Samsung patents chemical compounds for organic light-emitting displays
Samsung has filed a patent application for specific organometallic compounds designed to be used in organic light-emitting devices (OLEDs). The filing details the chemical structure of these compounds, which include a transition metal bonded to specific ligands, and describes how they function within the display layer.
In the filing’s own words
Provided are an organometallic compound represented by Formula 1, an organic light-emitting device including the organometallic compound, and an electronic apparatus including the organic light-emitting device: wherein Ln 1 is a ligand represented by Formula 1A, Ln 2 is a ligand represented by Formula 1B, and wherein, X 31 is C(R 31) or N, or is C* or C** in Formula 1C, X 32 is C(R 32) or N, or is C* or C** in Formula 1C, X 33 is C(R 33) or N, or is C* or C** in Formula 1C, X 34 is C(R 34) or N, or is C* or C** in Formula 1C, and the remaining descriptions of other substituents are as provided herein.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. An organometallic compound represented by Formula 1: Formula 1 M 1 (Ln 1) n1 (Ln 2) n2 wherein, in Formula 1, M 1 is a transition metal, Ln 1 is a ligand represented by Formula 1A, Ln 2 is a ligand represented by Formula 1B, n1 is 1 or 2, and n2 is 1 or 2, wherein, in Formulae 1A, 1B, and 1C, X 11 is C(R 11) or N, X 12 is C(R 12) or N, X 13 is C(R 13) or N, X 14 is C(R 14) or N, X 15 is C(R 15) or N, X 16 is C(R 16) or N, X 17 is C(R 17) or N, and X 18 is C(R 18) or N, T 1 is O or S, X 31 is C(R 31) or N, or is C* or C** in Formula 1C, X 32 is C(R 32) or N, or is C* or C** in Formula 1C, X 33 is C(R 33) or N, or is C* or C** in Formula 1C, X 34 is C(R 34) or N, or is C* or C** in Formula 1C, i) one of X 31 or X 32 is C* and the other of X 31 or X 32 is C**, X 33 is C(R 33) or N, and X 34 is C(R 34) or N; ii) one of X 32 or X 33 is C* and the other of X 32 or X 33 is C**, X 31 is C(R 31) or N, and X 34 is C(R 34) or N; or iii) one of X 33 or X 34 is C* and the other of X 33 or X 34 is C**, X 31 is C(R 31) or N, and X 32 is C(R 32) or N, ring CY 1, ring CY 21, and ring CY 22 are each independently a C 5 -C 30 carbocyclic group or a C 1 -C 30 heterocyclic group, Y is O, S, C(R 41)(R 42), or N(R 41), a1, a21, and a22 are each independently 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10, a3 is 1 or 2, C* is carbon corresponding to a position of one of X 31 to X 34, and C*″ is carbon corresponding to a position of one of X 31 to X 34, C* and C** are linked to each other via a single bond or a double bond, R 1 to R 3, R 11 to R 18, R 21, R 22, R 31 to R 34, R 41, and R 42 are each independently hydrogen, deuterium, —F, —Cl, —Br, —I, —SF 5, a hydroxyl group, a cyano group, a nitro group, an amino group, an amidino group, a hydrazine group, a hydrazone group, a carboxylic acid group or a salt thereof, a sulfonic acid group or a salt thereof, a phosphoric acid group or a salt thereof, a substituted or unsubstituted C 1 -C 60 alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C 2 -C 60 alkenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C 2 -C 60 alkynyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C 1 -C 60 alkoxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted C 1 -C 60 alkylthio group, a substituted or unsubstituted C 3 -C 10 cycloalkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C 1 -C 10 heterocycloalkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C 3 -C 10 cycloalkenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C 1 -C 10 heterocycloalkenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C 6 -C 60 aryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C 7 -C 60 alkyl aryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C 7 -C 60 aryl alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C 6 -C 60 aryloxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted C 6 -C 60 arylthio group, a substituted or unsubstituted C 1 -C 60 heteroaryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C 2 -C 60 alkyl heteroaryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C 2 -C 60 heteroaryl alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C 1 -C 60 heteroaryloxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted C 1 -C 60 heteroarylthio group, a substituted or unsubstituted monovalent non-aromatic condensed polycyclic group, a substituted or unsubstituted monovalent non-aromatic condensed heteropolycyclic group, —Si(Q 1)(Q 2)(Q 3), —Ge(Q 1)(Q 2)(Q 3), —N(Q 4)(Q 5), —B(Q 6)(Q 7), —P(Q 8)(Q 9), or —P(═O)(Q 8)(Q 9), two or more of a plurality of R 1 are optionally bonded to each other to form a substituted or unsubstituted C 5 -C 30 carbocyclic group or a substituted or unsubstituted C 1 -C 30 heterocyclic group, two or more of a plurality of R 21 are optionally bonded to each other to form a substituted or unsubstituted C 5 -C 30 carbocyclic group or a substituted or unsubstituted C 1 -C 30 heterocyclic group, two or more of a plurality of R 22 are optionally bonded to each other to form a substituted or unsubstituted C 5 -C 30 carbocyclic group or a substituted or unsubstituted C 1 -C 30 heterocyclic group, at least one substituent of the substituted C 5 -C 30 carbocyclic group, the substituted C 1 -
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
- Official title
- ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND, ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE INCLUDING THE ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING THE ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE
- Publication number
- US20260334074A1
- Application number
- 19327002
- Filed
- Sep 12, 2025
- Published
- Oct 22, 2026
- Inventors
- 4
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
H10K 85/342 Electricity & electronicsC07F 15/0033 Chemistry & metalsC09K 11/06 Chemistry & metalsH10K 85/361 Electricity & electronicsH10K 85/40 Electricity & electronicsC09K 2211/1007 Chemistry & metalsMore from Samsung in Chips & hardware
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
Patent data and drawings: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Nebula is not affiliated with or endorsed by the USPTO.
