Deep-blue emitting 9,10-bis(perfluorobenzyl)anthracene

• Long K. San,
• Sebastian Balser,
• Brian J. Reeves,
• Tyler T. Clikeman,
• Yu-Sheng Chen,
• Steven H. Strauss and
• Olga V. Boltalina

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 515–525, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.39

• emitters for organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) [4][5][6][7][8]. More recently, an increased interest in the studies of triplet–triplet annihilation mechanisms in anthracene emitter materials [9] and the design of efficient OLED emitters based on hyperfluorescence [10][11], which could exhibit high

Synthesis, characterization, and photophysical properties of novel 9‑phenyl-9-phosphafluorene oxide derivatives

• Shuxian Qiu,
• Duan Dong,
• Jiahui Li,
• Huiting Wen,
• Jinpeng Li,
• Yu Yang,
• Shengxian Zhai and
• Xingyuan Gao

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 3299–3305, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.274

• phosphine oxide (PO) groups have recently received considerable attention for their high thermal stability and unique optoelectronic features, and thus being widely applied in organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) [1][2]. To date, tremendous efforts have been devoted to the development of a variety of high

Synthesis of acenaphthylene-fused heteroarenes and polyoxygenated benzo[j]fluoranthenes via a Pd-catalyzed Suzuki–Miyaura/C–H arylation cascade

• Merve Yence,
• Dilgam Ahmadli,
• Damla Surmeli,
• Umut Mert Karacaoğlu,
• Sujit Pal and
• Yunus Emre Türkmen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 3290–3298, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.273

• fluorescent chemosensors and probes [4][5][6], as well as materials for applications in organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) [7][8][9], organic field-effect transistors (OFETs) [10], and perovskite solar cells [11]. In this respect, replacing either one or more of the carbons or rings of a fluoranthene with

Tunable full-color dual-state (solution and solid) emission of push–pull molecules containing the 1-pyrindane moiety

• Anastasia I. Ershova,
• Sergey V. Fedoseev,
• Konstantin V. Lipin,
• Mikhail Yu. Ievlev,
• Oleg E. Nasakin and
• Oleg V. Ershov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 3016–3025, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.251

• materials [14][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33]. For example, organic π-systems whose main structural unit is stilbazole are used as active compounds in organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) [20], dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) [21], nonlinear optics (NLO) materials [22][23

The charge transport properties of dicyanomethylene-functionalised violanthrone derivatives

• Sondos A. J. Almahmoud,
• Joseph Cameron,
• Dylan Wilkinson,
• Michele Cariello,
• Claire Wilson,
• Alan A. Wiles,
• Peter J. Skabara and
• Graeme Cooke

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2921–2930, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.244

• field-effect transistor; organic semiconductor; violanthrone; Introduction Recently, organic semiconductors have received considerable attention due to their potential technological applications in semiconductor devices, such as organic field-effect transistors (OFETs) [1][2], organic light-emitting

• diodes (OLEDs) [3], and organic photovoltaic devices (OPVs)[4][5][6]. The charge transporting properties of organic semiconductors are key to the success of the devices and research focusing upon increasing this remains an important goal to enhance the commercial viability of the technologies. Typically

Novel truxene-based dipyrromethanes (DPMs): synthesis, spectroscopic characterization and photophysical properties

• Shakeel Alvi and
• Rashid Ali

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2163–2170, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.186

• ][12][13]. The most promising applications of truxene-based systems have been found in organic photovoltaics (OPVs), dye‐sensitized solar cells (DSSCs), fluorescent probes, organic thin‐film transistors (OTFTs), lasers, organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs), liquid crystals, non-linear optical (NLO

Facile approach to N,O,S-heteropentacycles via condensation of sterically crowded 3H-phenoxazin-3-one with ortho-substituted anilines

• Eugeny Ivakhnenko,
• Vasily Malay,
• Pavel Knyazev,
• Nikita Merezhko,
• Nadezhda Makarova,
• Oleg Demidov,
• Gennady Borodkin,
• Andrey Starikov and
• Vladimir Minkin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 336–345, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.34

• probes, organic light-emitting diodes, and organic solar cells [2][7][8][9]. The principal way for the preparation of these heterocycles involves the coupling of 3H-phenoxazin-3-ones with variously functionalized aromatic amines. This is followed by the cyclization of the initially formed adducts [10][11

Synthesis of π-conjugated polycyclic compounds by late-stage extrusion of chalcogen fragments

• Aissam Okba,
• Pablo Simón Marqués,
• Kyohei Matsuo,
• Naoki Aratani,
• Hiroko Yamada,
• Gwénaël Rapenne and
• Claire Kammerer

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 287–305, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.30

• -conjugated polycyclic compounds appeared as particularly valuable in this field. Indeed, many of them demonstrated excellent performances as active components of electronic devices such as organic field effect transistors (OFETs), organic photovoltaic cells (OPVs) and organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs

Aromatic systems with two and three pyridine-2,6-dicarbazolyl-3,5-dicarbonitrile fragments as electron-transporting organic semiconductors exhibiting long-lived emissions

• Karolis Leitonas,
• Brigita Vigante,
• Dmytro Volyniuk,
• Audrius Bucinskas,
• Pavels Dimitrijevs,
• Sindija Lapcinska,
• Pavel Arsenyan and
• Juozas Vidas Grazulevicius

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1867–1880, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.139

• Organic Synthesis, Aizkraukles 21, LV-1006, Riga, Latvia 10.3762/bjoc.19.139 Abstract The pyridine-3,5-dicarbonitrile moiety has gained significant attention in the field of materials chemistry, particularly in the development of heavy-metal-free pure organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). Extensive

• pyridine-3,5-dicarbonitrile moiety attracted a great deal of attention in the last decade in the field of materials chemistry, precisely in the development of novel heavy-metal-free pure organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). Inexpensive and environmentally friendly emitters are vital for organic

Charge carrier transport in perylene-based and pyrene-based columnar liquid crystals

• Alessandro L. Alves,
• Simone V. Bernardino,
• Carlos H. Stadtlober,
• Edivandro Girotto,
• Giliandro Farias,
• Rodney M. do Nascimento,
• Sergio F. Curcio,
• Thiago Cazati,
• Marta E. R. Dotto,
• Juliana Eccher,
• Leonardo N. Furini,
• Hugo Gallardo,
• Harald Bock and
• Ivan H. Bechtold

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1755–1765, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.128

• ), organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) and sensors [1][2]. Columnar liquid crystals are attractive due to their solution processability and their self-organization in highly anisotropic supramolecular architectures, which favors the mainly one-dimensional migration of charge carriers with an anisotropy of

Effects of the aldehyde-derived ring substituent on the properties of two new bioinspired trimethoxybenzoylhydrazones: methyl vs nitro groups

• Dayanne Martins,
• Roberta Lamosa,
• Talis Uelisson da Silva,
• Carolina B. P. Ligiero,
• Sérgio de Paula Machado,
• Daphne S. Cukierman and
• Nicolás A. Rey

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1713–1727, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.125

• organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) [9][10][11]. Moreover, studies involving N-acylhydrazonic derivatives have highlighted their suitability for the treatment of pathologies associated with infection and/or inflammation [12][13][14][15][16][17]. Antimicrobial activity is one of the most frequently

Quinoxaline derivatives as attractive electron-transporting materials

• Zeeshan Abid,
• Liaqat Ali,
• Sughra Gulzar,
• Faiza Wahad,
• Raja Shahid Ashraf and
• Christian B. Nielsen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1694–1712, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.124

• ), organic field-effect transistors (OFETs), organic-light emitting diodes (OLEDs) and other organic electronic technologies. Notably, the potential of quinoxaline derivatives as non-fullerene acceptors in OSCs, auxiliary acceptors and bridging materials in DSSCs, and n-type semiconductors in transistor

• chromophores in the development of organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), sensors, and electrochromic devices [8][13][14]. In this review, we have comprehensively examined the recent advancements of Qx-derived ETMs in various applications within the organic semiconductor device field over the past five to six

• processability compared to their inorganic counterparts [1][2]. Charge transport in organic semiconductors is a fundamental aspect that governs the performance and functionality of various organic semiconductor devices, such as organic solar cells (OSCs), organic field-effect transistors (OFETs), organic light

A deep-red fluorophore based on naphthothiadiazole as emitter with hybridized local and charge transfer and ambipolar transporting properties for electroluminescent devices

• Suangsiri Arunlimsawat,
• Patteera Funchien,
• Pongsakorn Chasing,
• Atthapon Saenubol,
• Taweesak Sudyoadsuk and
• Vinich Promarak

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1664–1676, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.122

• , particularly when they are applied as emitters in organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) [19]. Therefore, with such a constrained number of efficient emitters, the current advance of DR/NIR OLEDs largely trails behind the visible light emission OLEDs [20][21]. So far, remarkable efforts have been made in

Organic thermally activated delayed fluorescence material with strained benzoguanidine donor

• Alexander C. Brannan,
• Elvie F. P. Beaumont,
• Nguyen Le Phuoc,
• George F. S. Whitehead,
• Mikko Linnolahti and
• Alexander S. Romanov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1289–1298, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.95

• Abstract Organic thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) materials have been widely investigated due to their impressive electronic properties and applied potential for the third generation of organic light-emitting diodes (OLED). We present organic TADF material (4BGIPN) based on the strained

• fluorescence [1][2][3]. Organic TADF emitters have gained substantial attention in recent years for their prospective application in organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), photocatalysis, bioimaging, and sensors [4][5][6]. The ability to harvest both singlet and triplet excitons enable organic TADF emitters to

The effect of dark states on the intersystem crossing and thermally activated delayed fluorescence of naphthalimide-phenothiazine dyads

• Liyuan Cao,
• Xi Liu,
• Xue Zhang,
• Jianzhang Zhao,
• Fabiao Yu and
• Yan Wan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1028–1046, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.79

• ; electron donor; intersystem crossing; TADF; triplet state; Introduction Thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) compounds are promising emitters to be used in organic light-emitting diodes (OLED) [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]. These emitters have the advantage of low cost and high

Strategies in the synthesis of dibenzo[b,f]heteropines

• David I. H. Maier,
• Barend C. B. Bezuidenhoudt and
• Charlene Marais

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 700–718, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.51

• commercial antidepressants, anxiolytics and anticonvulsants, but also in reengineering for other applications. More recently, the potential of the dibenzo[b,f]azepine moiety in organic light emitting diodes and dye-sensitized solar cell dyes has been recognised, while catalysts and molecular organic

• ; synthesis; Introduction The dibenzo[b,f]azepine (1a) scaffold (Figure 1) is featured in commercial pharmaceuticals [1] and other lead compounds [2][3][4], ligands [5][6] and in materials science with possible applications in organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) [7] and dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs

• )-10,11-dihydro-5H-dibenzo[b,f]azepine-2,8-diyl)bis(N,N-diphenylaniline) (9) exhibits properties suitable for the use in organic light emitting diodes [7] whereas dyes 10–12 were found suitable for the use in dye-sensitised solar cells (Figure 4) [8][9][10]. Though analogous dibenzo[b,f]oxepines 1b, with

CuAAC-inspired synthesis of 1,2,3-triazole-bridged porphyrin conjugates: an overview

• Dileep Kumar Singh

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 349–379, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.29

• well as optical properties. Moreover, the versatility of coumarin hybrids finds numerous applications including fluorescent brightening agents [16], optical sensors [17], organic light emitting diodes [18][19], light harvesting materials [20] and fluorescent probes in biological imaging [21]. Therefore

An efficient metal-free and catalyst-free C–S/C–O bond-formation strategy: synthesis of pyrazole-conjugated thioamides and amides

• Shubham Sharma,
• Dharmender Singh,
• Sunit Kumar,
• Vaishali,
• Rahul Jamra,
• Naveen Banyal,
• Deepika,
• Chandi C. Malakar and
• Virender Singh

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 231–244, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.22

• ], difenamizole [26], epirizole [27], rimonabant [28] etc. (Figure 1). Additionally, pyrazole derivatives hold a prominent position in the field of materials science as a result of their numerous applications in products like brightening agents [29], semiconductors [30], and organic light-emitting diodes [31

Naphthalimide-phenothiazine dyads: effect of conformational flexibility and matching of the energy of the charge-transfer state and the localized triplet excited state on the thermally activated delayed fluorescence

• Kaiyue Ye,
• Liyuan Cao,
• Davita M. E. van Raamsdonk,
• Zhijia Wang,
• Jianzhang Zhao,
• Daniel Escudero and
• Denis Jacquemin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1435–1453, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.149

• : charge-transfer; electron donor; intersystem crossing; TADF; triplet state; Introduction Thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) has attracted much attention in recent years, not only for its application in organic light emitting diodes (OLED) [1][2][3] but also as a mean for studying of charge

Ionic multiresonant thermally activated delayed fluorescence emitters for light emitting electrochemical cells

• Merve Karaman,
• Abhishek Kumar Gupta,
• Subeesh Madayanad Suresh,
• Tomas Matulaitis,
• Lorenzo Mardegan,
• Daniel Tordera,
• Henk J. Bolink,
• Sen Wu,
• Stuart Warriner,
• Ifor D. Samuel and
• Eli Zysman-Colman

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1311–1321, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.136

• in organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), relatively little attention has been devoted to the design of ionic small molecule (SM) [13] organic emitters for LEECs. The majority of the reported SM emitters for LEECs are fluorescent in nature and so the internal quantum efficiency (IQE) of the device is

Scope of tetrazolo[1,5-a]quinoxalines in CuAAC reactions for the synthesis of triazoloquinoxalines, imidazoloquinoxalines, and rhenium complexes thereof

• Laura Holzhauer,
• Chloé Liagre,
• Olaf Fuhr,
• Nicole Jung and
• Stefan Bräse

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1088–1099, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.111

• especially used as CO2 reduction catalysts [38][39][40] and noninvasive imaging probes [12][41]; examples for the application in organic light-emitting diodes [35] and as photoactive CO-releasing molecule [42][43] have been reported as well. For the complexation experiments, compounds with three different

Synthesis, optical and electrochemical properties of (D–π)₂-type and (D–π)₂Ph-type fluorescent dyes

• Kosuke Takemura,
• Kazuki Ohira,
• Taiki Higashino,
• Keiichi Imato and
• Yousuke Ooyama

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1047–1054, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.106

• practical concern with the objective of not only fundamental studies [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13] in synthetic chemistry, electrochemistry and photochemistry, but also their potential applications to emitters for optoelectronic devices, such as organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) [14][15

Post-synthesis from Lewis acid–base interaction: an alternative way to generate light and harvest triplet excitons

• Hengjia Liu and
• Guohua Xie

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 825–836, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.83

• ; fluorescence; Lewis acid; Lewis base; post-synthesis; Introduction Organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) show great potential to dominate the next generation of flat-panel displays and efficient light sources attributed to the advantages of self-illumination, high efficiency, wide color gamut, and flexibility

• molecular synthesis. Lewis acid–base interactions found some promising applications in band gap engineering, photoluminescence, and electroluminescence. The in-depth study of the mechanisms of this phenomenon could inspire the innovation in cutting-edge researches beyond organic light-emitting diodes [29

Substituent effect on TADF properties of 2-modified 4,6-bis(3,6-di-tert-butyl-9-carbazolyl)-5-methylpyrimidines

• Irina Fiodorova,
• Tomas Serevičius,
• Rokas Skaisgiris,
• Saulius Juršėnas and
• Sigitas Tumkevicius

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 497–507, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.52

• .18.52 Abstract The interest in organic materials exhibiting thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) significantly increased in recent years owing to their potential application as emitters in highly efficient organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs). Simple modification of the molecular structure

• ; Introduction The first reports on highly efficient thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) mechanism and its successful realization in organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) by Adachi and co-workers [1][2] have drawn the attention to the design and synthesis of various emissive donor–acceptor organic

Comparative study of thermally activated delayed fluorescent properties of donor–acceptor and donor–acceptor–donor architectures based on phenoxazine and dibenzo[a,j]phenazine

• Saika Izumi,
• Prasannamani Govindharaj,
• Anna Drewniak,
• Paola Zimmermann Crocomo,
• Satoshi Minakata,
• Leonardo Evaristo de Sousa,
• Piotr de Silva,
• Przemyslaw Data and
• Youhei Takeda

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 459–468, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.48

• ) compound based on a donor–acceptor (D–A) architecture (D = phenoxazine; A = dibenzo[a,j]phenazine) has been developed, and its photophysical properties were characterized. The D–A compound is applicable as an emitting material for efficient organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), and its external quantum

• thermally activated delayed fluorescent behavior. Keywords: charge-transfer; dibenzophenazine; donor–acceptor; organic light-emitting diodes; thermally activated delayed fluorescence; Introduction Thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF), which was firstly reported in 1961 by Parker and Hatchard [1

• organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) by Adachi in 2012 [2], TADF-active compounds have emerged as emitters in high-performance organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) [3][4][5][6][7][8], biological probes [9], photocatalysis [10], and some others [11]. Specifically, TADF-active purely organic compounds