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Granted Patent B2
US 12,532,662 · App. 17/042,468 · Granted Jan 20, 2026

Organic semiconducting compounds

Inventors: William Mitchell (Chandler's Ford, GB); Agnieszka Pron (Eastleigh, GB); Mansoor D'Lavari (Southampton, GB); Kane Heard (Southampton, GB); Jonathan Snow (Salisbury, GB)
Assignee: RAYNERGY TEK INCORPORATION
H10K85/6576C07D495/14C07D495/22C07D519/00H10K85/1135H10K85/211H10K85/40H10K85/656H10K85/6572H10K85/6574H10K30/30H10K30/50H10K50/15H10K50/16H10K50/18
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Patent No.
US 12,532,662
App. No.
17/042,468
Granted
Jan 20, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to novel organic semiconducting compounds containing a polycyclic unit, to methods for their preparation and educts or intermediates used therein, to compositions, polymer blends and formulations containing them, to the use of the compounds, compositions and polymer blends as organic semiconductors in, or for the preparation of, organic electronic (OE) devices, especially organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices, perovskite-based solar cell (PSC) devices, organic photodetectors (OPD), organic field effect transistors (OFET) and organic light emitting diodes (OLED), and to OE, OPV, PSC, OPD, OFET and OLED devices comprising these compounds, compositions or polymer blends.

Claims (53)

1 . A compound of formula I1

wherein the individual radicals, independently of each other and on each occurrence identically or differently, have the following meanings

Ar 3 heteroarylene that has from 5 to 20 ring atoms, is mono- or polycyclic, optionally contains fused rings, and is unsubstituted or substituted by one or more identical or different groups R 1 or L S ,

Ar 4-5 arylene or heteroarylene that has from 5 to 20 ring atoms, is mono-or polycyclic, optionally contains fused rings, and is unsubstituted or substituted by one or more identical or different groups R 1 or L S ,

Ar 6-9 arylene or heteroarylene that has from 5 to 20 ring atoms, is mono-or polycyclic, optionally contains fused rings, and is unsubstituted or substituted by one or more identical or different groups R 1 or L S , or CY 1 ═CY 2 or —C≡C—,

U 1 , U 2 CR 1 R 2 , SiR 1 R 2 , GeR 1 R 2 , C═CR 1 R 2 or C═O,

R W an electron withdrawing group, which has one of the meanings given for an electron withdrawing group R T1 ,

Z 1 , Z 2 R 1 or Y 1 ,

Y 1 , Y 2 H, F, Cl or CN,

R 1 , R 2 R W , H, F, Cl, CN, or straight-chain, branched or cyclic alkyl with 1 to 30, in which one or more CH 2 groups are optionally replaced by —O—, —S—, —C(═O)—, —C(═S)—, —C(═O)—O—, —O—C(═O)—, —NR 0 —, —SiR 0 R 00 —, —CF 2 —, —CR 0 ═CR 00 —, —CY 1 ═CY 2 — or —C≡C— in such a manner that O and/or S atoms are not linked directly to one another, and in which one or more H atoms are optionally replaced by F, Cl, Br, I or CN, and in which one or more CH 2 or CH 3 groups are optionally replaced by a cationic or anionic group, or aryl, heteroaryl, arylalkyl, heteroarylalkyl, aryloxy or heteroaryloxy, wherein each of the aforementioned cyclic groups has 5 to 20 ring atoms, is mono-or polycyclic, does optionally contain fused rings, and is unsubstituted or substituted by one or more identical or different groups L S ,

and the pair of R 1 and R 2 , together with the C, Si or Ge atom to which they are attached, may also form a spiro group with 5 to 20 ring atoms which is mono-or polycyclic, does optionally contain fused rings, and is unsubstituted or substituted by one or more identical or different groups L S ,

L S F, Cl, —NO 2 , —CN, —NC, —NCO, —NCS, —OCN, —SCN, R 0 , OR 0 , SR 0 , —C(═O) X 0 , —C(═O) R 0 , —C(═O)—OR 0 , —O—C(═O)—R 0 , —NH 2 , —NHR 0 , —NR 0 R 00 , —C(═O) NHR 0 , —C(═O)NR 0 R 00 , —SO 3 R 0 , —SO 2 R 0 , —OH, —NO 2 , —CF 3 , —SF 5 , or optionally substituted silyl, or carbyl or hydrocarbyl with 1 to 30 C,

a, b, c, d 0 or an integer from 1 to 10,

wherein at least one of R T1 and R T2 is an electron withdrawing group, and R T1 and R T2 are selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br, —NO 2 , —CN, —CF 3 , —CF 2 —R*, —O—R*, —S—R*, —SO 2 —R*, —SO 3 —R*, —C(═O)—H, —C(═O)—R*, —C(═S)—R*, —C(═O)—CF 2 —R*, —C(═O)—OR*, —C(═S)—OR*, —O—C(═O)—R*, —O—C(═S)—R*, —C(═O)—SR*, —S—C(═O)—R*, —C(═O)NR*R**, —NR*—C(═O)—R*, —NHR*, —NR*R**, —CR*═CR*R**, —C═C—R*, —C≡C—SiR*R**R***, —SiR*R**R***, —CH═CH (CN), —C(CN)═C(CN) 2 , —CH═C (CN)(R a ), CH═C(CN)—C(═O)—OR*, —CH═C(CO—OR*) 2 , —CH═C(CO—NR*R**) 2 , and the group consisting of the following formulae,

wherein the individual radicals, independently of each other and on each occurrence identically or differently, have the following meanings

R a , R b aryl or heteroaryl, each having from 4 to 30 ring atoms, or containing fused rings or being unsubstituted or substituted with one or more groups L, or one of the meanings given for L,

R*, R**, R*** alkyl with 1 to 20 C atoms which is straight-chain, branched or cyclic, and is unsubstituted, or substituted with one or more For Cl atoms or CN groups, or perfluorinated, and in which one or more C atoms are optionally replaced by —O—, —S—, —C(═O)—, —C(═S)—, —SiR 0 R 00 , —NR 0 R 00 , —CHR 0 ═CR 00 , or —C═C— such that O- and/or S-atoms are not directly linked to each other,

L F, Cl, —NO 2 , —CN, —NC, —NCO, —NCS, —OCN, —SCN, R 0 , OR 0 , SR 0 , —C(═O) X 0 , —C(═O) R 0 , —C(═O)—OR 0 , —O—C(═O)—R 0 , —NH 2 , —NHR 0 , —NR 0 R 00 , —C(═O)NHR 0 , —C(═O)NR 0 R 00 , —SO 3 R 0 , —SO 2 R 0 , —OH, —NO 2 , —CF 3 , —SF 5 , or optionally substituted silyl, or carbyl or hydrocarbyl with 1 to 30 C,

L′ H or one of the meanings of L,

R 0 , R 00 H or straight-chain or branched alkyl with 1 to 20 C atoms, or 1 to 12 C atoms that is fluorinated,

Y 1 , Y 2 H, F, Cl or CN,

X 0 halogen,

r 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4,

S 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5,

t 0, 1, 2 or 3,

u 0, 1 or 2.

2 . The compound according to claim 1 , characterized in that the groups Ar 3 are on each occurrence identically or differently selected from the following formulae and their mirror images

wherein the individual radicals, independently of each other and on each occurrence identically or differently, have the following meanings

W 1 , W 2 , W 3 S, O or Se,

W 4 S, O or NR 3 ,

R 3-8 one of the meanings given for R 1 in claim 1 .

3 . The compound according to claim 1 , characterized in that the groups Ar 3 are on each occurrence identically or differently selected from the following formulae and their mirror images

wherein R 3-8 have the meanings given in claim 2 .

4 . The compound according to claim 1 , characterized in that the groups Ar 4 are on each occurrence identically or differently selected from the following formulae and their mirror images

wherein W 1-3 and R 5-8 have the meanings given in claim 2 , V 1 is CR 5 or N, and R 9 has one of the meanings given for R 5 .

5 . The compound according to claim 1 , characterized in that the groups Ar 4 are on each occurrence identically or differently selected from the following formulae and their mirror images

wherein R 5-9 have the meanings given in claim 4 .

6 . The compound according to claim 1 , characterized in that the groups Ar 5 are on each occurrence identically or differently selected from the following formulae and their mirror images

wherein V 1 , W 1-3 , and R 5-9 have the meanings given in claim 5 .

7 . The compound according to claim 1 , characterized in that the groups Ar 5 are on each occurrence identically or differently selected from the following formulae and their mirror images

wherein R 5-9 have the meanings given in claim 4 .

8 . The compound according to claim 1 , characterized in that the groups Ar 6-9 are on each occurrence identically or differently selected from the following formulae and their mirror images

wherein, independently of each other and on each occurrence identically or differently, V 2 is CR 5 or N, and V 1 , W 1-3 and R 5-8 are as defined in claim 2 .

9 . The compound according to claim 1 , characterized in that both R T1 and R T2 denote an electron withdrawing group.

10 . A composition comprising one or more compounds according to claim 1 , and further comprising one or more compounds having one or more of a semiconducting, hole or electron transporting, hole or electron blocking, electrically conducting, photoconducting, photoactive or light emitting property, and/or a binder.

11 . The composition of claim 10 , comprising one or more n-type semiconductors, at least one of which is a compound according to claim 1 , and further comprising one or more p-type semiconductors, selected from conjugated polymers.

12 . The composition according to claim 10 , comprising one or more n-type semiconductors selected from fullerenes or fullerene derivatives.

13 . Use of a compound according to claim 1 , or of a composition according to claim 10 , in an electronic or optoelectronic device, or in a component of such a device or in an assembly comprising such a device.

14 . A formulation comprising one or more compounds according to claim 1 , or a composition according to claim 10 , and further comprising one or more solvents selected from organic solvents.

15 . An electronic or optoelectronic device, or a component thereof, or an assembly comprising it, which comprises a compound according to claim 1 , or a composition according to claim 10 .

16 . The electronic or optoelectronic device according to claim 15 , which is selected from organic field effect transistors (OFET), organic thin film transistors (OTFT), organic light emitting diodes (OLED), organic light emitting transistors (OLET), organic light emitting electro-chemical cells (OLEC), organic photovoltaic devices (OPV), organic photodetectors (OPD), organic solar cells, dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC), perovskite-based solar cells (PSC), organic photoelectrochemical cells (OPEC), laser diodes, Schottky diodes, photoconductors, photodetectors, thermoelectric devices.

17 . The component according to claim 15 , which is selected from charge injection layers, charge transport layers, interlayers, planarizing layers, antistatic films, polymer electrolyte membranes (PEM), conducting substrates and conducting patterns.

18 . The assembly according to claim 15 , which is selected from integrated circuits (IC), radio frequency identification (RFID) tags, security markings, security devices, flat panel displays, LC windows, backlights of flat panel displays, electrophotographic devices, electrophotographic recording devices, organic memory devices, sensor devices, biosensors and biochips.

Priority Claims (1)
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Continuity (1)
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