Dendrimers Containing Luminescent Gold (III) Compounds for Organic Light-Emitting Devices and Their Preparation

Abstract

A novel class of saturated or conjugated dendrimers containing at least one strong sigma-donating group coordinated to cyclometalated tridentate gold(III) compounds having the chemical structure depicted by generic formula: wherein: (a) [Au] is a cyclometalated tridentate gold(III) group; (b) Unit A is a sigma-donating chemical group; (c) Unit B is a central part of the dendrons comprising a branch point of component dendrimers; (d) Unit C is optional surface groups or dendrons of the dendrimers; (e) n=0 or 1.