Patent ID: 8658832

Claim:
An organic electronic device comprising an anode, a cathode, at least one layer which comprises at least one organic compound, and at least one metal complex, wherein said at least one metal complex comprises at least one ligand of formula (I) [7,8-(ER 2 ) 2 -7,8-C 2 B 9 (R 1 ) 10 ] (I) wherein E is, identically or differently on each occurrence, P, As, Sb, and N; R is, identically or differently on each occurrence, H, deuterium, F, N(R 2 ) 2 , a straight-chain alkyl, alkoxy or thioalkoxy group having 1 to 40 C atoms and optionally substituted by one or more radicals R 2 or a branched or cyclic alkyl, alkoxy or thioalkoxy group having 3 to 40 C atoms and optionally substituted by one or more radicals R 2 wherein one or more H atoms of said straight-chain, branched, or cyclic alkyl, alkoxy, and thioalkoxy groups are optionally replaced by F, CN, an aromatic or heteroaromatic ring system having 5 to 60 aromatic ring atoms and optionally substituted by one or more radicals R 2 , or an aryloxy or heteroaryloxy group having 5 to 60 aromatic ring atoms and optionally substituted by one or more radicals R 2 , or a combination of these systems, and wherein two or more substituents R together optionally define a mono- or polycyclic, aliphatic, aromatic, and/or benzo-fused ring system; R 1 is, identically or differently on each occurrence, H, OH, or a C 1 -C 30 -alkoxy group; R 2 is, identically or differently on each occurrence, H, F, or an aliphatic, aromatic, and/or heteroaromatic hydrocarbon radical having 1 to 20 C atoms, wherein one or more H atoms of said aliphatic, aromatic, and/or heteroaromatic hydrocarbon radicals are optionally replaced by F, and wherein two or more substituents R 2 together optionally define a mono- or polycyclic, aliphatic, aromatic, and/or benzo-fused ring system; wherein said organic 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, organic laser diodes, and OLED sensors.