Rhodium and iridium complexes

US7125998B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Merck Patent GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Philipp Stössel · Frankfurt, DE
• Hubert Spreitzer · Viernheim, DE
• Heinrich Becker · Königstein, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 21, 2002
• Grant date: Oct 24, 2006
• Expiry date: Apr 10, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02E10/549
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to novel organometallic compounds which are phosphorescence emitters. Compounds of this type can be used as active components (=functional materials) in a series of different types of, application which can be classed within the electronics industry in the broadest sense.The compounds according to the invention are described by the formulae (I), (Ia), (II), (IIa), (V), (VII), (IX), (XI), (XIII) and (XV).