulk-heterojunction organic solar cells with indole-containing fulleropyrrolidine derivatives as acceptors
作者:Xiaona Zhang、Liang Sun、Wei Zheng、Xichang Bao、Ning Wang、Ting Wang、Renqiang Yang
DOI:10.1016/j.tet.2013.09.046
日期:2013.11
Two indole-containing fullerene derivatives, N-hydrogen-2-[3-(N-2-ethylhexylindolyl)][60]fulleropyrrolidine (EHIHC60P), and N-(2-ethylhexylindolyl))-2-[3-(N-2-ethylhexylindoly1)][60]fulleropyrrolidine (DEHIC60P) were synthesized by the typical Prato reaction. The absorption spectra, electrochemical properties of the two compounds were measured. Inverted solar cells were fabricated with the structure of ITO/ZnO/poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT):fullerene derivatives/MoO3/Ag. The highest power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) of 3.32% and 3.23% were obtained for P3HT/EHIHC60P and P3HT/DEHIC60P based solar cells at the composite ratio of 1:1 after the active layers were annealed at 150 degrees C under inert atmosphere, with a open-circuit voltage (V-oc) of 0.66 V and 0.74 V, respectively. For comparison, the device based on P3HT/PCBM at the same conditions showed the PCE of 328%, with a V-oc of 0.61 V. The influence on the photovoltaic property of the fullerene derivatives, which was induced by some subtle changes in the chemical structure was compared and discussed. (c) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.