Patent Application: US-81318005-A

Abstract:
a semiconductive conjugated polymer comprising a first repeat unit comprising general formula i : where ar 1 , ar 3 , and ar 5 are the same or different and wherein each represents an optionally substituted aryl or heteroaryl group ; ar 2 and ar 4 are the same or different and each represent a substituted aryl or heteroaryl group ; and ar 2 and ar 4 sterically interact with one another so as to cause an increase in the bandgap of the polymer .

Description:
the present invention will now be described in more detail with reference to the attached drawings , in which : fig1 shows one example of the architecture of an electroluminescent device as defined in relation to the second aspect of the invention ; fig3 and 4 show schematically the preparation of monomer ( 4 ) via a two stage process ; and fig5 shows the structure of f8 , dpf , n - bu pfb , and t - bu pfb repeat units . 3 , 3 - bis ( t - butylphenyl )- 1 - bromo - benzene ( 1 ) was formed from a mixture of 4 - tert - butylphenyl boronic acid ( 2 . 1 eq ), 1 , 3 , 5 - tribromobenzene ( 1 eq . ), tetrakis ( triphenylphosphine ) palladium ( 0 ) catalyst , 2 m na 2 co 3 ( aq ) and a mixed solvent of degassed ethanol and toluene which was heated to reflux under argon . monomer ( 2 ) was prepared by reacting 3 , 3 - bis ( t - butylphenyl )- 1 - bromo - benzene ( 1 ) with n , n ′- diphenyl - 1 , 4 - phenylenediamine using buchwald coupling . the product was brominated to give the aromatic amine monomer ( 2 ) as shown in fig2 . to a 2 l 3 neck round bottom flask equipped with thermometer , dropping funnel , magnetic stirrer bar , condenser and nitrogen inlet was added magnesium powder ( 22 . 44 g ). this was then stirred under nitrogen for 1 hour . to the magnesium powder was added anhydrous thf ( 400 ml ) and a few crystals of iodine . a solution of 4 - bromo - t - butylbenzene ( 200 g ) in thf ( 450 ml ) was cannulated into the dropping funnel . a small amount ( approx . 10 ml ) was added to the magnesium / thf slurry which was heated with stirring . small amounts more of the 4 - bromo - t - butylbenzene solution were added and the reaction mixture maintained at reflux . the rest of the reagent was added dropwise maintaining reflux . the reaction mixture was left at reflux overnight , then cooled to 22 ° c . the 2 , 4 , 6 tribromo iodobenzene ( 123 . 4 g ) was dissolved in anhydrous thf ( 400 ml ) and added dropwise with stirring to the reaction mixture at 22 ° c . after addition the reaction mixture was heated to reflux for 3 h , then at 75 ° c . for 72 h . poured reaction mixture into 1 l ice water containing 100 ml conc . hcl . stirred for 60 min . the organic layer was separated and the aqueous layer washed twice with toluene . dried over magnesium sulphate and concentrated to give an oil . the oil was passed through a silicon column eluted with hexane to give a white solid ( 79 g , 67 % yield ) to a 3 neck 250 ml round bottom flask equipped with overhead stirrer and condenser with nitrogen inlet was added palladium acetate ( 60 mg ) and tris ( o - tolyl ) phosphine ( 180 mg ) in 100 ml of toluene , stirred for 15 min . the n , n ′- diphenyl - 1 , 4 - phenylene diamine ( 3 . 47 g ), monomer 1 ( 12 . 32 g ) and sodium t - butoxide ( 3 . 84 g ) were added in a small amount of toluene ( total volume 150 ml ). left at reflux for 24 h , then the addition of catalyst and ligand was repeated and reflux continued for a further 24 h . poured reaction mixture into water ( 500 ml ). separated the organic phase and washed the aqueous phase with toluene . combined organic phases and dried over magnesium sulphate . filtered and concentrated to dryness to give brown oil . passed through silica column and eluted with hexane , re - crystallised from hexane / toluene to give white solid ( 5 . 52 g , 44 % yield ) to a 250 ml round bottom three neck flask equipped with condenser , nitrogen inlet , and magnetic stirrer was added the amine monomer ( 5 . 405 g ) and dichloromethane ( 140 ml ). the reaction mixture was stirred to give a solution and cooled to 5 ° c . in an ice bath . n - bromosuccinimide ( 2 . 15 g ) was added and the reaction mixture was allowed to warm to 22 ° c . over 3 h with stirring , the reaction mixture was washed with water ( 200 ml ), this was repeated twice more . the organic function was dried over magnesium sulphate , filtered and concentrated to dryness . the product was triturated with hexane and re - crystallised from hexane / toluene to give a white solid ( 3 . 63 g , 58 % yield ). the 3 , 3 - bis ( t - butylphenyl )- 1 - bromo - benzene ( 1 ) prepared according to the method in example 1 was reacted with phenyl boronic acid and the resulting product brominated to give ( 3 ) as shown in fig3 . the product 3 is then reacted with n , n ′- diphenyl - 1 , 4 - phenylenediamine using buchwald coupling and the product brominated to give the aromatic amine monomer ( 4 ) as shown in fig4 . using suzuki polymerization , monomer 2 was incorporated into the following polymer ( 1 ): 65 % f8 , 30 % dpf , 5 % repeat unit from monomer 2 . to a 3 neck 250 ml round bottom flask equipped with overhead stirrer , condenser and nitrogen inlet was added f8 diester ( 2 . 3866 g ), f8 dibromide ( 0 . 7404 g ), monomer 2 dibromide ( 0 . 4946 g ) and dpf dibromide ( 1 . 2857 g ) in toluene ( 50 ml ). the resulting mixture was stirred for 5 minutes , then degassed by bubbling nitrogen through the solution for a period of 10 minutes . the reaction mixture was then heated to 65 ° c . with stirring until a complete solution was obtained . the catalyst , bis -( triphenylphosphine ) palladium dichloride ( 9 mg ) was added to the reaction mixture with a small amount of toluene then tetraethyl ammonium hydroxide ( 15 ml of 20 % aqueous solution ) added and the reaction mixture brought to reflux for 24 h , the polymer was end capped with bromobenzene ( 0 . 5 ml ) and phenyl boronic acid ( 0 . 5 g ) each at reflux for 60 min . the polymer was worked up in accordance with the method described in wo 00 / 53656 . homo levels were measured by cyclic voltametry . the results show that the repeat unit from monomer 4 has a homo level slightly deeper than pfb ( 5 . 1 ev , as compared with 4 . 9 ev , in the polymers tested ). poly ( ethylene dioxythiophene )/ poly ( styrene sulfonate ) ( pedt / pss ), available from h c starck of leverkusen , germany as baytron p ® was deposited over an indium tin oxide anode supported on a glass substrate ( available from applied films , colorado , usa ) by spin coating . a hole transporting layer of f8 - tfb ( shown below ) is deposited over the pedt / pss layer by spin coating from xylene solution to a thickness of about 10 nm and heated at 180 ° c . for 1 hour . polymer 1 prepared in example 6 is deposited over the layer of f8 - tfb by spin - coating from xylene solution to a thickness of around 65 nm . a ba / al cathode is formed over polymer 1 by evaporating a first layer of barium to a thickness of up to about 10 nm and a second layer of aluminum barium to a thickness of about 100 nm over the semiconducting polymer . finally , the device is sealed using a metal enclosure containing a getter that is placed over the device and glued onto the substrate in order to form an airtight seal . the results show that the colour of the polymer ( 1 ) device emission is much bluer . the structure above (“ bulky pfb ”) was modelled using standard modelling software along with tbu pfb where the tbu groups are in the meta positions ( nothing on the para position ). as a measure of twist in the system , the angle between the planes of phenyl ring 1 and phenyl ring 2 and the angle between the planes of phenyl ring 2 and phenyl ring 3 were compared for the different monomers . the results are shown below : monomer angle ( 1 & amp ; 2 ) angle ( 2 & amp ; 3 ) bulky pfb ( shown above ) 63 . 5 58 . 8 tbu ( meta ) pfb 63 . 5 58 . 4 high twist for both bulky pfb and also tbu pfb where the tbu is in the meta position ( nb : tbu in the para position does not give twist ) 1 ) am1 in ampac program package ampac 5 . 0 user &# 39 ; s manual , c 1994 semichem , 7128 summit , shawnee , kans . 66216 gaussian 98 , revision a . 9 , m . j . frisch , g . w . trucks , h . b . schlegel , g . e . scuseria , m . a . robb , j . r . cheeseman , v . g . zakrzewski , j . a . montgomery , jr ., r . e . stratmann , j . c . burant , s . dapprich , j . m . millam , a . d . daniels , k . n . kudin , m . c . strain , o . farkas , j . tomasi , v . barone , m . cossi , r . cammi , b . mennucci , c . pomelli , c . adamo , s . clifford , j . ochterski , g . a . petersson , p . y . ayala , q . cui , k . morokuma , d . k . malick , a . d . rabuck , k . raghavachari , j . b . foresman , j . cioslowski , j . v . ortiz , a . g . baboul , b . b . stefanov , g . liu , a . liashenko , p . piskorz , i . komaromi , r . gomperts , r . l . martin , d . j . fox , t . keith , m . a . al - 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