A versatile efficient one-step approach for carbazole-pyridine hybrid molecules: highly efficient host materials for blue phosphorescent OLEDs

Chem Commun (Camb). 2015 Jan 31;51(9):1650-3. doi: 10.1039/c4cc08335k.

Abstract

By using various fluoro-substituted pyridines and carbazole as starting materials, we have synthesized a series of carbazole-pyridine hybrid compounds through an efficient catalyst free C-N coupling reaction with high yields of 85-95%. The bi-, tri- and tetra-carbazole substituted pyridine derivatives exhibit increased thermal stabilities and comparatively high triplet energy levels of ∼3.0 eV. By using them as host materials for blue phosphorescent OLEDs, maximum current efficiencies are achieved ranging from 32-42 cd A(-1).