A one-pot protocol has been developed
to obtain a series of luminescent heteroleptic diarylborinic complexes
bearing the 2-fluoro-3-pyridyl and another aryl group attached to
the boron atom chelated with a simple or functionalized 8-oxyquinolinato
ligand. The tetrahedral geometry around the boron atom in all compounds
has been established by the 11B NMR spectroscopy and/or
X-ray diffraction technique. In the solution, the obtained complexes
have emission maxima ranging from 502 to 525 nm at room temperature.
The quantum yield of emission significantly depends on the type and
position of the substituents in the 8-oxyquinolinato ligands and aryl
rings. An interpretation of the experimental UV–vis absorption
and emission spectral data is supported by theoretical calculations
of the frontier molecular orbitals. Marcus theory was used to theoretically
evaluate charge-transport properties of the obtained complexes.
A series of diarylborinic complexes with salicydeneaniline ligands bearing various functional groups at the 6-position have been synthesized in high yields by applying a straightforward one-pot multicomponent protocol. UV-Vis measurements revealed the influence of electronic character of substituents on the observed maximum of emission (λem). This has been confirmed by a relatively strong linear correlation (R(2) = 0.92) of λem with Hammett σp(+) constants. Such a correlation was investigated using a QTAIM analysis of the charge density distribution. Absorption and emission bands for the obtained systems span between 390-437 nm and between 506-590 nm, respectively, with quantum yields reaching 17%. Time-dependent UV-Vis absorption measurements revealed that diphenylborinic salicydeneaniline complexes undergo slow degradation in solution under ambient conditions. In contrast, the use of a naphthalene-based chromophore or the introduction of fluorinated phenyl groups at the boron atom resulted in stable systems.
A detailed experimental characterization and theoretical evaluation of optical as well as other relevant physicochemical properties of a series of 9,10-dihydro-9,10-diboraanthracene bis(8-oxyquinolinates) and a few other related systems is reported. The obtained compounds exhibit green luminescence with quantum yields of emission up to 63% in CH 2 Cl 2 . Single crystal X-ray diffraction studies indicate that 9,10-dihydro-9,10-diboraanthracene complexes exist either as bent conformers (stabilized by a weak intramolecular CH…O interaction bringing two 8-oxyquinolinato ligands closer to each other) or symmetrical ones (bearing both ligands related by the centre of symmetry and separated one from the other). Theoretical calculations revealed that the LUMO levels are lower for the bent conformers than for the symmetrical ones. This suggests that the luminescent properties of the studied compounds are affected by their specific structural properties. The obtained compounds were used as emitters for the construction of organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs). The highest luminance of ca. 2,000 cd·m −2 was recorded for the device containing only 2.0 wt% of 1,6-difluoro-9,10-dihydro-9,10-diboraanthracene core in the poly(Nvinylcarbazole/2-t-butylphenyl-5-biphenyl-1,3,4-oxadiazole (PVK:PBD) matrix. The fabricated OLEDs exhibit current efficiency in the range from 0.5 to 1.1 cd·A −1 .
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