Patent ID: 8372977

Claim:
A luminescent gold(III) compound having the chemical structure: wherein: X is nitrogen and Y is carbon or nitrogen; A-B is a substituted or unsubstituted cyclometalating ligand (for Y═C) or diimine ligand (for Y═N); wherein A and B are cyclic structure derivatives, and the ring A and the ring B can be fused together or the ring A and the ring B can be non-fused; wherein when the ring A and the ring B are fused together, A is selected from substituted or unsubstituted pyridine or isoquinoline; and B is selected from substituted or unsubstituted benzene, pyridine, isoquinoline, anthracene, pyrene, carbazole, or fluorene; wherein when the ring A and the ring B are not fused together, A is selected from substituted or unsubstituted pyridine or isoquinoline; and B is selected from substituted or unsubstituted benzene, pyridine, isoquinoline, naphthalene, anthracene, pyrene, carbazole, or fluorine; wherein the rings A and B are unsubstituted or wherein one or both of the rings A and B have at least one substituent comprising alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkylaryl, cycloalkyl, OR, NR 2 , SR, C(O)R, C(O)OR, C(O)NR 2 , CN, CF 3 , NO 2 , SO 2 , SOR, SO 3 R, halo, aryl, substituted aryl, heteroaryl, substituted heteroaryl or heterocyclic group, wherein R is independently alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkylaryl, aryl, or cycloalkyl; R 1 and R 2 are independently optionally substituted carbon donor ligands selected from alkynyl, substituted alkynyl, arylalkynyl, or substituted arylalkynyl; and n is greater than or equal to zero.