Patent Application: US-74166810-A

Abstract:
organic light emitting diode devices are one of the most promising alternatives to liquid crystal displays for flat panel display applications . the oled technique is based on organic semiconductors used either as hole - or electron transporting materials or as an emitter . working on common problems of performance and life time in oled preparation , improved charge transport molecules and polymers such as triarylamine - and poly - have been developed . some useful materials include : cyclic triarylamine - derivatives possessing enhanced glass transition temperatures ; triarylamine based low molecular mass hole - transport molecules and hole - transport polymers with pendant oxetane groups for processing out of solution and subsequent cross - linking ; and fluorenyl - segmented polys with defined electrochemical properties . provided is a polymer precursor that is useful as a hole transport polymer in oled and other organic electronic devices .

Description:
the polymer precursor of the invention comprises one or more compounds which can be polymerized together , or cross - linked together , or any combination . the polymer formed from the polymer precursor may also contain one polymerizable group and other groups which do not form a part of the polymer per se in the resulting polymer , but are constituents in the resulting material after polymerization of the polymerizable group . as one example , the polymer precursor can contain an acryl group , such as an acrylamide . acrylamides are useful class of compounds , which may be incorporated in a wide range of applications , providing for a range of new compounds possessing the physical properties of a hole injection layer ( hil ) material . examples of compounds containing an acryl group which are useful in the invention include : as shown above , the polymer precursor may contain more than one polymerizable group . in one embodiment , the polymer precursor contains one polymerizable group . in one embodiment , the polymer precursor contains more than one polymerizable group . in one embodiment , if the polymer precursor contains more than one polymerizable group , the polymerizable groups are the same . in one embodiment , if the polymer precursor contains more than one polymerizable group , the polymerizable groups are different . as shown above , there may be additional polymerizable or cross - linkable groups present in the polymerizable compound . each of the above examples are capable of being polymerized or cross - linked in a controlled manner , providing materials that are soluble in a wide range of organic solvents , such as chloroform and toluene and provide effective hole - transport layers when incorporated in an oled device . the composition of the polymer may also be controlled in a highly controlled manner providing polymers possessing very specific electronic and mechanical properties . this embodiment may be achieved by carrying out a polymerization with more than one type of compound possessing either / or an acrylate or acrylamide moieties , for example . in addition , additional compounds may be used in the polymer . by way of example , the electronic properties of the resulting material can be adjusted by including one or more of the following compounds in varying percentages : examples of possible additives that could be used to adjust the electronic properties of the resulting polymer . examples of possible additives that could be used to adjust the mechanical and processing properties of the resulting polymer . the amount of the additive compounds may be any suitable amount which provides the desired effect . these amounts are known by one of ordinary skill in the art without undue experimentation . some exemplary amounts of the additive compounds are up to 1 % by weight of the total composition , up to 5 % by weight of the total composition , up to 10 % by weight of the total composition , up to 15 % by weight of the total composition , up to 20 % by weight of the total composition , up to 25 % by weight of the total composition , and all individual values and ranges therein . the following examples are provided to illustrate some non - limiting embodiments of the invention . in the schemes , exemplary reactions and reagents are shown . methods of synthesis of various compounds is known in the art . sodium hydride ( 1 . 85 g , 0 . 077 mol ) was added to a solution of carbazole ( 11 . 70 g , 0 . 070 mol ) in n , n - dimethylformamide ( dmf ) ( 100 . 0 ml ) and the reaction mixture stirred at room temperature under an atmosphere of dry nitrogen for ten minutes . 1 - fluoro - 4 - nitrobenzene ( 7 . 53 ml , 0 . 071 mol ) was added in portions and the reaction mixture heated under reflux for 16 h , cooled to room temperature and poured onto water ( 300 ml ). the precipitate was collected by filtration and re - crystallized repeatedly from acetonitrile . 1 h nmr ( 500 mhz , cdcl 3 ) δ / ppm : 8 . 49 - 8 . 51 ( dt , 2h , aromatic ), 8 . 15 - 8 . 17 ( dt , 2h , aromatic ), 7 . 81 - 7 . 83 ( dt , 2h , aromatic ), 7 . 45 - 7 . 52 ( m , 4h , aromatic ), 7 . 35 - 7 . 38 ( td , 2h , aromatic ). a suspension of compound 2 ( 9 . 20 g , 31 . 9 mmol ), tin granules ( 11 . 4 g , 95 . 7 mmol ), hydrochloric acid ( 15 . 1 ml , 153 . 0 mmol , 37 %) in methanol ( 200 ml ) was heated under reflux for 16 h . the reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature , filtered , neutralized with excess sodium bicarbonate solution ( aqueous ) and the organic layer extracted into chloroform ( 3 × 150 ml ) and the combined extracts dried ( mgso 4 ), filtered and the solvent removed in vacuo providing a viscous oil . the crude product was purified by columned chromatography [ silica gel , eluted with 2 : 1 hexanes : ethyl acetate , containing 1 % methanol ] providing a colorless oil . 1 h nmr ( 500 mhz , cdcl 3 ) δ / ppm : 8 . 19 ( dt , 2h , aromatic ), 7 . 45 ( m , 2h , aromatic ), 7 . 38 ( dt , 2h , aromatic ), 7 . 30 - 7 . 34 ( m , 4h , aromatic ), 6 . 87 ( dt , 2h , aromatic ), 3 . 84 ( s , 2h , nh 2 ). methacrylic acid ( 0 . 608 ml , 7 . 16 mmol ) was added to a solution of n , n - dicyclohexylcarbodiimide ( dcc ) ( 1 . 48 g , 7 . 16 mmol ) in dichloromethane ( dcm ) ( 30 ml ) and the reaction mixture stirred for 30 seconds before compound 3 ( 1 . 68 g , 6 . 51 mmol ) was added . n , n - dimethylamino pyridine ( dmap ) ( 0 . 088 g , 0 . 716 mmol ) was added and the reaction mixture stirred at room temperature for 16 h . the reaction was filtered , the solvent removed in vacuo and the residues purified by column chromatography [ silica gel eluted with dichloromethane ] to provide a white solid , which was re - crystallized from toluene and hexane providing colorless crystals . 1 h nmr ( 400 mhz , cdcl 3 ) δ / ppm : 8 . 14 - 8 . 16 ( dt , 2h , aromatic ), 7 . 80 - 7 . 83 ( dt , 2h , aromatic ), 7 . 63 ( s , 1h , nh ), 7 . 53 - 7 . 56 ( dt , 2h , aromatic ), 7 . 37 - 7 . 42 ( m , 4h , aromatic ), 7 . 27 - 7 . 31 ( m , 2h , aromatic ), 5 . 88 ( s , 1h , ch ), 5 . 54 ( d , 1h , ch ), 2 . 13 ( dd , 3h , ch 3 ). a solution of compound 4 ( 46 . 7 mg , 1 . 43 mmol ) and 1 , 1 ′- azobis ( cyclohexanecarbonitrile ) ( dupont as vazo 88 ) ( 17 . 5 mg , 0 . 072 mmol ) in toluene ( 3 . 0 ml ) and the reaction mixture heated under reflux for 48 h under an atmosphere of dry nitrogen . the resulting polymer was precipitated in methanol and centrifuged out of suspension . the supernate was discarded and the polymer re - dispersed in fresh methanol before being centrifuged out of suspension once again . the polymer was then dried under vacuum and used without further purification . a suspension of 4 - vinylbenzyl chloride ( 20 . 00 g , 130 . 00 mmol ), triethyl phosphite ( 16 . 60 g , 100 . 00 mmol ) and sodium iodide ( 1 . 50 g , 10 . 00 mmol ) in ethanol ( etoh ) ( 150 ml ) was heated under reflux under an atmosphere of dry nitrogen for 24 h . the reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature , concentrated in vacuo and the residues dissolved in ethyl acetate ( etoac ) ( 150 ml ), washed with saturated sodium carbonate solution in water ( 100 ml ) and the organic phase extracted into ethyl acetate ( 100 ml × 4 ). the combined extracts were dried ( mgso 4 ), filtered , the solvent removed in vacuo and the residues purified by column chromatography [ silica gel eluted with a graduated eluent from 100 % hexane to 100 % ethyl acetate ] providing a colorless oil ( 22 . 4 g , 88 . 0 mmol , yield 88 %). a solution of compound 7 ( 14 . 37 g , 56 . 53 mmol ) and 4 - diphenylamino - benzaldehyde ( 15 . 03 g , 56 . 53 mmol ) in tetrahydrofuran ( thf ) was added dropwise to a stirred , cooled ( 0 ° c .) solution of potassium t - butoxide ( 12 . 34 g , 110 mmol ) under an atmosphere of dry nitrogen . the reaction mixture was warmed to room temperature and stirred for 16 h , the solvent removed in vacuo and the residues dissolved in water ( 100 ml ) and the organic phase extracted in to dichloromethane ( ch 2 cl 2 , 100 ml × 2 ). the combined organic extracts were dried ( mgso 4 ), filtered , evaporated and washed with hexane providing a white solid ( 15 . 0 g , yield 71 %). a solution of acetic anhydride ( 2 . 04 g , 20 . 0 mmol ) in dcm ( 10 . 0 ml ) was added dropwise to solution of 4 - iodoaniline ( 2 . 20 g , 10 . 0 mmol ) in dcm ( 20 . 0 ml ) under an atmosphere of dry nitrogen . on complete addition , the reaction mixture was heated to reflux for 12 h , cooled to 0 ° c . and the product collected under filtration . yield 2 . 0 g , 77 %. a suspension of compound 9 ( 0 . 50 g , 1 . 34 mmol ), compound 11 ( 0 . 45 g , 1 . 34 mmol ), pdencat ( 0 . 17 g , 0 . 067 mmol , totp30 ) and tetrabutylammonium acetate ( 1 . 00 g , 3 . 34 mmol ) in toluene ( 40 ml ) and dioxane ( 40 ml ) was heated under reflux under an atmosphere of dry nitrogen for 72 h . the reaction mixture was poured on to water ( 300 ml ) and the resulting precipitate collected by filtration . the solid obtained was dissolved in thf , dried ( mgso 4 ), the solvent removed in vacuo and the crude product purified by column chromatography [ silica gel eluted with a graduated eluent from 50 % hexane : ch 2 cl 2 , to ch 2 cl 2 to ch 2 cl 2 : thf , 9 : 1 ] providing a brown solid that was re - crystallized from etoac to providing brown crystals ( 0 . 52 g , 76 %). a solution of compound 12 ( 0 . 50 g , 1 . 00 mmol ), potassium hydroxide ( 0 . 30 g , 5 . 30 mmol ) in thf ( 20 ml ), ethanol ( 20 ml ) and water ( 1 . 0 ml ) was heated under reflux for 24 h . the reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature and the precipitate collected under filtration , washed with water and recrystallized from etoac providing brown crystals . yield 0 . 46 g , 100 %. 1 h nmr ( 500 mhz , cdcl 3 ) δ / ppm : 7 . 42 - 7 . 45 ( m , 5h , aromatic ), 7 . 33 - 7 . 04 ( m , 4h , aromatic ), 7 . 22 - 7 . 30 ( m , 6h , aromatic ), 7 . 0 - 7 . 17 ( m , 11h , aromatic ), 6 . 50 ( 2 , 2h , n — h ). methacrylic acid ( 0 . 0215 ml , 0 . 2500 mmol ) was added to a solution of dcc ( 0 . 0516 g , 0 . 2500 mmol ), in dcm ( 10 cm 3 ), and allowed to react for thirty seconds . after 30 seconds , the solution was rapidly charged with compound 13 ( 0 . 1058 g , 0 . 2300 mmol ) and dmap ) ( 0 . 0031 g , 0 . 025 mmol ) and the suspension stirred for 16 h under an atmosphere of dry nitrogen . the suspension was filtered and the solids rinsed with dcm and residues purified by column chromatography [ silica gel , eluted with 1 % methanol in hexanes ] providing a color solid . 1 h nmr ( 400 mhz , cdcl 3 ) δ / ppm : 7 . 57 - 7 . 60 ( dt , 2h , aromatic ), 7 . 48 - 7 . 54 ( m , 7h , aromatic ), 7 . 38 - 7 . 42 ( dt , 2h , aromatic ), 7 . 24 - 7 . 30 ( m , 4h , aromatic ), 7 . 10 - 7 . 14 ( dt , 4h , aromatic ), 7 . 00 - 7 . 08 ( m , 7h , aromatic ), 5 . 81 ( s , 1h , vinyl c — h ), 5 . 49 ( d , 1h , vinyl c — h ), 5 . 30 ( s , 1h , n — h ), 2 . 08 ( s , 3h , allylic ch 3 ). a flame dried assembly of a 2 - neck round bottom flask fitted with a glass topper , coldfinger condenser , and egg - shaped stir bar is vacuumed and purged with nitrogen repeatedly ( four times ) to ensure an inert atmosphere before 1 . 25 mmol of n -( 4 -( 9h - carbazol - 9 - yl ) phenyl ) methacrylamide ( compound 5 ) is added to the flask . 5 ml of a 1 : 1 mixture of chloroform and toluene is injected into the reaction flask to start dissolving the solid . additional monomers are added at this step for the syntheses of co - polymers . a measured amount ( 5 mol %) of vazo 88 is charged into the reaction and the solution brought to reflux . the polymerization reaction is allowed to run for 36 - 48 hours and then quenched by addition of methanol to yield a 10 - fold dilution in methanol . polymer is obtained in high yield by centrifuging the suspended monomer and decanting the supernate from the pellet . the pellet is then re - dissolved in chloroform or dichloromethane and then re - precipitated with a 10 - fold dilution of methanol and re - centrifuged . the supernate is once again discarded and the pellet dried under vacuum . in a flame dried , and nitrogen purged flask , n -( 4 -( 9h - carbzol - 9 - yl ) phenyl ) methacrylamide ( 0 . 1630 g , 0 . 5000 mmol ) and methyl methacrylate ( 0 . 054 ml , 0 . 5000 mmol ) were dissolved in a 1 : 1 solution of chloroform and toluene ( 1 ml : 1 ml ). the solution was then charged with vazo88 ( 0 . 0061 g , 0 . 025 mmol ) and heated to reflux . after 48 hours , the solution was quenched with methanol and the solids centrifuged out from the supernate . the supernate was discarded and the solids re - dissolved in chloroform , and then precipitated once again in methanol . the solids were centrifuged from the liquid , the liquid removed , and the resulting pellet dried under vacuum . x - ray reflectivity ( xrr ) and ellipsometry were used to determine the thicknesses of polymer 5 on bare sio 2 surfaces and on pedot : pss films on sio 2 . the thicknesses were measured as a function of both solution concentration and spin coat spin speed . for the xrr measurements , the film thicknesses were determined from fits of the keissing fringes . xrr fits of a polymer 5 film on sio 2 and of a polymer 5 film on poly ( ethyleneoxythiophene ): poly ( styrenesulfonate ) ( pedot : pss ) were used to determine the n and k values for each case , respectively . these values were used for the ellipsometric modeling of the films . xrr measurements were made on a bede defractometer scanning omega - 2θ from 300 to 6000 arcsec . ellipsometric measurements were made using a variable wavelength j . a . woollam vase ellispometer . surface roughness was determined from non - contact mode atomic force microscopy images of surface topography of polymer 5 films on pedot : pss films on commercially available ito coated glass substrates . images were collected using a thermomicroscope cp research afm in non - contact mode with silicon tips with al backside coating and an average resonance of 300 khz ( mikromasch nsc15 ). the roughness measurements are an average over the entire area of the image . the highest occupied molecular orbital ( homo ) and lowest unoccupied molecular orbital ( lumo ) energy levels and the polymer bandgap were determined by uv - vis and cyclic voltammetry . the homo and lumo levels were determined from voltage of the onset of the anodic and cathodic peaks . the homo level was also determined from the onset of uv absorption . electrochemical measurements were made on films spun directly onto ito . the ito was used as the working electrode , a pt wire as the counter electrode and an ag / agcl electrode as the reference electrode and 100 mm tbatfb in acetonitrile was used as the electrolyte . electrochemical measurements were performed using a bas epsilon potentiostat . uv - vis spectra were collected for the solvated polymer in toluene . it was determined that the homo and lumo were at − 2 . 1 ev and − 5 . 5 ev from the vacuum level , respectively . spectra were collected using a hewlett packard 8452a diodearray uv - vis spectrophotometer . fabrication of an organic light - emitting diode based on a novel hole - transport polymer a multilayer oled was fabricated using a combination of solution processing and chemical vapor deposition ( cvd ). the structure of this stack was indium tin oxide ( ito ), pedot : pss ( 31 nm ), polymer 5 ( 12 nm ), alq 3 ( 30 nm ), lif ( 0 . 7 nm ) and a cathode comprising al . ito - coated glass was cleaned thoroughly by sonication in a 2 % tergitol solution , followed by a rinsing in de - ionized water and immersion for 10 minutes in a 5 : 1 : 1 solution of di water : ammonium hydroxide : hydrogen peroxide heated to 70 ° c . substrates were then rinsed with di water and sonicated in acetone and methanol for 15 minutes each . after drying with nitrogen , they were cleaned with uv / ozone to remove any remaining organic contaminants . spin - coating of pedot : pss and polymer 5 was performed in a nitrogen - filled glove box . a 1 : 3 solution ( 0 . 3 ml ) of baytron p in methanol was cast onto the ito substrate . after the solution had completely wet the surface , the substrate was accelerated to 3000 rpm for 1 second , then to 6000 rpm and held at that rate for 30 seconds . the film was annealed on a hotplate inside the glove box at 125 ° c . for 10 minutes . after annealing , the substrate was placed on the spin - coater , and of a 5 mg / ml solution ( 0 . 1 ml ) of polymer 5 in toluene / chloroform was dropped onto the surface . the substrate was accelerated to 3000 rpm and held at this rate for 60 seconds . the resultant film was annealed at 120 ° c . for 20 minutes . the substrate with the pedot : pss / polymer 5 bi - layer was moved in an inert atmosphere to a vacuum chamber . a 30 nm film of alq 3 was deposited onto the substrate by thermal evaporation at a rate of ˜ 5 å s − 1 . film deposition was carried out at a base pressure of 2 × 10 − 6 mbar . the chamber was vented and a shadow masked for depositing patterned cathodes was placed over the device . the device was placed back into the chamber and pumped to a base pressure of 2 × 10 − 6 mbar . a bi - layer of lithium fluoride and aluminum was deposited using thermal evaporation at a rate of 0 . 1 å s − 1 for lif and 5 - 25 å s − 1 for al . finished devices were removed from the chamber and characterized under an inert atmosphere . as will be appreciated by one of ordinary skill in the art , the polymers described herein may be used in a variety of devices and configurations . the following chart provides some examples of possible configurations which can be used in a typical oled stack . hil interlayer htl eml hbl etl 1 • • • • • • 2 • • • • • 3 • • • • • 4 • • • • 5 • • • • 6 • • • hole injection layer ( hil ): may comprise ito , a self assembled monolayer formed on the ito or a polymer layer formed on the ito such as pedot : pss ; interlayer : may comprise a material such as a poly aniline ; hole transport layer ( htl ): the described polymer ; emissive layer ( eml ): can be one of small molecule electroluminescent ( el ), small molecule electrophosphorescent ( ep ), quantum dot ( qd ), light emitting polymer ( lep ) or any combination thereof ; hole blocking layer ( hbl ): can be any suitable small molecule such as bcp , taz or tpbi or a polymer ; electron transport layer ( etl ): can be a small molecule such as alq3 or a polymer . various compounds may be used for the layers described above , as known in the art . 1 . 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patent literature documents or other source material ; are hereby incorporated by reference herein in their entireties , as though individually incorporated by reference , to the extent each reference is at least partially not inconsistent with the disclosure in this application ( for example , a reference that is partially inconsistent is incorporated by reference except for the partially inconsistent portion of the reference ). all patents and publications mentioned in the specification are indicative of the levels of skill of those skilled in the art to which the invention pertains . references cited herein are incorporated by reference herein in their entirety to indicate the state of the art , in some cases as of their filing date , and it is intended that this information can be employed herein , if needed , to exclude ( for example , to disclaim ) specific embodiments that are in the prior art . for example , when a compound is claimed , it should be understood that compounds known in the prior art , including certain compounds disclosed in the references disclosed herein ( particularly in referenced patent documents ), are not intended to be included in the claim . when a group of substituents is disclosed herein , it is understood that all individual members of those groups and all subgroups , including any isomers and enantiomers of the group members , and classes of compounds that can be formed using the substituents are disclosed separately . when a compound is claimed , it should be understood that compounds known in the art including the compounds disclosed in the references disclosed herein are not intended to be included . when a markush group or other grouping is used herein , all individual members of the group and all combinations and subcombinations possible of the group are intended to be individually included in the disclosure . every formulation or combination of components described or exemplified can be used to practice the invention , unless otherwise stated . specific names of compounds are intended to be exemplary , as it is known that one of ordinary skill in the art can name the same compounds differently . when a compound is described herein such that a particular isomer or enantiomer of the compound is not specified , for example , in a formula or in a chemical name , that description is intended to include each isomers and enantiomer of the compound described individual or in any combination . one of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that methods , device elements , starting materials , dopants , and synthetic methods other than those specifically exemplified can be employed in the practice of the invention without resort to undue experimentation . all art - known functional equivalents , of any such methods , device elements , starting materials , dopants , and synthetic methods are intended to be included in this invention . whenever a range is given in the specification , for example , a composition range , all intermediate ranges and subranges , as well as all individual values included in the ranges given are intended to be included in the disclosure . as used herein , “ comprising ” is synonymous with “ including ,” “ containing ,” or “ characterized by ,” and is inclusive or open - ended and does not exclude additional , unrecited elements or method steps . as used herein , “ consisting of ” excludes any element , step , or ingredient not specified in the claim element . as used herein , “ consisting essentially of ” does not exclude materials or steps that do not materially affect the basic and novel characteristics of the claim . any recitation herein of the term “ comprising ”, particularly in a description of components of a composition or in a description of elements of a device , is understood to encompass those compositions and methods consisting essentially of and consisting of the recited components or elements . the invention illustratively described herein suitably may be practiced in the absence of any element or elements , limitation or limitations which is not specifically disclosed herein . the terms and expressions which have been employed are used as terms of description and not of limitation , and there is no intention in the use of such terms and expressions of excluding any equivalents of the features shown and described or portions thereof , but it is recognized that various modifications are possible within the scope of the invention claimed . thus , it should be understood that although the present invention has been specifically disclosed by preferred embodiments and optional features , modification and variation of the concepts herein disclosed may be resorted to by those skilled in the art , and that such modifications and variations are considered to be within the scope of this invention as defined by the appended claims . in general the terms and phrases used herein have their art - recognized meaning , which can be found by reference to standard texts , journal references and contexts known to those skilled in the art . the following definitions are provided to clarify their specific use in the context of the invention . one skilled in the art readily appreciates that the present invention is well adapted to carry out the objects and obtain the ends and advantages mentioned , as well as those inherent in the present invention . the methods , components , materials and dimensions described herein as currently representative of preferred embodiments are provided as examples and are not intended as limitations on the scope of the invention . changes therein and other uses which are encompassed within the spirit of the invention will occur to those skilled in the art , are included within the scope of the claims . although the description herein contains certain specific information and examples , these should not be construed as limiting the scope of the invention , but as merely providing illustrations of some of the embodiments of the invention . thus , additional embodiments are within the scope of the invention and within the scope of the claims .