IP Library Granted Patent US 11,447,464
Granted Patent B2
US 11,447,464 · App. 16/330,254 · Granted Sep 20, 2022

Compounds with spirobifluorene-structures

Inventors: Amir Parham (Frankfurt am Main, DE); Tobias Grossmann (Darmstadt, DE); Aurélie Ludemann (Frankfurt am Main, DE); Dominik Joosten (Frankfurt am Main, DE); Jonas Kroeber (Frankfurt am Main, DE)
Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
C07D401/10C07D401/04C07D401/14C07D403/04C07D403/10C07D403/14C07D405/14C07D471/04C07D471/14C07D487/04C07D491/147C07D495/04C07D495/14C07D498/04C07D498/14C07D513/04C07D513/14C09K11/06H01L51/0052H01L51/0067H01L51/0072H01L51/0073H01L51/0085H01L51/5096H01L2251/5384
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Patent No.
US 11,447,464
App. No.
16/330,254
Granted
Sep 20, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to spirobifluorene derivatives which are substituted with electron transport groups, in particular for use in electronic devices. The invention further relates to a method for producing the compounds according to the invention, and to electronic devices comprising the same.

Claims (88)

1. A compound comprising structures of the formula (I):

where the symbols used are as follows:

Z 1 , Z 2 , Z 3 , Z 4 , Z 5 , Z 6 , Z 7 , Z 8 is the same or different and is Y or C;

Y is the same or different at each instance and is N, CR 1 , or two adjacent Y groups together are O, S, NR 1 , with the proviso that a 5- or 6-membered ring is formed;

X is the same or different at each instance and is N or CR 1 ;

o, p, q, r is 0 or 1;

L is a bond or an aromatic or heteroaromatic ring system which has 5 to 24 aromatic ring atoms and may be substituted by one or more R 1 radicals;

Q is an electron transport group;

R 1 is the same or different at each instance and is H, D, F, Cl, Br, I, B(OR 2 ) 2 , CHO, C(═O)R 2 , CR 2 ═C(R 2 ) 2 , CN, C(═O)OR 2 , C(═O)N(R 2 ) 2 , Si(R 2 ) 3 , NO 2 , P(═O)(R 2 ) 2 , OSO 2 R 2 , OR 2 , S(═O)R 2 , S(═O) 2 R 2 , a straight-chain alkyl, alkoxy or thioalkoxy group having 1 to 40 carbon atoms or a branched or cyclic alkyl, alkoxy or thioalkoxy group having 3 to 40 carbon atoms, each of which may be substituted by one or more R 5 radicals, where one or more nonadjacent CH 2 groups may be replaced by —R 2 C≡CR 2 —, —C≡C—, Si(R 2 ) 2 , Ge(R 2 ) 2 , Sn(R 2 ) 2 , C═O, C═S, C═Se, C≡NR 2 , P(═O)(R 2 ), —C(═O)O—, —C(═O)NR 2 —, —O—, —S—, SO or SO 2 and where one or more hydrogen atoms may be replaced by D, F, Cl, Br, I, CN or NO 2 , or an aromatic or heteroaromatic ring system which has 5 to 40 aromatic ring atoms and may be substituted in each case by one or more R 2 radicals, or an aryloxy or heteroaryloxy group which has 5 to 40 aromatic ring atoms and may be substituted by one or more R 2 radicals, or an aralkyl or heteroaralkyl group which has 5 to 40 aromatic ring atoms and may be substituted by one or more R 2 radicals, or a combination of these systems; at the same time, two or more R 1 radicals together may form a ring system;

R 2 is the same or different at each instance and is H, D, F, Cl, Br, I, B(OR 3 ) 2 , CHO, C(═O)R 3 , CR 3 ═C(R 3 ) 2 , CN, C(═O)OR 3 , C(═O)N(R 3 ) 2 , Si(R 3 ) 3 , NO 2 , P(═O)(R 3 ) 2 , OSO 2 R 3 , OR 3 , S(═O)R 3 , S(═O) 2 R 3 , a straight-chain alkyl, alkoxy or thioalkoxy group having 1 to 40 carbon atoms or a branched or cyclic alkyl, alkoxy or thioalkoxy group having 3 to 40 carbon atoms, each of which may be substituted by one or more R 3 radicals, where one or more nonadjacent CH 2 groups may be replaced by —R 3 C═CR 3 —, —C≡C—, Si(R 3 ) 2 , Si(R 3 ) 2 , Ge(R 3 ) 2 , Sn(R 3 ) 2 , C═O, C═S, C═Se, C═NR 3 , P(═O)(R 3 ), —C(═O)O—, —C(═O)NR 3 —, —O—, —S—, SO or SO 2 and where one or more hydrogen atoms may be replaced by D, F, Cl, Br, I, CN or NO 2 , or an aromatic or heteroaromatic ring system which has 5 to 40 aromatic ring atoms and may be substituted in each case by one or more R 3 radicals, or an aryloxy or heteroaryloxy group which has 5 to 40 aromatic ring atoms and may be substituted by one or more R 3 radicals, or an aralkyl or heteroaralkyl group which has 5 to 40 aromatic ring atoms and may be substituted by one or more R 3 radicals, or or a combination of these systems; at the same time, two or more R 2 substituents together may also form a mono- or polycyclic, aliphatic, heteroaliphatic, aromatic or heteroaromatic ring system;

R 3 is the same or different at each instance and is H, D, F or an aliphatic, aromatic and/or heteroaromatic organic radical having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, in which hydrogen atoms may also be replaced by F; at the same time, two or more R 3 substituents together may also form a mono- or polycyclic, aliphatic, heteroaliphatic, aromatic or heteroaromatic ring system;

with the proviso that o+p=1, where, if o=1, Z 1 , Z 2 are C and Z 3 , Z 4 are Y, and, if p=1, Z 1 , Z 2 are Y and Z 3 , Z 4 are C; and

with the proviso that q+r=1 where, if q=1, Z 5 , Z 6 are C and Z 7 , Z 8 are Y and, if r=1, Z 5 , Z 6 are Y and Z 7 , Z 8 are C.

2. The compound as claimed in claim 1 , comprising structures of the formulae (IIa), (IIb), (IIc) or (IId)

where the symbols L, Q, Y and X used have the definition given in claim 1 and X 1 , X 2 , X 3 , X 4 , X 5 , X 6 , X 7 , X 8 is the same or different and is N or CR 1 , where not more than two X, X 1 , X 2 , X 3 , X 4 , X 5 , X 6 , X 7 , X 8 groups per ring are N.

3. The compound as claimed in claim 1 , comprising structures of the formula (IIIa), (IIIb), (IIIe) or (IIId)

where the symbols L, Q and X used have the definition given in claim 1 and X 1 , X 2 , X 3 , X 4 , X 5 , X 6 , X 7 , X 8 , X 9 , X 10 , X 11 , X 12 is the same or different and is N or CR 1 , where not more than two X, X 1 , X 2 , X 3 , X 4 , X 5 , X 6 , X 7 , X 8 groups per ring are N.

4. The compound as claimed in claim 1 , comprising structures of the formula (IIIa-1), (IIIb-1), (IIIc-1), (IIId-1), (IIIa-2), (IIIb-2), (IIIc-2), (IIId-2), (IIIa-3) (IIIb-3), (IIIc-3), (IIId-3), (IIIa-4), (IIIb-4), (IIIc-4) or (IIId-4)

where the symbols L, R 1 , Q and X used have the definition given in claim 1 , X 1 , X 2 , X 3 , X 4 , X 5 , X 6 , X 7 , X 8 is the same or different and is N or CR 1 and m is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4,

where not more than two X, X 1 , X 2 , X 3 , X 4 , X 5 , X 6 , X 7 , X 8 groups per ring are N;

where the symbols L, R 1 , Q and X used have the definition given in claim 1 , X 1 , X 2 , X 3 , X 4 , X 9 , X 10 , X 11 , X 12 is the same or different and is N or CR 1 and m is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4,

where not more than two X, X 1 , X 2 , X 3 , X 4 , X 9 ,X 10 , X 11 , X 12 groups per ring are N;

where the symbols L, R 1 , Q and X used have the definition given in claim 1 , X 5 , X 6 , X 7 , X 8 , X 9 , X 10 , X 11 , X 12 is the same or different and is N or CR 1 , and m is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4,

where not more than two X, X 5 , X 6 , X 7 , X 8 , X 9 , X 10 , X 11 , X 12 groups per ring are N;

where the symbols L, R 1 and Q used have the definition given in claim 1 ,

X 1 , X 2 , X 3 , X 4 , X 5 , X 6 , X 7 , X 8 , X 9 , X 10 , X 11 , X 12 is the same or different and is N or CR 1 , and

m is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4,

where not more than two X 1 , X 2 , X 3 , X 4 , X 5 , X 6 , X 7 , X 8 , X 9 , X 10 , X 11 , X 12 groups per ring are N.

5. The compound as claimed in claim 1 , comprising structures of the formulae (IVa), (IVb) or (IVc)

where the symbols L, Q, X and Y used have the definition given in claim 1 and W 1 , W 2 and W 3 is the same or different at each instance and is N, CR 1 , O, S or NR 1 , where exactly one of the W 1 , W 2 and W 3 groups is O, S or NR 1 and W 1 in formula (IVb) and W 2 in formula (IVc) is N or CR 1 , where R 1 has the definition given in claim 1 .

6. The compound as claimed in claim 1 , comprising structures of the formulae (Va), (Vb) or (Vc)

where the symbols L, Q and X used have the definition given in claim 1 ,

X 1 , X 2 , X 3 , X 4 , X 5 , X 6 , X 7 , X 8 , is the same or different and is N or CR 1 , where not more than two X, X 1 , X 2 , X 3 , X 4 , X 5 , X 6 , X 7 , X 8 , groups per ring are N and

W 1 , W 2 and W 3 is the same or different at each instance and is N, CR 1 , O, S or NR 1 , where exactly one of the W 1 , W 2 and W 3 groups is O, S or NR 1 and W 1 in formula (IVb) and W 2 in formula (IVc) is N or CR 1 , where R 1 has the definition given in claim 1 .

7. The compound as claimed in claim 1 , comprising structures of the formulae (Va-1), (Vb-1), (Vc-1), (Va-2), (Vb-2), (Vc-2), (Va-3), (Vb-3) or (Vc 3),

where the symbols L, Q and X used have the definition given in claim 1 ,

the symbols X 1 , X 2 , X 3 , X 4 is the same or different and is N or CR 1 , where not more than two X, X 1 , X 2 , X 3 , X 4 , groups per ring are N and

W 1 , W 2 and W 3 is the same or different at each instance and is N, CR 1 , O, S or NR 1 ,

where exactly one of the W 1 , W 2 and W 3 groups is O, S or NR 1 and W 1 in formula (IVb) and W 2 in formula (IVc) is N or CR 1 , where R 1 has the definition given in claim 1 and

m is 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4;

where the symbols L, R 1 , Q and X used have the definition given in claim 1 ,

the symbols X 5 , X 6 , X 7 , X 8 is the same or different and is N or CR 1 , where not more than two X, X 5 , X 6 , X 7 , X 8 , groups per ring are N and

the symbols W 1 , W 2 and W 3 and m are defined above;

where the symbols L, R 1 , Q and X used have the definition given in claim 1 , the symbols X 1 , X 2 , X 3 , X 4 X 5 , X 6 , X 7 , X 8 and the symbols W 1 , W 2 and W 3 and m are defined above.

8. The compound as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the Q group is selected from structures of the formulae (Q-1), (Q-2), (Q-3), (Q-4) or (Q-5)

where the symbol R 1 has the definition given above in claim 1 ,

X is N or CR 1 and

the dotted bond marks the attachment position.

9. The compound as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the Q group is selected from structures of the formulae (Q-6), (Q-7), (Q-8), (Q-9), (Q-10), (Q-11) or (Q-12)

in which the symbol R 1 has the definition set out in claim 1 ,

the dotted bond marks the attachment position and

m is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4,

n is 0, 1, 2 or 3 and

is 0, 1 or 2.

10. A compound comprising structures of the formula (I):

where the symbols used are as follows:

Z 1 , Z 2 , Z 3 , Z 4 , Z 5 , Z 6 , Z 7 , Z 8 is the same or different and is Y or C;

Y is the same or different at each instance and is N, CR 1 , or two adjacent Y groups together are O, S, NR 1 , with the proviso that a 5- or 6-membered ring is formed;

X is the same or different at each instance and is N or CR 1 ;

o, p, q, r is 0 or 1;

L is a bond or an aromatic or heteroaromatic ring system which has 5 to 24 aromatic ring atoms and may be substituted by one or more R 1 radicals;

Q group is selected from structures of the formulae (Q-16), (Q-17) or (Q-18)

where the dotted bond marks the attachment position and

Ar 1 is an aromatic or heteroaromatic ring system which has 5 to 40 aromatic ring atoms and may be substituted in each case by one or more R 1 radicals, where two or more adjacent R 1 substituents may optionally form a mono- or polycyclic, aliphatic, heteroaliphatic, aromatic or heteroaromatic ring system which may be substituted by one or more R 3 radicals;

R 1 is the same or different at each instance and is H, D, F, Cl, Br, I, B(OR 2 ) 2 , CHO, C(═O)R 2 , CR 2 ═C(R 2 ) 2 , CN, C(═O)OR 2 , C(═O)N(R 2 ) 2 , Si(R 2 ) 3 , N(R 2 ) 2 , NO 2 , P(═O)(R 2 ) 2 , OSO 2 R 2 , OR 2 , S(═O)R 2 , S(═O) 2 R 2 , a straight-chain alkyl, alkoxy or thioalkoxy group having 1 to 40 carbon atoms or a branched or cyclic alkyl, alkoxy or thioalkoxy group having 3 to 40 carbon atoms, each of which may be substituted by one or more R 5 radicals, where one or more nonadjacent CH 2 groups may be replaced by —R 2 C═CR 2 -, Si(R 2 ) 2 , Ge(R 2 ) 2 , Sn(R 2 ) 2 , C═O, C═S, C═Se, C═NR 2 , NR 2 , P(═O)(R 2 ), —C(═O)O—, —C(═O)NR 2 —, —O—, —s-, SO or SO 2 and where one or more hydrogen atoms may be replaced by D, F, Cl, Br, I, CN or NO 2 , or an aromatic or heteroaromatic ring system which has 5 to 40 aromatic ring atoms and may be substituted in each case by one or more R 2 radicals, or an aryloxy or heteroaryloxy group which has 5 to 40 aromatic ring atoms and may be substituted by one or more R 2 radicals, or an aralkyl or heteroaralkyl group which has 5 to 40 aromatic ring atoms and may be substituted by one or more R 2 radicals, or a diarylamino group, diheteroarylamino group or arylheteroarylamino group which has 10 to 40 aromatic ring atoms and may be substituted by one or more R 2 radicals, or a combination of these systems; at the same time, two or more R 1 radicals together may form a ring system;

R 2 is the same or different at each instance and is H, D, F, Cl, Br, I, B(OR 3 ) 2 , CHO, C(═O)R 3 , CR 3 ═C(R 3 ) 2 , CN, C(═O)OR 3 , C(═O)N(R 3 ) 2 , Si(R 3 ) 3 , N(R 3 ) 2 , NO 2 , P(═O)(R 3 ) 2 , OSO 2 R 3 , OR 3 , S(═O)R 3 , S(═O) 2 R 3 , a straight-chain alkyl, alkoxy or thioalkoxy group having 1 to 40 carbon atoms or a branched or cyclic alkyl, alkoxy or thioalkoxy group having 3 to 40 carbon atoms, each of which may be substituted by one or more R 3 radicals, where one or more nonadjacent CH 2 groups may be replaced by —R 3 C═CR 3 —, —C≡C—, Si(R 3 ) 2 , Si(R 3 ) 2 , Ge(R 3 ) 2 , Sn(R 3 ) 2 , C═O, C═S, C═Se, C═NR 3 , NR 3 , P(═O)(R 3 ), —C(═O)O—, —C(═O)NR 3 —, —O—, —S—, SO or SO 2 and where one or more hydrogen atoms may be replaced by D, F, Cl, Br, I, CN or NO 2 , or an aromatic or heteroaromatic ring system which has 5 to 40 aromatic ring atoms and may be substituted in each case by one or more R 3 radicals, or an aryloxy or heteroaryloxy group which has 5 to 40 aromatic ring atoms and may be substituted by one or more R 3 radicals, or an aralkyl or heteroaralkyl group which has 5 to 40 aromatic ring atoms and may be substituted by one or more R 3 radicals, or a diarylamino group, diheteroarylamino group or arylheteroarylamino group which has 10 to 40 aromatic ring atoms and may be substituted by one or more R 3 radicals, or a combination of these systems; at the same time, two or more R 2 substituents together may also form a mono- or polycyclic, aliphatic, heteroaliphatic, aromatic or heteroaromatic ring system;

R 3 is the same or different at each instance and is H, D, F or an aliphatic, aromatic and/or heteroaromatic organic radical having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, in which hydrogen atoms may also be replaced by F; at the same time, two or more R 3 substituents together may also form a mono- or polycyclic, aliphatic, heteroaliphatic, aromatic or heteroaromatic ring system;

with the proviso that o+p=1, where, if o=1, Z 1 , Z 2 are C and Z 3 , Z 4 are Y, and if p=1, Z 1 , Z 2 are Y and Z 3 , Z 4 are C; and

with the proviso that q+r=1 where, if q=1, Z 5 , Z 6 are C and Z 7 , Z 8 are Y and, if r=1, Z 5 , Z 6 are Y and Z 7 , Z 8 are C.

11. An oligomer, polymer or dendrimer containing one or more compounds

comprising structures of the formula (I):

where the symbols used are as follows:

Z 1 , Z 2 , Z 3 , Z 4 , Z 5 , Z 6 , Z 7 , Z 8 is the same or different and is Y or C;

Y is the same or different at each instance and is N, CR 1 , or two adjacent Y groups together are O, S, NR 1 , with the proviso that a 5- or 6-membered ring is formed;

X is the same or different at each instance and is N or CR 1 ;

o, p, q, r is 0 or 1;

L is a bond or an aromatic or heteroaromatic ring system which has 5 to 24 aromatic ring atoms and may be substituted by one or more R 1 radicals;

Q is an electron transport group;

R 1 is the same or different at each instance and is H, D, F, Cl, Br, I, B(OR 2 ) 2 , CHO, C(═O)R 2 , CR 2 ═C(R 2 ) 2 , CN, C(═O)OR 2 , C(═O)N(R 2 ) 2 , Si(R 2 ) 3 , N(R 2 ) 2 , NO 2 , P(═O)(R 2 ) 2 , OSO 2 R 2 , OR 2 , S(═O)R 2 , S(═O) 2 R 2 , a straight-chain alkyl, alkoxy or thioalkoxy group having 1 to 40 carbon atoms or a branched or cyclic alkyl, alkoxy or thioalkoxy group having 3 to 40 carbon atoms, each of which may be substituted by one or more R 5 radicals, where one or more nonadjacent CH 2 groups may be replaced by —R 2 C═CR 2 —, —C≡C—, Si(R 2 ) 2 , Ge(R 2 ) 2 , Sn(R 2 ) 2 , C═O, C═S, C═Se, C═NR 2 , NR 2 , P(═O)(R 2 ), —C(═O)O—, —C(═O)NR 2 —, —O—, —S—, SO or SO 2 and where one or more hydrogen atoms may be replaced by D, F, Cl, Br, I, CN or NO 2 , or an aromatic or heteroaromatic ring system which has 5 to 40 aromatic ring atoms and may be substituted in each case by one or more R 2 radicals, or an aryloxy or heteroaryloxy group which has 5 to 40 aromatic ring atoms and may be substituted by one or more R 2 radicals, or an aralkyl or heteroaralkyl group which has 5 to 40 aromatic ring atoms and may be substituted by one or more R 2 radicals, or a diarylamino group, diheteroarylamino group or arylheteroarylamino group which has 10 to 40 aromatic ring atoms and may be substituted by one or more R 2 radicals, or a combination of these systems; at the same time, two or more R 1 radicals together may form a ring system;

R 2 is the same or different at each instance and is H, D, F, Cl, Br, I, B(OR 3 ) 2 , CHO, C(═O)R 3 , CR 3 ═C(R 3 ) 2 , CN, C(═O)OR 3 , C(═O)N(R 3 ) 2 , Si(R 3 ) 3 , N(R 3 ) 2 , NO 2 , P(═O)(R 3 ) 2 , OSO 2 R 3 , OR 3 , S(═O)R 3 , S(═O) 2 R 3 , a straight-chain alkyl, alkoxy or thioalkoxy group having 1 to 40 carbon atoms or a branched or cyclic alkyl, alkoxy or thioalkoxy group having 3 to 40 carbon atoms, each of which may be substituted by one or more R 3 radicals, where one or more nonadjacent CH 2 groups may be replaced by —R 3 C═CR 3 —, —C≡C—, Si(R 3 ) 2 , Si(R 3 ) 2 , Ge(R 3 ) 2 , Sn(R 3 ) 2 , C═O, C═S, C═Se, C═NR 3 , NR 3 , P(═O)(R 3 ), —C(═O)O—, —C(═O)NR 3 —, —O—, —S—, SO or SO 2 and where one or more hydrogen atoms may be replaced by D, F, Cl, Br, I, CN or NO 2 , or an aromatic or heteroaromatic ring system which has 5 to 40 aromatic ring atoms and may be substituted in each case by one or more R 3 radicals, or an aryloxy or heteroaryloxy group which has 5 to 40 aromatic ring atoms and may be substituted by one or more R 3 radicals, or an aralkyl or heteroaralkyl group which has 5 to 40 aromatic ring atoms and may be substituted by one or more R 3 radicals, or a diarylamino group, diheteroarylamino group or arylheteroarylamino group which has 10 to 40 aromatic ring atoms and may be substituted by one or more R 3 radicals, or a combination of these systems; at the same time, two or more R 2 substituents together may also form a mono- or polycyclic, aliphatic, heteroaliphatic, aromatic or heteroaromatic ring system;

R 3 is the same or different at each instance and is H, D, F or an aliphatic, aromatic and/or heteroaromatic organic radical having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, in which hydrogen atoms may also be replaced by F; at the same time, two or more R 3 substituents together may also form a mono- or polycyclic, aliphatic, heteroaliphatic, aromatic or heteroaromatic ring system;

with the proviso that o+p=1, where, if o=1, Z 1 , Z 2 are C and Z 3 , Z 4 are Y, and if p=1, Z 1 , Z 2 are Y and Z 3 , Z 4 are C; and

with the proviso that q+r=1 where, if q=1, Z 5 , Z 6 are C and Z 7 , Z 8 are Y and, if r=1, Z 5 , Z 6 are Y and Z 7 , Z 8 are C,

wherein, rather than a hydrogen atom or a substituent, there are one or more bonds of the compounds to the polymer, oligomer or dendrimer.

12. A composition comprising at least one compound as claimed in claim 1 and at least one further compound selected from the group consisting of fluorescent emitters, phosphorescent emitters, host materials, electron transport materials, electron injection materials, hole conductor materials, hole injection materials, electron blocker materials and hole blocker materials.

13. A formulation comprising at least one compound as claimed in claim 1 and at least one solvent.

14. An electronic device comprising at least one compound as claimed in claim 1 .

15. The electronic device as claimed in claim 14 wherein the electronic device is selected from the group consisting of organic electroluminescent devices, organic integrated circuits, organic field-effect transistors, organic thin-film transistors, organic light-emitting transistors, organic solar cells, organic optical detectors, organic photoreceptors, organic field quench devices, light-emitting electrochemical cells and organic laser diodes.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 4, 2019
From: GROSSMANN, TOBIAS; JOOSTEN, DOMINIK; KROEBER, JONAS; LUDEMANN, AURELIE; PARHAM, AMIR
To: MERCK PATENT GMBH
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Priority Claims (1)
EP 16188675 · Sep 14, 2016 · regional
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