WO2015139802A1 - Organic semiconducting compounds - Google Patents

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WO2015139802A1
WO2015139802A1 PCT/EP2015/000308 EP2015000308W WO2015139802A1 WO 2015139802 A1 WO2015139802 A1 WO 2015139802A1 EP 2015000308 W EP2015000308 W EP 2015000308W WO 2015139802 A1 WO2015139802 A1 WO 2015139802A1
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  • the invention relates to novel organic semiconducting compounds, which are small molecules or conjugated polymers, containing one or more isoindigo or thienoisoindigo based polycyclic units, to methods for their preparation and educts or intermediates used therein, to compositions, polymer blends and formulations containing them, to the use of the compounds, compositions and polymer blends as organic semiconductors in, or for the preparation of, organic electronic (OE) devices, especially organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices, organic photodetectors (OPD), Perovskite based solar cells, organic field effect transistors (OFET) and organic light emitting diodes (OLED), and to OE, OPV, OPD, OFET and OLED devices comprising these compounds, compositions or polymer blends.
  • organic electronic (OE) devices especially organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices, organic photodetectors (OPD), Perovskite based solar cells, organic field effect transistors (OFET) and organic light emitting diodes
  • organic semiconducting (OSC) materials in order to produce more versatile, lower cost electronic devices. Such materials find application in a wide range of devices or apparatus, including organic field effect transistors (OFETs), organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs), organic photodetectors (OPDs), organic photovoltaic (OPV) cells, sensors, memory elements and logic circuits to name just a few.
  • OFETs organic field effect transistors
  • OLEDs organic light emitting diodes
  • OPDs organic photodetectors
  • OCV organic photovoltaic
  • sensors memory elements and logic circuits to name just a few.
  • OLEDs organic field effect transistors
  • OPDs organic photodetectors
  • OCV organic photovoltaic
  • Conjugated polymers have found use in OPVs as they allow devices to be manufactured by solution-processing techniques such as spin casting, dip coating or ink jet printing. Solution processing can be carried out cheaper and on a larger scale compared to the evaporative techniques used to make inorganic thin film devices.
  • solution-processing techniques such as spin casting, dip coating or ink jet printing.
  • Solution processing can be carried out cheaper and on a larger scale compared to the evaporative techniques used to make inorganic thin film devices.
  • polymer based photovoltaic devices are achieving efficiencies above 8%.
  • two basic features are essential, firstly a rigid ⁇ -conjugated core unit to form the backbone, and secondly a suitable functionality attached to the aromatic core unit in the OSC backbone.
  • the former extends ⁇ - ⁇ overlaps, defines the primary energy levels of the highest occupied and lowest unoccupied molecular orbitals (HOMO and LUMO), enables both charge injection and transport, and facilitates optical absorption.
  • the latter further fine-tunes the energy levels and enables solubility and hence processibility of the materials as well as ⁇ - ⁇ interactions of the molecular backbones in the solid state.
  • a high degree of molecular planarity reduces the energetic disorder of OSC backbones and accordingly enhances charge carrier mobilities.
  • OFETs Another particular area of importance are OFETs.
  • the performance of OFET devices is principally based upon the charge carrier mobility of the semiconducting material and the current on/off ratio, so the ideal semiconductor should have a low conductivity in the off state, combined with high charge carrier mobility (> 1 x 10 ⁇ 3 cm 2 V 1 s _1 ).
  • the semiconducting material is stable to oxidation i.e. it has a high ionisation potential, as oxidation leads to reduced device
  • OSC materials as disclosed in prior art do thus still leave room for further improvement, for example regarding their processibility and their electronic properties. Therefore there is still a need for OSC materials for use in organic electronic devices like OPV cells and OFETs, which have advantageous properties, in particular good processibility, high solubility in organic solvents, good structural organization and film-forming properties.
  • the OSC materials should be easy to synthesize, especially by methods suitable for mass production.
  • the OSC materials should especially have a low bandgap, which enables improved light harvesting by the photoactive layer and can lead to higher cell efficiencies, high stability and long lifetime.
  • the OSC materials should especially have high charge-carrier mobility, high on/off ratio in transistor devices, high oxidative stability and long lifetime.
  • Another aim of the invention was to extend the pool of OSC materials available to the expert.
  • Other aims of the present invention are immediately evident to the expert from the following detailed description.
  • the inventors of the present invention have found that one or more of the above aims can be achieved by providing small molecules and conjugated polymers as disclosed and claimed hereinafter. These comprise polycyclic units based on isoindigo or thienoisoindigo as shown below,
  • solubilising groups attached to the N-atoms and/or the fused aromatic rings are solubilising groups attached to the N-atoms and/or the fused aromatic rings.
  • the polymer backbone becomes more rigid, resulting in a more planar structure and decreased bandgap.
  • Extension of the core unit can also be used to fine-tune the electronics of the compounds and polymers, optimizing them for use in OPV, OPD and OTFT devices.
  • the solubility and processibility of the compounds of the present invention can also be improved by attaching substituents like alkyl chains to the aromatic core, which improves the packing and charge carrier mobility of the compounds in the resultant semiconducting layer.
  • N. Zhao, L. Qiu, X. Wang, Z. An and X. Wan, Tetrahedron Letters 2014, 55, 1040 discloses the synthesis of an isoindigo compound with fused thiophene rings.
  • compounds as disclosed and claimed hereinafter have not been disclosed or suggested in prior art. Summary
  • the invention relates to a compound comprising one or more divalent units of formula I
  • X is O or S
  • A1 , A2, A3 denote, independently of each other, and on each
  • R s denotes, on each occurrence identically or differently, F, Br,
  • R°, R 00 independently of each other denote H or optionally
  • Y 1 , Y 2 independently of each other denote H, F, CI or CN, X° denotes halogen, preferably F, CI or Br, r, s are independently of each other 0, 1 , 2, 3 or 4.
  • the invention further relates to a formulation comprising one or more compounds comprising a unit of formula I and one or more solvents, preferably selected from organic solvents.
  • the invention further relates to the use of units of formula I as electron donor or electron acceptor units in semiconducting polymers.
  • the invention further relates to conjugated polymers comprising one or more repeating units of formula I.
  • the invention further relates to conjugated polymers comprising one or more repeating units of formula I and/or one or more groups selected from aryl and heteroaryl groups that are optionally substituted, and wherein at least one repeating unit in the polymer is a unit of formula I.
  • the invention further relates to monomers containing a unit of formula I and further containing one or more reactive groups which can be reacted to form a conjugated polymer as described above and below.
  • the invention further relates to semiconducting polymers comprising one or more units of formula I and one or more additional units which are different from formula I and have electron donor properties.
  • the invention further relates to semiconducting polymers comprising one or more units of formula I as electron donor units, and preferably further comprising one or more units having electron acceptor properties.
  • the invention further relates to the use of the compounds according to the present invention as electron donor or p-type semiconductor.
  • the invention further relates to the use of the compounds according to the present invention as dyes or pigments.
  • the invention further relates to the use of the compounds according to the present invention as electron donor component in a semiconducting material, formulation, polymer blend, device or component of a device.
  • the invention further relates to a semiconducting material, formulation, polymer blend, device or component of a device comprising a compound according to the present invention as electron donor component, and preferably further comprising one or more compounds or polymers having electron acceptor properties.
  • the invention further relates to a composition or polymer blend comprising one or more compounds according to the present invention, and further comprising one or more compounds selected from compounds having one or more of semiconducting, charge transport, hole or electron transport, hole or electron blocking, electrically conducting, photoconducting or light emitting properties.
  • the invention further relates to a composition or polymer blend as described above and below, which comprises one or more compounds according to the present invention, and further comprises one or more n- type organic semiconductor compounds, preferably selected from
  • the invention further relates to the use of a compound according to the present invention, or a composition or polymer blend comprising it as described above and below, as semiconducting, charge transport, electrically conducting, photoconducting, photoactive or light emitting material or as dye or pigment, or in an optical, electrooptical, electronic, electroluminescent or photoluminescent device, or in a component of such a device or in an assembly comprising such a device or component.
  • the invention further relates to a semiconducting, charge transport, electrically conducting, photoconducting, photoactive or light emitting material or a dye or pigment, comprising a compound, composition or polymer blend according to the present invention.
  • the invention further relates to a formulation comprising one or more compounds according to the present invention, or a composition or polymer blend comprising it as described above and below, and further comprising one or more solvents, preferably selected from organic solvents.
  • the invention further relates to an optical, electrooptical, electronic, photoactive, electroluminescent or photoluminescent device, or a component thereof, or an assembly comprising it, which is prepared using a formulation as described above and below.
  • the invention further relates to an optical, electrooptical, electronic, photoactive, electroluminescent or photoluminescent device, or a component thereof, or an assembly comprising it, which comprises a compound according to the present invention, or a composition or polymer blend comprising it.
  • the invention further relates to an optical, electrooptical, electronic, photoactive, electroluminescent or photoluminescent device, or a component thereof, which comprises a semiconducting, charge transport, electrically conducting, photoconducting or light emitting material or a dye or pigment according to the present invention as described above and below.
  • photoluminescent devices include, without limitation, organic field effect transistors (OFET), organic thin film transistors (OTFT), organic light emitting diodes (OLED), organic light emitting transistors (OLET), organic photovoltaic devices (OPV), organic photodetectors (OPD), Perovskite based solar cells, organic solar cells, dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC), laser diodes, Schottky diodes, photoconductors, photodetectors and thermoelectric devices.
  • OFET organic field effect transistors
  • OFT organic thin film transistors
  • OLED organic light emitting diodes
  • OLET organic light emitting transistors
  • OPD organic photovoltaic devices
  • Perovskite based solar cells organic solar cells, dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC), laser diodes, Schottky diodes, photoconductors, photodetectors and thermoelectric devices.
  • Preferred devices are OFETs, OTFTs, OPVs, OPDs and OLEDs, in particular bulk heterojunction (BHJ) OPVs or inverted BHJ OPVs.
  • BHJ bulk heterojunction
  • a compound, composition or polymer blend according to the present invention as dye in a DSSC or a perovskite- based solar cells, and a DSSC or perovskite-based solar cells comprising a compound, composition or polymer blend according to the present invention.
  • the components of the above devices include, without limitation, charge injection layers, charge transport layers, interlayers, planarising layers, antistatic films, polymer electrolyte membranes (PEM), conducting substrates and conducting patterns.
  • charge injection layers charge transport layers
  • interlayers interlayers
  • planarising layers antistatic films
  • PEM polymer electrolyte membranes
  • conducting substrates conducting patterns.
  • the assemblies comprising such devices or components include, without limitation, integrated circuits (IC), radio frequency identification (RFID) tags or security markings or security devices containing them, flat panel displays or backlights thereof, electrophotographic devices,
  • IC integrated circuits
  • RFID radio frequency identification
  • electrophotographic recording devices organic memory devices, sensor devices, biosensors and biochips.
  • the compounds, polymers, compositions, polymer blends and formulations of the present invention can be used as electrode materials in batteries and in components or devices for detecting and discriminating DNA sequences.
  • polymer will be understood to mean a molecule of high relative molecular mass, the structure of which essentially comprises the multiple repetition of units derived, actually or conceptually, from molecules of low relative molecular mass (Pure Appl. Chem., 1996, 68, 2291).
  • oligomer will be understood to mean a molecule of intermediate relative molecular mass, the structure of which essentially comprises a small plurality of units derived, actually or conceptually, from molecules of lower relative molecular mass (Pure Appl. Chem., 1996, 68, 2291).
  • a polymer will be understood to mean a compound having > 1 , i.e. at least 2 repeat units, preferably > 5 repeat units
  • an oligomer will be understood to mean a compound with > 1 and ⁇ 10, preferably ⁇ 5, repeat units.
  • polymer will be understood to mean a molecule that encompasses a backbone (also referred to as “main chain”) of one or more distinct types of repeat units (the smallest constitutional unit of the molecule) and is inclusive of the commonly known terms
  • polymer is inclusive of, in addition to the polymer itself, residues from initiators, catalysts and other elements attendant to the synthesis of such a polymer, where such residues are understood as not being covalently incorporated thereto. Further, such residues and other elements, while normally removed during post polymerization purification processes, are typically mixed or co-mingled with the polymer such that they generally remain with the polymer when it is transferred between vessels or between solvents or dispersion media.
  • an asterisk ( * ) will be understood to mean a chemical linkage to an adjacent unit or to a terminal group in the polymer backbone.
  • an asterisk (*) will be understood to mean a C atom that is fused to an adjacent ring.
  • the terms “repeat unit”, “repeating unit” and “monomeric unit” are used interchangeably and will be understood to mean the constitutional repeating unit (CRU), which is the smallest constitutional unit the repetition of which constitutes a regular macromolecule, a regular oligomer molecule, a regular block or a regular chain (Pure Appl. Chem., 1996, 68, 2291).
  • the term “unit” will be understood to mean a structural unit which can be a repeating unit on its own, or can together with other units form a constitutional repeating unit.
  • a terminal group will be understood to mean a group that terminates a polymer backbone.
  • the expression "in terminal position in the backbone” will be understood to mean a divalent unit or repeat unit that is linked at one side to such a terminal group and at the other side to another repeat unit.
  • Such terminal groups include endcap groups, or reactive groups that are attached to a monomer forming the polymer backbone which did not participate in the polymerisation reaction, like for example a group having the meaning of R 5 or R 6 as defined below.
  • the term “endcap group” will be understood to mean a group that is attached to, or replacing, a terminal group of the polymer backbone.
  • the endcap group can be introduced into the polymer by an endcapping process. Endcapping can be carried out for example by reacting the terminal groups of the polymer backbone with a
  • endcapper like for example an alkyl- or arylhalide, an alkyl- or arylstannane or an alkyl- or arylboronate.
  • the endcapper can be added for example after the polymerisation reaction. Alternatively the endcapper can be added in situ to the reaction mixture before or during the polymerisation reaction. In situ addition of an endcapper can also be used to terminate the polymerisation reaction and thus control the molecular weight of the forming polymer.
  • Typical endcap groups are for example H, phenyl and lower alkyl.
  • the term "small molecule” will be understood to mean a monomeric compound which typically does not contain a reactive group by which it can be reacted to form a polymer, and which is designated to be used in monomeric form.
  • the term “monomer” unless stated otherwise will be understood to mean a monomeric compound that carries one or more reactive functional groups by which it can be reacted to form a polymer.
  • accepting will be understood to mean an electron donor or electron acceptor, respectively.
  • Electrode donor will be understood to mean a chemical entity that donates electrons to another compound or another group of atoms of a compound.
  • Electrode will be understood to mean a chemical entity that accepts electrons transferred to it from another compound or another group of atoms of a compound. See also International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Compendium of Chemical Technology, Gold Book, Version 2.3.2, 19. August 2012, pages 477 and 480.
  • n-type or n-type semiconductor will be understood to mean an extrinsic semiconductor in which the conduction electron density is in excess of the mobile hole density
  • p- type or p-type semiconductor will be understood to mean an extrinsic semiconductor in which mobile hole density is in excess of the conduction electron density
  • leaving group will be understood to mean an atom or group (which may be charged or uncharged) that becomes detached from an atom in what is considered to be the residual or main part of the molecule taking part in a specified reaction (see also Pure AppI. Chem., 1994, 66, 1134).
  • conjugated will be understood to mean a compound (for example a polymer) that contains mainly C atoms with sp 2 - hybridisation (or optionally also sp-hybridisation), and wherein these C atoms may also be replaced by hetero atoms. In the simplest case this is for example a compound with alternating C-C single and double (or triple) bonds, but is also inclusive of compounds with aromatic units like for example 1 ,4-phenylene.
  • the term "mainly” in this connection will be understood to mean that a compound with naturally (spontaneously) occurring defects, or with defects included by design, which may lead to interruption of the conjugation, is still regarded as a conjugated compound.
  • the molecular weight is given as the number average molecular weight M n or weight average molecular weight Mw, which is determined by gel permeation chromatography (GPC) against polystyrene standards in eluent solvents such as tetrahydrofuran, trichloromethane (TCM, chloroform), chlorobenzene or 1 ,2,4-trichloro- benzene. Unless stated otherwise, 1 ,2,4-trichlorobenzene is used as solvent.
  • GPC gel permeation chromatography
  • the term "carbyl group” will be understood to mean any monovalent or multivalent organic moiety which comprises at least one carbon atom either without any non-carbon atoms (like for example
  • hydrocarbyl group will be understood to mean a carbyl group that does additionally contain one or more H atoms and optionally contains one or more hetero atoms like for example B, N, O, S, P, Si, Se, As, Te or Ge.
  • hetero atom will be understood to mean an atom in an organic compound that is not a H- or C-atom, and preferably will be understood to mean B, N, O, S, P, Si, Se, As, Te or Ge.
  • a carbyl or hydrocarbyl group comprising a chain of 3 or more C atoms may be straight-chain, branched and/or cyclic, and may include spiro-connected and/or fused rings.
  • Preferred carbyl and hydrocarbyl groups include alkyl, alkoxy,
  • alkylcarbonyl, alkoxycarbonyl, alkylcarbonyloxy and alkoxycarbonyloxy each of which is optionally substituted and has 1 to 40, preferably 1 to 30, very preferably 1 to 24 C atoms, furthermore optionally substituted aryl or aryloxy having 6 to 40, preferably 6 to 25 C atoms, furthermore
  • alkylaryloxy arylcarbonyl, aryloxycarbonyl, arylcarbonyloxy and
  • aryloxycarbonyloxy each of which is optionally substituted and has 6 to 40, preferably 7 to 40 C atoms, wherein all these groups do optionally contain one or more hetero atoms, preferably selected from B, N, O, S, P, Si, Se, As, Te and Ge.
  • carbyl and hydrocarbyl group include for example: a Ci- C40 alkyl group, a C1-C40 fluoroalkyl group, a C1-C40 alkoxy or oxaalkyl group, a C2-C40 alkenyl group, a C2-C40 alkynyl group, a C3-C40 allyl group, a C4-C40 alkyldienyl group, a C4-C40 polyenyl group, a C2-C40 ketone group, a C2-C40 ester group, a C6-C18 aryl group, a C6-C40 alkylaryl group, a C6-C40 arylalkyl group, a C4-C40 cycloalkyl group, a C4-C40 cycloalkenyl group, and the like.
  • Preferred among the foregoing groups are a C1-C20 alkyl group, a C1-C20 fluoroalkyl group, a C2-C20 alkenyl group, a C2 -C20 alkynyl group, a C3-C20 allyl group, a C4-C20 alkyldienyl group, a C2-C20 ketone group, a C2-C20 ester group, a C6-C12 aryl group, and a C4-C20 polyenyl group, respectively.
  • groups having carbon atoms and groups having hetero atoms like e.g. an alkynyl group, preferably ethynyl, that is substituted with a silyl group, preferably a trialkylsilyl group.
  • the carbyl or hydrocarbyl group may be an acyclic group or a cyclic group. Where the carbyl or hydrocarbyl group is an acyclic group, it may be straight-chain or branched. Where the carbyl or hydrocarbyl group is a cyclic group, it may be a non-aromatic carbocyclic or heterocyclic group, or an aryl or heteroaryl group.
  • a non-aromatic carbocyclic group as referred to above and below is saturated or unsaturated and preferably has 4 to 30 ring C atoms.
  • a non- aromatic heterocyclic group as referred to above and below preferably has 4 to 30 ring C atoms, wherein one or more of the C ring atoms are optionally replaced by a hetero atom, preferably selected from N, O, S, Si and Se, or by a -S(O)- or -S(O)2- group.
  • the non-aromatic carbo- and heterocyclic groups are mono- or polycyclic, may also contain fused rings, preferably contain 1 , 2, 3 or 4 fused or unfused rings, and are optionally substituted with one or more groups L, wherein
  • L is selected from halogen, -CN, -NC, -NCO, -NCS, -OCN, -SCN,
  • Preferred substituents L are selected from halogen, most preferably F, or alkyl, aikoxy, oxaalkyl, thioalkyi, fluoroalkyl and fluoroalkoxy with 1 to 16 C atoms, or alkenyl or alkynyl with 2 to 20 C atoms.
  • Preferred non-aromatic carbocyclic or heterocyclic groups are
  • An aryl group as referred to above and below preferably has 4 to 30 ring C atoms, is mono- or polycyclic and may also contain fused rings, preferably contains 1 , 2, 3 or 4 fused or unfused rings, and is optionally substituted with one or more groups L as defined above.
  • a heteroaryl group as referred to above and below preferably has 4 to 30 ring C atoms, wherein one or more of the C ring atoms are replaced by a hetero atom, preferably selected from N, O, S, Si and Se, is mono- or polycyclic and may also contain fused rings, preferably contains 1 , 2, 3 or 4 fused or unfused rings, and is optionally substituted with one or more groups L as defined above.
  • arylene will be understood to mean a divalent aryl group
  • heteroarylene will be understood to mean a divalent heteroaryl group, including all preferred meanings of aryl and heteroaryl as given above and below.
  • Preferred aryl and heteroaryl groups are phenyl in which, in addition, one or more CH groups may be replaced by N, naphthalene, thiophene, selenophene, thienothiophene, dithienothiophene, fluorene and oxazole, all of which can be unsubstituted, mono- or polysubstituted with L as defined above.
  • Very preferred rings are selected from pyrrole, preferably N-pyrrole, furan, pyridine, preferably 2- or 3-pyridine, pyrimidine, pyridazine, pyrazine, triazole, tetrazole, pyrazole, imidazole, isothiazole, thiazole, thiadiazole, isoxazole, oxazole, oxadiazole, thiophene, preferably 2-thiophene, selenophene, preferably 2-selenophene, thieno[3,2- b]thiophene, thieno[2,3-b]thiophene, furo[3,2-b]furan, furo[2,3-b]furan, seleno[3,2-b]selenophene, seleno[2,3-b]selenophene, thieno[3,2-b]furan, in
  • aryl and heteroaryl groups are those selected from the groups shown hereinafter.
  • An alkyl group or an alkoxy group, i.e., where the terminal CH2 group is replaced by -O-, can be straight-chain or branched.
  • It is preferably a straight-chain, has 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20 or 24 carbon atoms and accordingly is preferably ethyl, propyl, butyl, pentyl, hexyl, heptyl, octyl, decyl, dodecyl, tetradecyl, hexadecyl, octadecyl or didecyl, ethoxy, propoxy, butoxy, pentoxy, hexoxy, heptoxy, octoxy, decoxy, dodecoxy, tetradecoxy, hexadecoxy, octadecoxy or didecoxy, furthermore methyl, nonyl, undecyl, tridecyl, pentadecyl, nonoxy, undecoxy or tridecoxy, for example.
  • alkenyl groups are C2-C7-I E-alkenyl, C4-C7-3E- alkenyl, C5-C7-4-alkenyl, C6-C7-5-alkenyl and C7-6-alkenyl, in particular C2-C7-I E-alkenyl, C4-C7-3E-alkenyl and C5-C7-4-alkenyl.
  • Examples for particularly preferred alkenyl groups are vinyl, 1 E-propenyl, 1 E-butenyl, 1 E-pentenyl, 1 E-hexenyl, 1 E-heptenyl, 3-butenyl, 3E-pentenyl,
  • these radicals are preferably neighboured. Accordingly these radicals together form a carbonyloxy group -C(0)-O- or an oxycarbonyl group -O-C(O)-.
  • this group is straight-chain and has 2 to 6 C atoms. It is accordingly preferably acetyloxy, propionyloxy, butyryloxy, pentanoyloxy, hexanoyloxy, acetyloxymethyl,
  • An alkyl group wherein two or more CH2 groups are replaced by -O- and/or -C(O)O- can be straight-chain or branched, it is preferably straight- chain and has 3 to 12 C atoms.
  • it is preferably bis-carboxy- methyl, 2,2-bis-carboxy-ethyl, 3,3-bis-carboxy-propyl, 4,4-bis-carboxy- butyl, 5,5-bis-carboxy-pentyl, 6,6-bis-carboxy-hexyl, 7,7-bis-carboxy- heptyl, 8,8-bis-carboxy-octyl, 9,9-bis-carboxy-nonyl, 10,10-bis-carboxy- decyl, bis-(methoxycarbonyl)-methyl, 2,2-bis-(methoxycarbonyl)-ethyl, 3,3-bis-(methoxycarbonyl)-propyl, 4,4-bis-(methoxycarbonyl)-butyl, 5,5-bis- (methoxycarbonyl)-pentyl, 6,6-bis-(methoxycarbonyl)-hexyl, 7,7-bis- (methoxycarbon
  • a thioalkyi group i.e., where one CH2 group is replaced by -S-, is preferably straight-chain thiomethyl (-SCH3), 1-thioethyl (-SCH2CH3),
  • a fluoroalkyI group is perfluoroalkyi CiF2i+i , wherein i is an integer from 1 to 15, in particular CF3, C2F5, C3F7, C4F9, C5F11 , C6Fi3, C7F15 or CeFi7, very preferably C6F13, or partially fluorinated alkyl with 1 to 15 C atoms, in particular 1 ,1-difluoroalkyl, all of which are straight-chain or branched.
  • Alkyl, alkoxy, alkenyl, oxaalkyi, thioalkyi, carbonyl and carbonyloxy groups can be achiral or chiral groups. Particularly preferred chiral groups are
  • the alkyl groups are independently of each other selected from primary, secondary or tertiary alkyl or alkoxy with 1 to 30 C atoms, wherein one or more H atoms are optionally replaced by F, or aryl, aryloxy, heteroaryl or heteroaryloxy that is optionally alkylated or alkoxylated and has 4 to 30 ring atoms.
  • Very preferred groups of this type are selected from the group consisting of the following formulae
  • ALK denotes optionally fluorinated, preferably linear, alkyl or alkoxy with 1 to 20, preferably 1 to 12 C-atoms, in case of tertiary groups very preferably 1 to 9 C atoms, and the dashed line denotes the link to the ring to which these groups are attached.
  • tertiary groups very preferably 1 to 9 C atoms
  • the dashed line denotes the link to the ring to which these groups are attached.
  • Especially preferred among these groups are those wherein all ALK subgroups are identical.
  • halogen or “hal” includes F, CI, Br or I, preferably F, CI or Br.
  • Y 1 and Y 2 are independently of each other H, F, CI or CN.
  • R° and R 00 are independently of each other H or an optionally substituted carbyl or hydrocarbyl group with 1 to 40 C atoms, and preferably denote H or alkyl with 1 to 12 C-atoms.
  • the compounds of the present invention are easy to synthesize and exhibit advantageous properties. They show good processibility for the device manufacture process, high solubility in organic solvents, and are especially suitable for large scale production using solution processing methods.
  • the units of formula I are especially suitable as (electron) acceptor or donor unit in both n-type and p-type semiconducting compounds, polymers or copolymers, in particular copolymers containing both donor and acceptor units, and for the preparation of blends of p-type and n-type semiconductors which are suitable for use in BHJ photovoltaic devices.
  • the units of formula I contain an enlarged system of fused aromatic rings, which creates numerous benefits in developing novel high performance OSC materials. Firstly, a large number of fused aromatic rings along the long axis of the core structure increases the overall planarity and reduces the number of the potential twists of the conjugated molecular backbone. Elongation of the ⁇ - ⁇ structure or monomer increases the extent of conjugation which facilitates charge transport along the polymer
  • the compounds of the present invention show the following advantageous properties: i) Extension of the isoindigo core unit with the addition of further fused aryl or heteroaryl rings results in the polymer backbone becoming more rigid, leading to a more planar structure and decreased bandgap. ii) Extension of the core unit can also be used to fine-tune the electronics of the compound, this can lead to a decrease in the HOMO of the compound, thus increasing the Voc.
  • conjugated polymers the introduction of electron rich units, for example, thiophene or thienothiophene into the extended polycyclic unit will raise the HOMO level of the homopolymer when compared with the parent isoindigo or thienoisoindigo homopolymers.
  • terminal 5-membered ring allows the direct coupling to 6-membered ring-containing monomers whilst maintaining a planar backbone thus widening the scope of possible polymer backbones.
  • Use of additional monomers to yield random and statistical block copolymers provides additional disorder, leading to improved entropy of solution, especially in non- halogenated solvents.
  • A1 , A2 and A3 are selected from the group consisting of monocyclic aromatic or heteroaromatic groups with 5 or 6 ring atoms, very preferably pyrrole, thiophene, thiazole, benzene and pyridine , which are optionally substituted with one or more groups R s as defined in formula I.
  • one or more of A1 , A2 and A3 are selected from the group consisting of bi- or tricyclic aromatic or
  • heteroaromatic groups with 10 to 25 ring atoms, very preferably
  • thienothiophene dithienothiophene, benzodithiophene, fluorene, cyclopentadithiophene, naphthalene, which are optionally substituted with one or more groups R s as defined in formula I.
  • R 1 in formula I is selected from straight-chain or branched alkyl, alkoxy, sulfanylalkyl, sulfonylalkyl, alkylcarbonyl, alkoxycarbonyl and alkylcarbonyloxy, each having 1 to 30 C atoms and being unsubstituted or substituted by one or more F atoms, or aryl or heteroaryl, each of which is optionally substituted with one or more groups R s as defined in formula I and has 4 to 30 ring atoms.
  • R 1 denotes a straight-chain, branched or cyclic alkyl group with 1 to 50, preferably 2 to 50, very preferably 2 to 30, more preferably 2 to 24, most preferably 2 to 16 C atoms, in which one or more Chb or Chb groups are replaced by a cationic or anionic group.
  • the cationic group is preferably selected from the group consisting of phosphonium, sulfonium, ammonium, uronium, thiouronium, guanidinium or heterocyclic cations such as imidazolium, pyridinium, pyrrolidinium, triazolium, morpholinium or piperidinium cation.
  • Preferred cationic groups are selected from the group consisting of tetraalkylammonium, tetraalkylphosphonium, N-alkylpyridinium, N,N- dialkylpyrrolidinium, 1 ,3-dialkylimidazolium, wherein "alkyi” preferably denotes a straight-chain or branched alkyi group with 1 to 12 C atoms.
  • cationic groups are selected from the group consisting of the following formulae imidazolium 1 H-pyrazolium 3H-pyrazolium 4H-pyrazolium 1-pyrazolinium
  • R 1 ', R 2 ', R 3 ' and R 4 ' denote, independently of each other, H, a straight-chain or branched alkyl group with 1 to 12 C atoms or non- aromatic carbo- or heterocyclic group or an aryl or heteroaryl group, each of the aforementioned groups having 3 to 20, preferably 5 to 15, ring atoms, being mono- or polycyclic, and optionally being substituted by one or more identical or different substituents R s as defined above, or denote a link to the group R 1 .
  • any one of the groups R 1 ', R 2 ', R 3 ' and R 4 ' can denote a link to the group R 1
  • two neighbored groups R 1 ', R 2 ', R 3 ' or R 4 ' can denote a link to the group R 1 .
  • the anionic group is preferably selected from the group consisting of borate, imide, phosphate, sulfonate, sulfate, succinate, naphthenate or carboxylate, very preferably from phosphate, sulfonate or carboxylate
  • A1 in formula I is selected from the following formulae
  • V is on each occurrence identically or differently CR 1 or N
  • R 1 has the meanings given in formula I or one of the preferred meanings as given above and below, and R 2 and R 3 independently of each other have one of the meanings given for R 1 .
  • A2 in formula I is selected from the following formulae
  • V is on each occurrence identically or differently CR 1 or N
  • R 1 has the meanings given in formula I or one of the preferred meanings as given above and below, and R 4 and R 5 independently of each other have one of the meanings given for R 1 .
  • A3 in formula I is selected from the following formulae
  • V is on each occurrence identically or differently CR 1 or N
  • R 1 has the meanings given in formula I or one of the preferred meanings as given above and below
  • R 6 , R 7 , R 8 and R 9 independently of each other have one of the meanings given for R 1 .
  • A1 is selected from the following formulae
  • R 2 is as defined above.
  • A2 is selected from the following formulae
  • R 4 is as defined above.
  • A3 is selected from the following formulae
  • R 6 , R 7 , R 8 and R 9 are as defined above.
  • - A1 is a five-membered ring, preferably thiophene
  • - A1 is a six-membered ring, preferably benzene or pyridine,
  • - A2 is a five-membered ring, preferably thiophene, - A2 is a six-membered ring, preferably benzene or pyridine,
  • - A3 is a five-membered ring, preferably thiophene or thiazole,
  • - A3 is a six-membered ring, preferably benzene or pyridine,
  • Ar 1 is a five-membered ring, preferably thiophene.
  • Ar 1 is a six-membered ring, preferably benzene or pyridine.
  • R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 , R 6 and R 7 have the meanings given above, and in formula I2 and 116 one of the substituents R 2 , R 3 , R 4 and R 5 , in formula I3, I4 and 118 one of the substituents R 3 R 4 , R 5 and R 6 , in formula 117 one of the substituents R 4 , R 5 , R 6 and R 7 , and in formula I5 one of the substituents R 3 , R 4 and R 5 , denotes a linkage to the neighboured group.
  • I5 and 116 one of R 3 and R 4 , in formula I3, I4 and 118 one of R 4 and R 5 , and in formula 117 one of R 5 and R 6 denotes a linkage to the neighboured group.
  • R 2 in formula I6 is different from CI.
  • the compounds according to the present invention include small molecules, monomers, oligomers and polymers.
  • the polymers of the present invention are preferably conjugated polymers.
  • Polymers according to the present invention preferably comprise two or more units of formula I as defined above and below.
  • Preferred polymers according to the present invention comprise one or more repeating units of formula Ila or Mb:
  • Ar 1 , Ar 2 , Ar 3 are, on each occurrence identically or differently, and
  • aryl or heteroaryl that is different from U preferably has 5 to 30 ring atoms, and is optionally substituted, preferably by one or more groups R s ,
  • R s is on each occurrence identically or differently F, Br, CI, -CN, -
  • R° and R 00 are independently of each other H or optionally substituted
  • Ci-4o carbyl or hydrocarbyl and preferably denote H or alkyl with 1 to 12 C-atoms,
  • X° is halogen, preferably F, CI or Br
  • a, b, c are on each occurrence identically or differently 0, 1 or 2
  • d is on each occurrence identically or differently 0 or an integer from 1 to 10
  • the polymer comprises at least one repeating unit of formula Ha or lib wherein b is at least 1.
  • Further preferred polymers according to the present invention comprise, in addition to the units of formula I, Ma or Mb, one or more repeating units selected from monocyclic or polycyclic aryl or heteroaryl groups that are optionally substituted. These additional repeating units are preferably selected of formula Ilia and lllb
  • Ar 1 , Ar 2 , Ar 3 , a, b, c and d are as defined in formula Ma, and A c is an aryl or heteroaryl group that is different from U and Ar 1"3 , preferably has 5 to 30 ring atoms, is optionally substituted by one or more groups R s as defined above and below, and is preferably selected from aryl or heteroaryl groups having electron acceptor properties, wherein the polymer comprises at least one repeating unit of formula Ilia or lllb wherein b is at least 1.
  • R° and R 00 denote independently of each other H or optionally substituted Ci-4o carbyl or hydrocarbyl, and preferably denote H or alkyl with 1 to 12 C-atoms, X° denotes halogen, preferably F, CI or Br, and
  • Y 1 and Y 2 denote H, F or CN.
  • conjugated polymers according to the present invention are preferably selected of formula IV:
  • A, B, C independently of each other denote a distinct unit of formula I, la, Ha, lib, Ilia, 1Mb, or their subformulae, x is > 0 and ⁇ 1 , y is > 0 and ⁇ 1 , z is > 0 and ⁇ 1 , x+y+z is 1 , and n is an integer >1.
  • Preferred polymers of formula IV are selected of the following formulae
  • Ilia, and x, y, z and n are as defined in formula IV, wherein these polymers can be alternating or random copolymers, and wherein in formula IVd and IVe in at least one of the repeating units [(Ar 1 ) a -(U)b-(Ar 2 ) c -(Ar 3 )d] and in at least one of the repeating units [(Ar 1 ) a -(A c )b-(Ar 2 ) c -(Ar 3 )d] b is at least 1 and wherein in formula IVh and IVi in at least one of the repeating units [(U)b- (Ar 1 ) a -(U)b-(Ar 2 )d] and in at least one of the repeating units [(U)b-(Ar 1 ) a -(U)b- (Ar 2 )d] b is at least 1 ,
  • b is preferably 1 in all repeating units.
  • x is preferably from 0.1 to 0.9, very preferably from 0.3 to 0.7.
  • one of y and z is 0 and the other is >0.
  • both y and z are 0.
  • both y and z are >0. If in the polymers of formula IV and its subformulae IVa to IVm y or z is >0, it is preferably from 0.1 to 0.9, very preferably from 0.3 to 0.7.
  • the total number of repeating units n is preferably from 2 to 10,000.
  • the total number of repeating units n is preferably > 5, very preferably > 10, most preferably ⁇ 50, and preferably ⁇ 500, very preferably ⁇ 1 ,000, most preferably ⁇ 2,000, including any combination of the aforementioned lower and upper limits of n.
  • the polymers of the present invention include homopolymers and
  • copolymers like statistical or random copolymers, alternating copolymers and block copolymers, as well as combinations thereof.
  • polymers selected from the following groups:
  • Group B consisting of random or alternating copolymers formed by
  • Group D consisting of random or alternating copolymers formed by
  • R 11 , R 2 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 , R 16 , R 17 and R 18 independently of each other denote H or have one of the meanings of R s as defined above and below.
  • R 11 , R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , R 15 and R 16 independently of each other denote H or have one of the meanings of R s as defined above and below.
  • Preferred polymers are selected from the following formulae:
  • A1 , A2, A3 and R 1 have the meanings given in formula I or one of the preferred meanings given above and below
  • Ar 1 , Ar 2 , Ar 3 , a, c and d have the meanings given in formula Ma or one of the preferred meanings given above and below
  • x, y, z and n have the meanings given in formula IV
  • w is ⁇ 0 and ⁇ 1
  • o, p and q have one of the meanings given for n.
  • each of x, y, z and w is from 0.1 to 0.9, very preferably from 0.2 to 0.8.
  • Preferred endcap groups R 21 and R 22 are H, C1-20 alkyl, or optionally substituted C6-12 aryl or C2-10 heteroaryl, very preferably H or phenyl.
  • Formulae IV, IVa to IVm, IV1 to IV8 and V include block copolymers, random or statistical copolymers and alternating copolymers.
  • the invention further relates to monomers of formula Via and Vlb
  • X° is halogen, preferably CI, Br or I
  • Z 4 are selected from the group consisting of alkyl and aryl, each being optionally substituted, and two groups Z 2 may also together form a cycloboronate group with 2 to 20 C atoms together with the B and O atoms.
  • Y 1 , Y 2 independently of each other denote H, F, CI or CN, independently of each other denote H, F, CI, Br, -CN, -CF3, R, -CF2-R, -O-R, -S-R, -SO2-R, -SO3-R -C(O)-R, -C(O)-H, -C(S)-R, -C(O)-CF2-R, -C(O)-OR, -C(S)-OR, -O-C(O)-R, -O-C(S)-R, - C(O)-SR, -S-C(O)-R, -C(O)NRR ⁇ -NR'-C(O)-R, -NHR,-NRR', - SO2-R, -CR ⁇ CR" ⁇ ", -C ⁇ C-R', -C ⁇ C-SiR'R"R m , -SiR'
  • aryl or heteroaryl are independently of each other aryl or heteroaryl, each having from 4 to 30 ring atoms and being unsubstituted or substituted with one or more groups R or R ,
  • Ar 12 is aryl or heteroaryl, each having from 4 to 30 ring atoms and being unsubstituted or substituted with one or more groups R 1 ,
  • R', R", R"' independently of each other have one of the meanings of R°, e, f, g, h, i, k, I, m are independently of each other 0 or 1 , with at least one of e, f, g, h, i, k, I, m being 1 , t is 1 , 2 or 3.
  • Especially preferred groups Ar 4 12 in the oligomers and small molecules according to the present invention are selected from the formulae D1- D138 and A1-A96 above.
  • - n is at least 5, preferably at least 10, very preferably at least 50, and up to 2,000, preferably up to 500.
  • - Mw is at least 5,000, preferably at least 8,000, very preferably at least 10,000, and preferably up to 300,000, very preferably up to 100,000,
  • R s is selected, on each occurrence identically or differently, from the group consisting of primary alkyl with 1 to 30 C atoms, secondary alkyl with 3 to 30 C atoms, and tertiary alkyl with 4 to 30 C atoms, wherein in all these groups one or more H atoms are optionally replaced by F,
  • - R s is selected, on each occurrence identically or differently, from the group consisting of aryl and heteroaryl, each of which is optionally fluorinated, alkylated or alkoxylated and has 4 to 30 ring atoms
  • - R s is selected, on each occurrence identically or differently, from the group consisting of aryl and heteroaryl, each of which is optionally fluorinated, or alkylated and has 4 to 30 ring atoms
  • R s is selected, on each occurrence identically or differently, from the group consisting of primary alkoxy or sulfanylalkyi with 1 to 30 C atoms, secondary alkoxy or sulfanylalkyi with 3 to 30 C atoms, and tertiary alkoxy or sulfanylalkyi with 4 to 30 C atoms, wherein in all these groups one or more H atoms are optionally replaced by F,
  • R s is selected, on each occurrence identically or differently, from the group consisting of aryloxy and heteroaryloxy, each of which is optionally alkylated or alkoxylated and has 4 to 30 ring atoms,
  • R s is selected, on each occurrence identically or differently, from the group consisting of alkylcarbonyl, alkoxycarbonyl and alkylcarbonyloxy, all of which are straight-chain or branched, are optionally fluorinated, and have from 1 to 30 C atoms,
  • R° and R 00 are selected from H or Ci-Cio-alkyl
  • Ci-C2o-alkyl Ci-C 2 o-alkoxy, C 2 -C20-alkenyl, C1-C20- fluoroalkyl and optionally substituted aryl or heteroaryl, preferably phenyl,
  • the compounds of the present invention can be synthesized according to or in analogy to methods that are known to the skilled person and are described in the literature. Other methods of preparation can be taken from the examples.
  • the polymers of the present invention can be suitably prepared by aryl-aryl coupling reactions, such as Yamamoto coupling, Suzuki coupling, Stille coupling, Sonogashira coupling, Heck coupling or Buchwald coupling. Suzuki coupling, Stille coupling and Yamamoto coupling are especially preferred.
  • the monomers which are polymerised to form the repeat units of the polymers can be prepared according to methods which are known to the person skilled in the art.
  • the polymers are prepared from monomers of formula Via or Vlb or their preferred subformulae as described above and below.
  • Another aspect of the invention is a process for preparing a polymer by coupling one or more identical or different monomeric units of formula I or monomers of formula Via or Vlb with each other and/or with one or more co-monomers in a polymerisation reaction, preferably in an aryl-aryl coupling reaction.
  • Suitable and preferred comonomers are selected from the following
  • Very preferred is a process for preparing a polymer by coupling one or more monomers selected from formula Via or Vlb with one or more monomers of formula VIII, and optionally with one or more monomers selected from formula IX, X and XI, in an aryl-aryl coupling reaction, wherein preferably R 23 and R 24 are selected from CI, Br, I, -B(OZ 2 )2 and - Sn(Z ) 3 .
  • preferred embodiments of the present invention relate to a) a process of preparing a polymer by coupling a monomer of formula V11 R 23 -Ar 1 -U-Ar 2 -R 24 VI1 with a monomer of formula IX R 23 -Ar -R 24 IX in an aryl-aryl coupling reaction, or process of preparing a polymer by coupling a monomer of formula VI2 with a monomer of formula VI 111
  • R 23_ A C_ R 24 xi in an aryl-aryl coupling reaction wherein R 23 , R 24 , u, A c and Ar 1 2 3 are as defined in formula lla, Ilia and
  • R 23 and R 24 are preferably selected from CI, Br, I, -B(OZ 2 )2 and - Sn(Z 4 )3 as defined in formula Via.
  • aryl-aryl coupling and polymerisation methods used in the processes described above and below are Yamamoto coupling, Kumada coupling, Negishi coupling, Suzuki coupling, Stille coupling, Sonogashira coupling, Heck coupling, C-H activation coupling, Ullmann coupling or Buchwald coupling.
  • Yamamoto coupling is described for example in WO 00/53656 A1.
  • Negishi coupling is described for example in J. Chem. Soc, Chem. Commun., 1977, 683-684.
  • Yamamoto coupling is described in for example in T. Yamamoto et al., Prog. Polym. Sci., 1993, 17, 1153-1205, or WO 2004/022626 A1. Stille coupling is described for example in Z. Bao et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc, 995, 117, 12426-12435 and C-H activation is described for example in M. Leclerc et al, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed, 2012, 51 , 2068-2071.For
  • reactive halide groups are preferably used.
  • a monomer as described above is used wherein at least one reactive group is an
  • Preferred catalysts are selected from Pd(0) complexes or Pd(ll) salts.
  • Preferred Pd(0) complexes are those bearing at least one phosphine ligand such as Pd(Ph3P)4.
  • Another preferred phosphine ligand is tris(orf/70-tolyl)phosphine, i.e. Pd(o-To P)4.
  • Preferred Pd(ll) salts include palladium acetate, i.e. Pd(OAc)2.
  • the Pd(0) complex can be prepared by mixing a Pd(0) dibenzylideneacetone complex, for example tris(dibenzyl-ideneacetone)dipalladium(0),
  • Yamamoto polymerisation employs a Ni(0) complex, for example bis(1 ,5-cyclooctadienyl) nickel(O).
  • Statistical or block copolymers can be prepared for example from the above monomers of formula VI or its subformulae, wherein one of the reactive groups is halogen and the other reactive group is a C-H activated bond, boronic acid, boronic acid derivative group or and alkylstannane.
  • copolymers is described in detail for example in WO 03/048225 A2 or WO 2005/014688 A2.
  • leaving groups of formula -O-SO2Z 1 can be used wherein Z 1 is as described above.
  • Particular examples of such leaving groups are tosylate, mesylate and triflate.
  • R has one of the meanings of R 1 in formula I
  • Ar 1 , Ar 2 , Ar 3 have the meanings of A1 , A2 and A3 in formula I, respectively
  • Ar 4 6 in Scheme 6 have the meanings of Ar 1 3 in formula Ma, respectively
  • Ar 4"11 have the meanings of formula VII
  • R 1end and R 2end have the meanings of R T1 and R T2 in formula VII, respectively
  • a-n are as defined above.
  • compositions or polymer blends for example together with monomeric or polymeric compounds having charge-transport,
  • semiconducting, electrically conducting, photoconducting and/or light emitting semiconducting properties or for example with compounds having hole blocking or electron blocking properties for use as interlayers or charge blocking layers in OLED devices.
  • compositions comprising one or more small molecule compounds according to the present invention and one or more small molecule compounds and/or polymers having one or more of a charge-transport, semiconducting, electrically conducting, photoconducting, hole blocking and electron blocking property.
  • compositions comprising one or more polymers according to the present invention and one or more small molecule compounds and/or polymers having one or more of a charge- transport, semiconducting, electrically conducting, photoconducting, hole blocking and electron blocking property.
  • Another aspect of the invention relates to a polymer blend comprising one or more polymers according to the present invention and one or more further polymers having one or more of a charge-transport,
  • compositions and polymer blends can be prepared by conventional methods that are described in prior art and known to the skilled person. Typically the compounds and/or polymers are mixed with each other or dissolved in suitable solvents and the solutions combined.
  • Another aspect of the invention relates to a formulation comprising one or more small molecules, polymers, compositions or polymer blends as described above and below and one or more organic solvents.
  • Preferred solvents are aliphatic hydrocarbons, chlorinated hydrocarbons, aromatic hydrocarbons, ketones, ethers and mixtures thereof. Additional solvents which can be used include 1 ,2,4-trimethylbenzene, 1 ,2,3,4-tetra- methyl benzene, pentylbenzene, mesitylene, cumene, cymene,
  • solvents include, without limitation, dichloromethane, trichloromethane, chlorobenzene, o-dichlorobenzene, tetrahydrofuran, anisole, morpholine, toluene, o-xylene, m-xylene, p- xylene, 1 ,4-dioxane, acetone, methylethylketone, 1 ,2-dichloroethane, 1 ,1 ,1-trichloroethane, 1 ,1 ,2,2-tetrachloroethane, ethyl acetate, n-butyl acetate, ⁇ , ⁇ -dimethylformamide, dimethylacetamide, dimethylsulfoxide, tetraline, decaline, indane, methyl benzoate, ethyl benzoate, mesitylene and/or mixtures thereof.
  • the concentration of the compounds or polymers in the solution is preferably 0.1 to 10% by weight, more preferably 0.5 to 5% by weight.
  • the solution also comprises one or more binders to adjust the rheological properties, as described for example in WO 2005/055248 A1. After the appropriate mixing and ageing, solutions are evaluated as one of the following categories: complete solution, borderline solution or
  • Such a procedure may lead to a blend of 'non' solvents that will dissolve both the polymers of the present invention, although it is desirable to have at least one true solvent in a blend.
  • the compounds and polymers according to the present invention can also be used in patterned OSC layers in the devices as described above and below. For applications in modern microelectronics it is generally desirable to generate small structures or patterns to reduce cost (more devices/unit area), and power consumption. Patterning of thin layers comprising a polymer according to the present invention can be carried out for example by photolithography, electron beam lithography or laser patterning.
  • the compounds, polymers, polymer blends or formulations of the present invention may be deposited by any suitable method.
  • Liquid coating of devices is more desirable than vacuum deposition techniques.
  • Solution deposition methods are especially preferred.
  • the formulations of the present invention enable the use of a number of liquid coating techniques.
  • Preferred deposition techniques include, without limitation, dip coating, spin coating, ink jet printing, nozzle printing, letter-press printing, screen printing, gravure printing, doctor blade coating, roller printing, reverse-roller printing, offset lithography printing, dry offset lithography printing, flexographic printing, web printing, spray coating, curtain coating, brush coating, slot dye coating or pad printing.
  • Ink jet printing is particularly preferred when high resolution layers and devices needs to be prepared.
  • Selected formulations of the present invention may be applied to prefabricated device substrates by ink jet printing or microdispensing.
  • industrial piezoelectric print heads such as but not limited to those supplied by Aprion, Hitachi-Koki, InkJet Technology, On Target Technology, Picojet, Spectra, Trident, Xaar may be used to apply the organic semiconductor layer to a substrate.
  • semi-industrial heads such as those manufactured by Brother, Epson, Konica, Seiko Instruments Toshiba TEC or single nozzle microdispensers such as those produced by Microdrop and Microfab may be used.
  • solvents must fulfil the requirements stated above and must not have any detrimental effect on the chosen print head. Additionally, solvents should have boiling points >100°C, preferably >140°C and more preferably
  • suitable solvents include substituted and non-substituted xylene
  • a preferred solvent for depositing a compound or polymer according to the present invention by ink jet printing comprises a benzene derivative which has a benzene ring substituted by one or more substituents wherein the total number of carbon atoms among the one or more substituents is at least three.
  • the benzene derivative may be substituted with a propyl group or three methyl groups, in either case there being at least three carbon atoms in total.
  • Such a solvent enables an ink jet fluid to be formed comprising the solvent with the compound or polymer, which reduces or prevents clogging of the jets and separation of the components during spraying.
  • the solvent(s) may include those selected from the following list of examples: dodecylbenzene, 1-methyl-4-tert-butylbenzene, terpineol, limonene, isodurene, terpinolene, cymene, diethylbenzene.
  • the solvent may be a solvent mixture, that is a combination of two or more solvents, each solvent preferably having a boiling point >100°C, more preferably >140°C. Such solvent(s) also enhance film formation in the layer deposited and reduce defects in the layer.
  • the ink jet fluid (that is mixture of solvent, binder and semiconducting compound) preferably has a viscosity at 20°C of 1-100 mPa s, more preferably 1-50 mPa s and most preferably 1-30 mPa s.
  • the polymer blends and formulations according to the present invention can additionally comprise one or more further components or additives selected for example from surface-active compounds, lubricating agents, wetting agents, dispersing agents, hydrophobing agents, adhesive agents, flow improvers, defoaming agents, deaerators, diluents which may be reactive or non-reactive, auxiliaries, colourants, dyes or pigments, sensitizers, stabilizers, nanoparticles or inhibitors.
  • the compounds and polymers to the present invention are useful as charge transport, semiconducting, electrically conducting, photoconducting or light emitting materials in optical, electrooptical, electronic, electroluminescent or photoluminescent components or devices.
  • the polymers of the present invention are typically applied as thin layers or films.
  • the present invention also provides the use of the semiconducting compound, polymer, polymers blend, formulation or layer in an electronic device.
  • the formulation may be used as a high mobility semiconducting material in various devices and apparatus.
  • the formulation may be used, for example, in the form of a semiconducting layer or film.
  • the present invention provides a semiconducting layer for use in an electronic device, the layer comprising a compound, polymer, polymer blend or formulation according to the invention.
  • the layer or film may be less than about 30 microns.
  • the thickness may be less than about 1 micron thick.
  • the layer may be deposited, for example on a part of an electronic device, by any of the aforementioned solution coating or printing techniques.
  • the invention additionally provides an electronic device comprising a compound, polymer, polymer blend, formulation or organic
  • Especially preferred devices are OFETs, TFTs, ICs, logic circuits, capacitors, RFID tags, OLEDs, OLETs, OPEDs, OPVs, OPDs, Perovskite based solar cells, solar cells, laser diodes, photoconductors, photodetectors,
  • electrophotographic devices electrophotographic recording devices, organic memory devices, sensor devices, charge injection layers, Schottky diodes, planarising layers, antistatic films, conducting substrates and conducting patterns.
  • Especially preferred electronic device are OFETs, OLEDs, Perovskite based solar cells, OPV and OPD devices, in particular bulk heterojunction (BHJ) OPV devices.
  • the active semiconductor channel between the drain and source may comprise the layer of the invention.
  • the charge (hole or electron) injection or transport layer may comprise the layer of the invention.
  • the polymer according to the present invention is preferably used in a formulation that comprises or contains, more preferably consists essentially of, very preferably exclusively of, one or more p-type (electron donor) semiconductor and one or more n-type (electron acceptor) semiconductor.
  • the p-type semiconductor is constituted of a least one polymer according to the present invention.
  • the n-type semiconductor can be an inorganic material such as zinc oxide (ZnOx), zinc tin oxide (ZTO), titanium oxide (TiOx), molybdenum oxide (MoOx), nickel oxide (NiOx), or cadmium selenide (CdSe), or an organic material such as graphene or a fullerene, a conjugated polymer or substituted fullerene, for example a (6,6)-phenyl-butyric acid methyl ester derivatized methano C6o fullerene, also known as "PCBM-C60” or "C60PCBM", as disclosed for example in Science 1995, 270, 1789 and having the structure shown below, or structural analogous compounds with e.g. a C70 fullerene group or an organic polymer (see for example Coakley, K. M. and McGehee, M. D.
  • ZTO zinc oxide
  • TiOx titanium oxide
  • MoOx molybdenum oxide
  • NiOx nickel
  • the polymer according to the present invention is blended with an n-type semiconductor such as a fullerene or substituted fullerene of formula XII to form the active layer in an OPV or OPD device wherein,
  • an n-type semiconductor such as a fullerene or substituted fullerene of formula XII to form the active layer in an OPV or OPD device wherein,
  • Cn denotes a fullerene composed of n carbon atoms
  • Adduct 1 is a primary adduct appended to the fullerene Cn with any connectivity
  • Adduct 2 is a secondary adduct, or a combination of secondary adducts, appended to the fullerene Cn with any
  • k is an integer > 1 , and is 0, an integer > 1 , or a non-integer > 0.
  • k preferably denotes 1 , 2, 3 or, 4, very preferably 1 or 2.
  • the fullerene C n in formula XII and its subformulae may be composed of any number n of carbon atoms
  • the number of carbon atoms n of which the fullerene C n is composed is 60, 70, 76, 78, 82, 84, 90, 94 or 96, very preferably 60 or 70.
  • the fullerene Cn in formula XII and its subformulae is preferably selected from carbon based fullerenes, endohedral fullerenes, or mixtures thereof, very preferably from carbon based fullerenes.
  • Suitable and preferred carbon based fullerenes include, without limitation, (C6o-ih)[5,6]fullerene, (C7o-D5n)[5,6]fullerene, (C76-D2-)[5,6]fullerene, (Cs4- D2*)[5,6]fullerene, (C84-D2d)[5,6]fullerene, or a mixture of two or more of the aforementioned carbon based fullerenes.
  • the endohedral fullerenes are preferably metallofullerenes.
  • Suitable and preferred metallofullerenes include, without limitation, La@C6o, La@Ce2, Y@C82, Sc3N@C8o, Y3N@Ceo, Sc3C2@Ceo or a mixture of two or more of the aforementioned metallofullerenes.
  • the fullerene Cn is substituted at a [6,6] and/or [5,6] bond, preferably substituted on at least one [6,6] bond.
  • Adduct Primary and secondary adduct, named "Adduct" in formula XII and its subformulae, is preferably selected from the following formulae
  • Ar s , Ar S2 denote, independently of each other, an arylene or
  • heteroarylene group with 5 to 20, preferably 5 to 15, ring atoms, which is mono- or polycyclic, and which is optionally substituted by one or more identical or different substituents having one of the meanings of R s as defined above and below.
  • R S1 , R S2 , R S3 , R S4 and R S5 independently of each other denote H, CN or have one of the meanings of R s as defined above and below.
  • Preferred compounds of formula XII are selected from the following subformulae:
  • R S1 , R S2 , R S3 , R S4 R S5 and R S6 independently of each other denote H or have one of the meanings of R s as defined above and below.
  • the polymer according to the present invention is blended with other type of n-type semiconductor such as graphene, a metal oxide, like for example, ZnOx, TiOx, ZTO, MoOx, NiOx, quantum dots, like for example, CdSe or CdS, or a conjugated polymer, like for example a polynaphthalenediimide or polyperylenediimide as described, for example, in WO2013142841 A1 to form the active layer in an OPV or OPD device.
  • n-type semiconductor such as graphene, a metal oxide, like for example, ZnOx, TiOx, ZTO, MoOx, NiOx, quantum dots, like for example, CdSe or CdS, or a conjugated polymer, like for example a polynaphthalenediimide or polyperylenediimide as described, for example, in WO2013142841 A1 to form the active layer in an OPV or OPD device.
  • the device preferably further comprises a first transparent or semi- transparent electrode on a transparent or semi-transparent substrate on one side of the active layer, and a second metallic or semi-transparent electrode on the other side of the active layer.
  • the active layer according to the present invention is further blended with additional organic and inorganic compounds to enhance the device properties.
  • metal particles such as Au or Ag nanoparticules or Au or Ag nanoprism for enhancements in light
  • a molecular dopant such as 2,3,5,6-tetrafluoro- 7,7,8,8-tetracyanoquinodimethane for enhancement in photoconductivity as described, for example in Adv. Mater.
  • a stabilising agent consisting of a UV absorption agent and/or anti-radical agent and/or antioxidant agent such as 2-hydroxybenzophenone, 2- hydroxyphenylbenzotriazole, oxalic acid anilides, hydroxyphenyl triazines, merocyanines, hindered phenol, N-aryl-thiomorpholine, N-aryl- thiomorpholine-1 -oxide, N-aryl-thiomorpholine-1 ,1 -dioxide, N-aryl- thiazolidine, N-aryl-thiazolidine-1 -oxide, N-aryl-thiazolidine-1 ,1 -dioxide and 1 ,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane as described, for example, in
  • the device preferably may further comprise a UV to visible photo- conversion layer such as described, for example, in J. Mater. Chem. 2011 , 21, 12331 or a NIR to visible or IR to NIR photo-conversion layer such as described, for example, in J. Appl. Phys. 2013, 113, 124509.
  • a UV to visible photo- conversion layer such as described, for example, in J. Mater. Chem. 2011 , 21, 12331
  • a NIR to visible or IR to NIR photo-conversion layer such as described, for example, in J. Appl. Phys. 2013, 113, 124509.
  • the OPV or OPD device comprises, between the active layer and the first or second electrode, one or more additional buffer layers acting as hole transporting layer and/or electron blocking layer, which comprise a material such as metal oxides, like for example, ZTO, MoOx, NiOx, a doped conjugated polymer, like for example PEDOT:PSS and polypyrrole-polystyrene sulfonate (PPy:PSS), a conjugated polymer, like for example polytriarylamine (PTAA), an organic compound, like for example substituted triaryl amine derivatives such as N,N'-diphenyl-N,N'- bis(1-naphthyl)(1 ,1'-biphenyl)-4,4'diamine (NPB), N.N'-diphenyl-N.N'- ⁇ - methylphenyl)-1 ,1'-biphenyl-4,4'-diamine (TPD), graphene based materials, like for example,
  • the ratio polymerfullerene is preferably from 5:1 to 1 :5 by weight, more preferably from 1 :1 to 1 :3 by weight, most preferably 1 :1 to 1 :2 by weight.
  • a polymeric binder may also be included, from 5 to 95% by weight. Examples of binder include polystyrene (PS), polypropylene (PP) and polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA).
  • PS polystyrene
  • PP polypropylene
  • PMMA polymethylmethacrylate
  • the compounds, polymers, polymer blends or formulations of the present invention may be deposited by any suitable method. Liquid coating of devices is more desirable than vacuum deposition techniques.
  • Solution deposition methods are especially preferred.
  • the formulations of the present invention enable the use of a number of liquid coating techniques.
  • Preferred deposition techniques include, without limitation, dip coating, spin coating, ink jet printing, nozzle printing, letter-press printing, screen printing, gravure printing, doctor blade coating, roller printing, reverse-roller printing, offset lithography printing, dry offset lithography printing, flexographic printing, web printing, spray coating, curtain coating, brush coating, slot dye coating or pad printing.
  • area printing method compatible with flexible substrates are preferred, for example slot dye coating, spray coating and the like.
  • Suitable solutions or formulations containing the blend or mixture of a polymer according to the present invention with a C60 or C70 fullerene or modified fullerene like PCBM must be prepared.
  • suitable solvent must be selected to ensure full dissolution of both component, p-type and n-type and take into account the boundary conditions (for example rheological properties) introduced by the chosen printing method.
  • Organic solvent are generally used for this purpose.
  • Typical solvents can be aromatic solvents, halogenated solvents or chlorinated solvents, including chlorinated aromatic solvents. Examples include, but are not limited to chlorobenzene, 1 ,2-dichlorobenzene, chloroform, 1 ,2- dichloroethane, dichloromethane, carbon tetrachloride, toluene,
  • the OPV device can for example be of any type known from the literature (see e.g. Waldauf et a/., Appl. Phys. Lett, 2006, 89, 233517).
  • a first preferred OPV device comprises the following layers (in the sequence from bottom to top):
  • a high work function electrode preferably comprising a metal oxide, like for example ITO, serving as anode
  • an optional conducting polymer layer or hole transport layer preferably comprising an organic poymer or polymer blend, for example of
  • PEDOTPSS poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene): poly(styrene- sulfonate), or TBD (N,N'-dyphenyl-N-N'-bis(3-methylphenyl)-
  • NBD N,N'-dyphenyl-N-N'-bis(1- napthylphenyl)-1 , 1 'biphenyl-4,4'-diamine
  • a layer also referred to as "photoactive layer”, comprising a p-type and an n-type organic semiconductor, which can exist for example as a p- type/n-type bilayer or as distinct p-type and n-type layers, or as blend or p-type and n-type semiconductor, forming a BHJ, - optionally a layer having electron transport properties, for example comprising LiF or PFN,
  • a low work function electrode preferably comprising a metal like for example aluminium, serving as cathode,
  • At least one of the electrodes preferably the anode, is transparent to visible light
  • the p-type semiconductor is a compound or polymer according to the present invention.
  • a second preferred OPV device is an inverted OPV device and comprises the following layers (in the sequence from bottom to top):
  • a high work function metal or metal oxide electrode comprising for example ITO, serving as cathode
  • a layer having hole blocking properties preferably comprising a metal oxide like TiOx or Zn x , or a poly(ethyleneimine),
  • a photoactive layer comprising a p-type and an n-type organic
  • BHJ BHJ
  • an optional conducting polymer layer or hole transport layer preferably comprising an organic poymer or polymer blend, for example of PEDOT:PSS or TBD or NBD,
  • an electrode comprising a high work function metal like for example silver, serving as anode
  • At least one of the electrodes preferably the cathode, is transparent to visible light
  • the p-type semiconductor is a compound or polymer according to the present invention.
  • the p-type and n-type semiconductor materials are preferably selected from the materials, like the polymer/fullerene systems, as described above
  • the photoactive layer When the photoactive layer is deposited on the substrate, it forms a BHJ that phase separates at nanoscale level.
  • nanoscale phase separation see Dennler et al, Proceedings of the IEEE, 2005, 93 (8), 1429 or Hoppe et al, Adv. Func. Mater, 2004, 14(10), 1005.
  • An optional annealing step may be then necessary to optimize blend morpohology and consequently OPV device performance.
  • Another method to optimize device performance is to prepare formulations for the fabrication of OPV(BHJ) devices that may include high boiling point additives to promote phase separation in the right way.
  • 1 ,8-Octanedithiol, 1 ,8-diiodooctane, nitrobenzene, chloronaphthalene, and other additives have been used to obtain high-efficiency solar cells. Examples are disclosed in J. Peet, et al, Nat. Mater, 2007, 6, 497 or Frechet et al. J. Am. Chem. Soc, 2010, 132, 7595-7597.
  • Another preferred embodiment of the present invention relates to the use of a compound, composition or polymer blend according to the present invention as dye, hole transport layer, hole blocking layer, electron transport layer and/or electron blocking layer in a DSSC or a perovskite- based solar cells, and to a DSSC or perovskite-based solar cells comprising a compound composition or polymer blend according to the present invention.
  • DSSCs and perovskite-based DSSCs can be manufactured as described in the literature, for example in Chem. Rev. 2010, 110, 6595-6663, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 2-15 or in WO2013171520A1
  • the compounds, polymers, compositions and polymer blends of the present invention can also be used as dye or pigment in other
  • ink dye for example as an ink dye, laser dye, fluorescent marker, solvent dye, food dye, contrast dye or pigment in coloring paints, inks, plastics, fabrics, cosmetics, food and other materials.
  • the compounds, polymers, compositions and polymer blends of the present invention are also suitable for use in the semiconducting channel of an OFET. Accordingly, the invention also provides an OFET comprising a gate electrode, an insulating (or gate insulator) layer, a source electrode, a drain electrode and an organic semiconducting channel connecting the source and drain electrodes, wherein the organic semiconducting channel comprises a compound, polymer, composition or polymer blend according to the present invention.
  • an OFET comprising a gate electrode, an insulating (or gate insulator) layer, a source electrode, a drain electrode and an organic semiconducting channel connecting the source and drain electrodes, wherein the organic semiconducting channel comprises a compound, polymer, composition or polymer blend according to the present invention.
  • Other features of the OFET are well known to those skilled in the art.
  • OFETs where an OSC material is arranged as a thin film between a gate dielectric and a drain and a source electrode are generally known, and are described for example in US 5,892,244, US 5,998,804, US 6,723,394 and in the references cited in the background section. Due to the
  • OFETs like low cost production using the solubility properties of the compounds according to the invention and thus the processibility of large surfaces, preferred applications of these OFETs are such as integrated circuitry, TFT displays and security applications.
  • semiconducting layer in the OFET device may be arranged in any sequence, provided that the source and drain electrode are separated from the gate electrode by the insulating layer, the gate electrode and the semiconductor layer both contact the insulating layer, and the source electrode and the drain electrode both contact the semiconducting layer.
  • An OFET device preferably comprises: - a source electrode,
  • the semiconductor layer preferably comprises a compound, polymer, composition or polymer blend as described above and below.
  • the OFET device can be a top gate device or a bottom gate device.
  • the gate insulator layer preferably comprises a fluoropolymer, like e.g. the commercially available Cytop 809M® or Cytop 107M® (from Asahi Glass).
  • a fluoropolymer like e.g. the commercially available Cytop 809M® or Cytop 107M® (from Asahi Glass).
  • the gate insulator layer is deposited, e.g. by spin-coating, doctor blading, wire bar coating, spray or dip coating or other known methods, from a formulation comprising an insulator material and one or more solvents with one or more fluoro atoms (fluorosolvents), preferably a perfluorosolvent.
  • a suitable perfluorosolvent is e.g. FC75® (available from Acros, catalogue number 12380).
  • FC75® available from Acros, catalogue number 12380.
  • Other suitable fluoropolymers and fluorosolvents are known in prior art, like for example the
  • organic dielectric materials having a low
  • OFETs and other devices with semiconducting materials according to the present invention can be used for RFID tags or security markings to authenticate and prevent counterfeiting of documents of value like banknotes, credit cards or ID cards, national ID documents, licenses or any product with monetary value, like stamps, tickets, shares, cheques etc.
  • the compounds, compositions, polymers and polymer blends (hereinafter referred to as "materials") according to the present invention can be used in OLEDs, e.g. as the active display material in a flat panel display applications, or as backlight of a flat panel display like e.g. a liquid crystal display.
  • OLEDs are realized using multilayer structures. An emission layer is generally sandwiched between one or more electron- transport and/or hole-transport layers. By applying an electric voltage electrons and holes as charge carriers move towards the emission layer where their recombination leads to the excitation and hence luminescence of the lumophor units contained in the emission layer.
  • the materials according to the present invention may be employed in one or more of the charge transport layers and/or in the emission layer, corresponding to their electrical and/or optical properties. Furthermore their use within the emission layer is especially advantageous, if the materials according to the present invention show electroluminescent properties themselves or comprise electroluminescent groups or compounds.
  • the selection, characterization as well as the processing of suitable monomeric, oligomeric and polymeric compounds or materials for the use in OLEDs is generally known by a person skilled in the art, see, e.g., Miiller et al, Synth. Metals, 2000, 111-112, 31-34, Alcala, J. Appl. Phys., 2000, 88, 7124-7128 and the literature cited therein.
  • the materials according to the present invention may be employed as materials of light sources, e.g. in display devices, as described in EP 0 889 350 A1 or by C. Weder et al., Science, 1998, 279, 835-837.
  • a further aspect of the invention relates to both the oxidised and reduced form of the materials according to the present invention. Either loss or gain of electrons results in formation of a highly delocalised ionic form, which is of high conductivity. This can occur on exposure to common dopants.
  • Suitable dopants and methods of doping are known to those skilled in the art, e.g. from EP 0 528 662, US 5,198,153 or WO 96/21659.
  • the doping process typically implies treatment of the semiconductor material with an oxidating or reducing agent in a redox reaction to form delocalised ionic centres in the material, with the corresponding
  • Suitable doping methods comprise for example exposure to a doping vapor in the atmospheric pressure or at a reduced pressure, electrochemical doping in a solution containing a dopant, bringing a dopant into contact with the semiconductor material to be thermally diffused, and ion-implantantion of the dopant into the semiconductor material.
  • suitable dopants are for example halogens (e.g., b, Cb, Ete, ICI, IC , IBr and IF), Lewis acids (e.g., PFs, AsF5, SbFe, BF3, BCb, SbC , BEto and SO3), protonic acids, organic acids, or amino acids (e.g., HF, HCI, HNO3, H2SO4, HCIO4, FSO3H and CISO3H), transition metal compounds (e.g., FeC , FeOCI, Fe(CI04)3, Fe(4-CH 3 C6H4SO 3 )3, TiCU, ZrCU, HfCI 4 , NbFs, NbCIs, TaCIs, M0F5, M0CI5, WF5, WCI6, UF6 and LnC (wherein Ln is a lanthanoid), anions (e.g., CI ' , Br, I " , Is " , H
  • examples of dopants are cations (e.g., H + , Li + , Na + , K + , Rb + and Cs + ), alkali metals (e.g., Li, Na, K, Rb, and Cs), alkaline- earth metals (e.g., Ca, Sr, and Ba), O 2 , XeOF 4) (NO 2 + ) (SbFe ), (N0 2 + )
  • films for flat panel displays and touch screens are examples of films for flat panel displays and touch screens, antistatic films, printed conductive substrates, patterns or tracts in electronic applications such as printed circuit boards and condensers.
  • the materials according to the present invention may also be suitable for use in organic plasmon-emitting diodes (OPEDs), as described for example in Koller et a/., Nat. Photonics, 2008, 2, 684.
  • OPEDs organic plasmon-emitting diodes
  • the materials according to the present invention can be used alone or together with other materials in or as alignment layers in LCD or OLED devices, as described for example in US
  • charge transport compounds according to the present invention can increase the electrical conductivity of the alignment layer.
  • this increased electrical conductivity can reduce adverse residual dc effects in the switchable LCD cell and suppress image sticking or, for example in ferroelectric LCDs, reduce the residual charge produced by the switching of the spontaneous polarisation charge of the ferroelectric LCs.
  • this increased electrical conductivity can enhance the electroluminescence of the light emitting material.
  • the materials according to the present invention having mesogenic or liquid crystalline properties can form oriented anisotropic films as
  • the materials according to the present invention may also be combined with photoisomerisable compounds and/or chromophores for use in or as photoalignment layers, as described in US 2003/0021913 A1.
  • the materials according to the present invention can be employed as chemical sensors or materials for detecting and discriminating DNA sequences.
  • Such uses are described for example in L. Chen, D. W. McBranch, H. Wang, R. Helgeson, F. Wudl and D. G. Whitten, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 1999, 96, 12287; D. Wang, X. Gong, P. S. Heeger, F. Rininsland, G. C. Bazan and A. J. Heeger, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.
  • dielectric constant ⁇ refers to values measured at 20°C and 1 ,000 Hz.
  • the reaction mixture is quenched with water and extracted with ethyl acetate, the combined organics are washed with water (x3) and brine, dried over MgSO4 and the solvent removed in vacuo to yield a yellow oil.
  • the crude material is purified by column chromatography (5% ethyl acetate in petroleum ether (40-60)) and again purified by column chromatography (0-2% ethyl acetate in petroleum ether (40-60)) to yield the product as a yellow oil (110 mg, 19%).
  • the solution is cooled to 0 °C and ethyl acetate and sat. aq. NH4CI is added.
  • the solution is warmed to 25 °C and water added, celite is then added and the mixture filtered to remove the solids, and the solids are then washed with water and ethyl acetate.
  • the aqueous is extracted with ethyl acetate and the combined organics washed with brine, dried over MgSO4 and the solvent removed in vacuo to yield the product as a yellow oil (2.7 g, 88%).
  • Polymer (P1) was prepared as follows
  • Polymer (P2) was prepared as follows
  • the solution is degassed for a further 10 minutes before heating to 140 °C for 2 hours 15 minutes.
  • the reaction mixture is cooled to 50 °C and precipitated into methanol, collected by filtration and washed with methanol to yield a black/green polymer.
  • the crude polymer is purified by sequential soxhlet extraction with acetone, petroleum ether (40-60) and cyclohexane. The cyclohexane fraction is concentrated in vacuo and precipitated into methanol, solids are collected by filtration to yield the product as a black/green solid (237 mg, 81 %).
  • Polymer (P3) was prepared as follows
  • degassed chlorobenzene (2.3 cm 3 ) is added.
  • the solution is degassed for a further 10 minutes before heating to 140 °C for 3 hours 35 minutes.
  • tributyl-phenylstannane (0.06 cm 3 , 0.18 mmol)
  • the reaction mixture is stirred at 140 °C for 1 hour, and then bromobenzene
  • the crude polymer is purified by sequential soxhiet extraction with acetone and petroleum ether (40-60).
  • the petroleum ether (40-60) fraction is concentrated in vacuo and precipitated into
  • Polymer (P4) was prepared as follows
  • crude polymer is purified by sequential soxhlet extraction with acetone,
  • Polymer (P5) was prepared as follows
  • the solution is degassed for a further 10 minutes before heating to 140 °C for 1 hours 20 minutes.
  • the reaction mixture is cooled to 50 °C and
  • OPV devices were fabricated on ITO-glass substrates (13Q/D), purchased from Zencatec.
  • the substrates were subjected to a conventional photolithography process to define the bottom electrodes (anodes) before cleaning using common solvents (acetone, I PA, D l water) in an ultrasonic bath.
  • a conducting polymer poly(ethylene dioxythiophene) doped with poly(styrene sulfonic acid) [Clevios VPAI 4083 (H.C. Starck)] was mixed in a 1 :1 ratio with Dl-water. This solution was sonicated for 20 minutes to ensure proper mixing and filtered using a 0.2 pm filter before spin coating to a thickness of 20 nm.
  • the substrates were exposed to a UV-ozone treatment prior to the spin-coating process to ensure good wetting properties.
  • the films were then annealed at 130 °C for 30 minutes in an inert atmosphere.
  • Photoactive material solutions were prepared at the concentration and components ratio stated in Table 1 and stirred overnight. Thin films were either spin coated or blade coated in an inert atmosphere to achieve thicknesses between 100 and 200 nm, measured using a profilometer. A short drying period followed to ensure removal of excess solvent.
  • Top-gate thin-film organic field-effect transistors were fabricated on glass substrates with photolithographically defined Au source-drain electrodes.
  • dichlorobenzene was spin-coated on top (an optional annealing of the film is carried out at 100 °C, 150 °C or 200 °C for between 1 and 5 minutes) followed by a spin-coated fluoropolymer dielectric material (Lisicon® D139 from Merck, Germany). Finally a photolithographically defined Au gate electrode was deposited.
  • the electrical characterization of the transistor devices was carried out in ambient air atmosphere using computer controlled Agilent 4155C Semiconductor Parameter Analyser. Charge carrier mobility in the saturation regime (p S at) was calculated for the compound. Field-effect mobility was calculated in the saturation regime (Vd > (Vg-Vo)) using equation (1):
  • W is the channel width
  • L the channel length
  • Ci the capacitance of insulating layer
  • V g the gate voltage
  • Vo the turn-on voltage
  • p S at is the charge carrier mobility in the saturation regime.
  • Turn-on voltage (Vo) was determined as the onset of source-drain current.
  • the mobility (p S at) for polymer P5 in a top-gate OFET is 0.09 cm 2 /Vs.
  • Figure 1 shows the transfer characteristics and the charge carrier mobility of a top-gate OFET prepared as described above, wherein polymer P5 is used as the organic semiconductor.

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Abstract

The invention relates to novel organic semiconducting compounds, which are small molecules or conjugated polymers, containing one or more isoindigo or thienoisoindigo based polycyclic units, to methods for their preparation and educts or intermediates used therein, to compositions, polymer blends and formulations containing them, to the use of the compounds, compositions and polymer blends as organic semiconductors in, or for the preparation of, organic electronic (OE) devices, especially organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices, organic photodetectors (OPD), Perovskite based solar cells, organic field effect transistors (OFET) and organic light emitting diodes (OLED), and to OE, OPV, OPD, OFET and OLED devices comprising these compounds, compositions or polymer blends.

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Organic Semiconducting Compounds
Technical Field The invention relates to novel organic semiconducting compounds, which are small molecules or conjugated polymers, containing one or more isoindigo or thienoisoindigo based polycyclic units, to methods for their preparation and educts or intermediates used therein, to compositions, polymer blends and formulations containing them, to the use of the compounds, compositions and polymer blends as organic semiconductors in, or for the preparation of, organic electronic (OE) devices, especially organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices, organic photodetectors (OPD), Perovskite based solar cells, organic field effect transistors (OFET) and organic light emitting diodes (OLED), and to OE, OPV, OPD, OFET and OLED devices comprising these compounds, compositions or polymer blends.
Background In recent years, there has been development of organic semiconducting (OSC) materials in order to produce more versatile, lower cost electronic devices. Such materials find application in a wide range of devices or apparatus, including organic field effect transistors (OFETs), organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs), organic photodetectors (OPDs), organic photovoltaic (OPV) cells, sensors, memory elements and logic circuits to name just a few. The organic semiconducting materials are typically present in the electronic device in the form of a thin layer, for example of between 50 and 300 nm thickness. One particular area of importance is organic photovoltaics (OPV).
Conjugated polymers have found use in OPVs as they allow devices to be manufactured by solution-processing techniques such as spin casting, dip coating or ink jet printing. Solution processing can be carried out cheaper and on a larger scale compared to the evaporative techniques used to make inorganic thin film devices. Currently, polymer based photovoltaic devices are achieving efficiencies above 8%. ln order to obtain ideal solution-processible OSC molecules two basic features are essential, firstly a rigid π-conjugated core unit to form the backbone, and secondly a suitable functionality attached to the aromatic core unit in the OSC backbone. The former extends π-π overlaps, defines the primary energy levels of the highest occupied and lowest unoccupied molecular orbitals (HOMO and LUMO), enables both charge injection and transport, and facilitates optical absorption. The latter further fine-tunes the energy levels and enables solubility and hence processibility of the materials as well as π-π interactions of the molecular backbones in the solid state.
A high degree of molecular planarity reduces the energetic disorder of OSC backbones and accordingly enhances charge carrier mobilities.
Linearly fusing aromatic rings is an efficient way of achieving maximum planarity with extended π-π conjugation of OSC molecules. Accordingly, most of the known polymeric OSCs with high charge carrier mobilities are generally composed of fused ring aromatic systems and are
semicrystalline in their solid states. On the other hand, such fused aromatic ring systems are often difficult to synthesize, and do also often show poor solubility in organic solvents, which renders their processing as thin films for use in OE devices more difficult.
Another particular area of importance are OFETs. The performance of OFET devices is principally based upon the charge carrier mobility of the semiconducting material and the current on/off ratio, so the ideal semiconductor should have a low conductivity in the off state, combined with high charge carrier mobility (> 1 x 10~3 cm2 V 1 s_1). In addition, it is important that the semiconducting material is stable to oxidation i.e. it has a high ionisation potential, as oxidation leads to reduced device
performance. Further requirements for the semiconducting material are good processibility, especially for large-scale production of thin layers and desired patterns, and high stability, film uniformity and integrity of the organic semiconductor layer.
In prior art, various materials have been proposed for use as organic semiconductors in OFETs, including small molecules like for example pentacene, and polymers like for example polyhexylthiophene. However, the materials and devices investigated so far do still have several drawbacks, and their properties, especially the processibility, charge- carrier mobility, on/off ratio and stability do still leave room for further improvement
The OSC materials as disclosed in prior art do thus still leave room for further improvement, for example regarding their processibility and their electronic properties. Therefore there is still a need for OSC materials for use in organic electronic devices like OPV cells and OFETs, which have advantageous properties, in particular good processibility, high solubility in organic solvents, good structural organization and film-forming properties. In addition, the OSC materials should be easy to synthesize, especially by methods suitable for mass production. For use in OPV cells, the OSC materials should especially have a low bandgap, which enables improved light harvesting by the photoactive layer and can lead to higher cell efficiencies, high stability and long lifetime. For use in OFETs the OSC materials should especially have high charge-carrier mobility, high on/off ratio in transistor devices, high oxidative stability and long lifetime.
It was an aim of the present invention to provide compounds for use as OSC materials that provide one or more of the above-mentioned
advantageous properties, especially easy synthesis by methods suitable for mass production, good processibility, high stability, good solubility in organic solvents, high charge carrier mobility, and a low bandgap. Another aim of the invention was to extend the pool of OSC materials available to the expert. Other aims of the present invention are immediately evident to the expert from the following detailed description.
The inventors of the present invention have found that one or more of the above aims can be achieved by providing small molecules and conjugated polymers as disclosed and claimed hereinafter. These comprise polycyclic units based on isoindigo or thienoisoindigo as shown below,
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thienoisoindigo where additional aromatic rings are fused to the outer rings and
solubilising groups attached to the N-atoms and/or the fused aromatic rings.
By extending the isoindigo and thienoisoindigo core units with the addition of further fused aryl or heteroaryl rings, the polymer backbone becomes more rigid, resulting in a more planar structure and decreased bandgap. Extension of the core unit can also be used to fine-tune the electronics of the compounds and polymers, optimizing them for use in OPV, OPD and OTFT devices. The solubility and processibility of the compounds of the present invention can also be improved by attaching substituents like alkyl chains to the aromatic core, which improves the packing and charge carrier mobility of the compounds in the resultant semiconducting layer. N. Zhao, L. Qiu, X. Wang, Z. An and X. Wan, Tetrahedron Letters 2014, 55, 1040 discloses the synthesis of an isoindigo compound with fused thiophene rings. However, compounds as disclosed and claimed hereinafter have not been disclosed or suggested in prior art. Summary
The invention relates to a compound comprising one or more divalent units of formula I
Figure imgf000006_0001
on each occurrence identically or differently, denotes H or straight chain, branched or cyclic alkyl group with 1 to 50 C atoms in which one or more non-adjacent CH2 groups are optionally replaced, in each case independently from one another, by -0-, -S-, -C(O)-, -C(0)0-, -O-C(O)-, -O-CO(O)-O- , -SO2-, -SO3-, -NR0-, -S'iR°R00-, -CF2-, -CR°=CR00-, - CY1=CY2- or -C≡C- in such a manner that O and/or S atoms are not linked directly to one another, and in which one or more H atoms are optionally replaced by F, CI, Br, I or CN, or denotes monocyclic or polycyclic aryl or heteroaryl, each of which is optionally substituted with one or more groups Rs and has 4 to 30 ring atoms,
X is O or S,
A1 , A2, A3 denote, independently of each other, and on each
occurrence identically or differently, a monocyclic or polycyclic aromatic or heteroaromatic group with 4 to 20 ring atoms that is optionally substituted by one or more groups
Rs,
Rs denotes, on each occurrence identically or differently, F, Br,
CI, -CN, -NC, -NCO, -NCS, -OCN, -SCN, -C(O)NR°R00, - C(0)X°, -C(O)R°, -C(0)OR°, -NH2, -NR°R00, -SH, -SR°, - SO3H, -SO2R0, -OH, -NO2, -CF3, -SF5, optionally substituted silyl, carbyl or hydrocarbyl with 1 to 40 C atoms that is optionally substituted and optionally comprises one or more hetero atoms,
R°, R00 independently of each other denote H or optionally
substituted C1-40 carbyl or hydrocarbyl, and preferably denote
H or alkyl with 1 to 12 C-atoms,
Y1 , Y2 independently of each other denote H, F, CI or CN, X° denotes halogen, preferably F, CI or Br, r, s are independently of each other 0, 1 , 2, 3 or 4.
The invention further relates to a formulation comprising one or more compounds comprising a unit of formula I and one or more solvents, preferably selected from organic solvents.
The invention further relates to the use of units of formula I as electron donor or electron acceptor units in semiconducting polymers.
The invention further relates to conjugated polymers comprising one or more repeating units of formula I.
The invention further relates to conjugated polymers comprising one or more repeating units of formula I and/or one or more groups selected from aryl and heteroaryl groups that are optionally substituted, and wherein at least one repeating unit in the polymer is a unit of formula I.
The invention further relates to monomers containing a unit of formula I and further containing one or more reactive groups which can be reacted to form a conjugated polymer as described above and below.
The invention further relates to semiconducting polymers comprising one or more units of formula I and one or more additional units which are different from formula I and have electron donor properties. The invention further relates to semiconducting polymers comprising one or more units of formula I as electron donor units, and preferably further comprising one or more units having electron acceptor properties. The invention further relates to the use of the compounds according to the present invention as electron donor or p-type semiconductor.
The invention further relates to the use of the compounds according to the present invention as dyes or pigments.
The invention further relates to the use of the compounds according to the present invention as electron donor component in a semiconducting material, formulation, polymer blend, device or component of a device. The invention further relates to a semiconducting material, formulation, polymer blend, device or component of a device comprising a compound according to the present invention as electron donor component, and preferably further comprising one or more compounds or polymers having electron acceptor properties.
The invention further relates to a composition or polymer blend comprising one or more compounds according to the present invention, and further comprising one or more compounds selected from compounds having one or more of semiconducting, charge transport, hole or electron transport, hole or electron blocking, electrically conducting, photoconducting or light emitting properties.
The invention further relates to a composition or polymer blend as described above and below, which comprises one or more compounds according to the present invention, and further comprises one or more n- type organic semiconductor compounds, preferably selected from
fullerenes or substituted fullerenes.
The invention further relates to the use of a compound according to the present invention, or a composition or polymer blend comprising it as described above and below, as semiconducting, charge transport, electrically conducting, photoconducting, photoactive or light emitting material or as dye or pigment, or in an optical, electrooptical, electronic, electroluminescent or photoluminescent device, or in a component of such a device or in an assembly comprising such a device or component.
The invention further relates to a semiconducting, charge transport, electrically conducting, photoconducting, photoactive or light emitting material or a dye or pigment, comprising a compound, composition or polymer blend according to the present invention.
The invention further relates to a formulation comprising one or more compounds according to the present invention, or a composition or polymer blend comprising it as described above and below, and further comprising one or more solvents, preferably selected from organic solvents.
The invention further relates to an optical, electrooptical, electronic, photoactive, electroluminescent or photoluminescent device, or a component thereof, or an assembly comprising it, which is prepared using a formulation as described above and below.
The invention further relates to an optical, electrooptical, electronic, photoactive, electroluminescent or photoluminescent device, or a component thereof, or an assembly comprising it, which comprises a compound according to the present invention, or a composition or polymer blend comprising it.
The invention further relates to an optical, electrooptical, electronic, photoactive, electroluminescent or photoluminescent device, or a component thereof, which comprises a semiconducting, charge transport, electrically conducting, photoconducting or light emitting material or a dye or pigment according to the present invention as described above and below. The optical, electrooptical, electronic, electroluminescent and
photoluminescent devices include, without limitation, organic field effect transistors (OFET), organic thin film transistors (OTFT), organic light emitting diodes (OLED), organic light emitting transistors (OLET), organic photovoltaic devices (OPV), organic photodetectors (OPD), Perovskite based solar cells, organic solar cells, dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC), laser diodes, Schottky diodes, photoconductors, photodetectors and thermoelectric devices.
Preferred devices are OFETs, OTFTs, OPVs, OPDs and OLEDs, in particular bulk heterojunction (BHJ) OPVs or inverted BHJ OPVs.
Further preferred is the use of a compound, composition or polymer blend according to the present invention as dye in a DSSC or a perovskite- based solar cells, and a DSSC or perovskite-based solar cells comprising a compound, composition or polymer blend according to the present invention.
The components of the above devices include, without limitation, charge injection layers, charge transport layers, interlayers, planarising layers, antistatic films, polymer electrolyte membranes (PEM), conducting substrates and conducting patterns.
The assemblies comprising such devices or components include, without limitation, integrated circuits (IC), radio frequency identification (RFID) tags or security markings or security devices containing them, flat panel displays or backlights thereof, electrophotographic devices,
electrophotographic recording devices, organic memory devices, sensor devices, biosensors and biochips.
In addition the compounds, polymers, compositions, polymer blends and formulations of the present invention can be used as electrode materials in batteries and in components or devices for detecting and discriminating DNA sequences.
Terms and Definitions
As used herein, the term "polymer" will be understood to mean a molecule of high relative molecular mass, the structure of which essentially comprises the multiple repetition of units derived, actually or conceptually, from molecules of low relative molecular mass (Pure Appl. Chem., 1996, 68, 2291). The term "oligomer" will be understood to mean a molecule of intermediate relative molecular mass, the structure of which essentially comprises a small plurality of units derived, actually or conceptually, from molecules of lower relative molecular mass (Pure Appl. Chem., 1996, 68, 2291). In a preferred meaning as used herein present invention a polymer will be understood to mean a compound having > 1 , i.e. at least 2 repeat units, preferably > 5 repeat units, and an oligomer will be understood to mean a compound with > 1 and < 10, preferably < 5, repeat units.
Further, as used herein, the term "polymer" will be understood to mean a molecule that encompasses a backbone (also referred to as "main chain") of one or more distinct types of repeat units (the smallest constitutional unit of the molecule) and is inclusive of the commonly known terms
"oligomer", "copolymer", "homopolymer" and the like. Further, it will be understood that the term polymer is inclusive of, in addition to the polymer itself, residues from initiators, catalysts and other elements attendant to the synthesis of such a polymer, where such residues are understood as not being covalently incorporated thereto. Further, such residues and other elements, while normally removed during post polymerization purification processes, are typically mixed or co-mingled with the polymer such that they generally remain with the polymer when it is transferred between vessels or between solvents or dispersion media.
As used herein, in a formula showing a polymer or a repeat unit, an asterisk (*) will be understood to mean a chemical linkage to an adjacent unit or to a terminal group in the polymer backbone. In a ring, like for example a benzene or thiophene ring, an asterisk (*) will be understood to mean a C atom that is fused to an adjacent ring.
As used herein, the terms "repeat unit", "repeating unit" and "monomeric unit" are used interchangeably and will be understood to mean the constitutional repeating unit (CRU), which is the smallest constitutional unit the repetition of which constitutes a regular macromolecule, a regular oligomer molecule, a regular block or a regular chain (Pure Appl. Chem., 1996, 68, 2291). As further used herein, the term "unit" will be understood to mean a structural unit which can be a repeating unit on its own, or can together with other units form a constitutional repeating unit.
As used herein, a "terminal group" will be understood to mean a group that terminates a polymer backbone. The expression "in terminal position in the backbone" will be understood to mean a divalent unit or repeat unit that is linked at one side to such a terminal group and at the other side to another repeat unit. Such terminal groups include endcap groups, or reactive groups that are attached to a monomer forming the polymer backbone which did not participate in the polymerisation reaction, like for example a group having the meaning of R5 or R6 as defined below. As used herein, the term "endcap group" will be understood to mean a group that is attached to, or replacing, a terminal group of the polymer backbone. The endcap group can be introduced into the polymer by an endcapping process. Endcapping can be carried out for example by reacting the terminal groups of the polymer backbone with a
monofunctional compound ("endcapper") like for example an alkyl- or arylhalide, an alkyl- or arylstannane or an alkyl- or arylboronate. The endcapper can be added for example after the polymerisation reaction. Alternatively the endcapper can be added in situ to the reaction mixture before or during the polymerisation reaction. In situ addition of an endcapper can also be used to terminate the polymerisation reaction and thus control the molecular weight of the forming polymer. Typical endcap groups are for example H, phenyl and lower alkyl.
As used herein, the term "small molecule" will be understood to mean a monomeric compound which typically does not contain a reactive group by which it can be reacted to form a polymer, and which is designated to be used in monomeric form. In contrast thereto, the term "monomer" unless stated otherwise will be understood to mean a monomeric compound that carries one or more reactive functional groups by which it can be reacted to form a polymer. As used herein, the terms "donor" or "donating" and "acceptor" or
"accepting" will be understood to mean an electron donor or electron acceptor, respectively. "Electron donor" will be understood to mean a chemical entity that donates electrons to another compound or another group of atoms of a compound. "Electron acceptor" will be understood to mean a chemical entity that accepts electrons transferred to it from another compound or another group of atoms of a compound. See also International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Compendium of Chemical Technology, Gold Book, Version 2.3.2, 19. August 2012, pages 477 and 480.
As used herein, the term "n-type" or "n-type semiconductor" will be understood to mean an extrinsic semiconductor in which the conduction electron density is in excess of the mobile hole density, and the term "p- type" or "p-type semiconductor" will be understood to mean an extrinsic semiconductor in which mobile hole density is in excess of the conduction electron density (see also, J. Thewlis, Concise Dictionary of Physics, Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1973). As used herein, the term "leaving group" will be understood to mean an atom or group (which may be charged or uncharged) that becomes detached from an atom in what is considered to be the residual or main part of the molecule taking part in a specified reaction (see also Pure AppI. Chem., 1994, 66, 1134).
As used herein, the term "conjugated" will be understood to mean a compound (for example a polymer) that contains mainly C atoms with sp2- hybridisation (or optionally also sp-hybridisation), and wherein these C atoms may also be replaced by hetero atoms. In the simplest case this is for example a compound with alternating C-C single and double (or triple) bonds, but is also inclusive of compounds with aromatic units like for example 1 ,4-phenylene. The term "mainly" in this connection will be understood to mean that a compound with naturally (spontaneously) occurring defects, or with defects included by design, which may lead to interruption of the conjugation, is still regarded as a conjugated compound. As used herein, unless stated otherwise the molecular weight is given as the number average molecular weight Mn or weight average molecular weight Mw, which is determined by gel permeation chromatography (GPC) against polystyrene standards in eluent solvents such as tetrahydrofuran, trichloromethane (TCM, chloroform), chlorobenzene or 1 ,2,4-trichloro- benzene. Unless stated otherwise, 1 ,2,4-trichlorobenzene is used as solvent. The degree of polymerization, also referred to as total number of repeat units, n, will be understood to mean the number average degree of polymerization given as n = Mn/Mu, wherein Mn is the number average molecular weight and Mu is the molecular weight of the single repeat unit, see J. M. G. Cowie, Polymers: Chemistry & Physics of Modern Materials, Blackie, Glasgow, 1991.
As used herein, the term "carbyl group" will be understood to mean any monovalent or multivalent organic moiety which comprises at least one carbon atom either without any non-carbon atoms (like for example
-C≡C-), or optionally combined with at least one non-carbon atom such as B, N, O, S, P, Si, Se, As, Te or Ge (for example carbonyl etc.). As used herein, the term "hydrocarbyl group" will be understood to mean a carbyl group that does additionally contain one or more H atoms and optionally contains one or more hetero atoms like for example B, N, O, S, P, Si, Se, As, Te or Ge. As used herein, the term "hetero atom" will be understood to mean an atom in an organic compound that is not a H- or C-atom, and preferably will be understood to mean B, N, O, S, P, Si, Se, As, Te or Ge.
A carbyl or hydrocarbyl group comprising a chain of 3 or more C atoms may be straight-chain, branched and/or cyclic, and may include spiro-connected and/or fused rings.
Preferred carbyl and hydrocarbyl groups include alkyl, alkoxy,
alkylcarbonyl, alkoxycarbonyl, alkylcarbonyloxy and alkoxycarbonyloxy, each of which is optionally substituted and has 1 to 40, preferably 1 to 30, very preferably 1 to 24 C atoms, furthermore optionally substituted aryl or aryloxy having 6 to 40, preferably 6 to 25 C atoms, furthermore
alkylaryloxy, arylcarbonyl, aryloxycarbonyl, arylcarbonyloxy and
aryloxycarbonyloxy, each of which is optionally substituted and has 6 to 40, preferably 7 to 40 C atoms, wherein all these groups do optionally contain one or more hetero atoms, preferably selected from B, N, O, S, P, Si, Se, As, Te and Ge.
Further preferred carbyl and hydrocarbyl group include for example: a Ci- C40 alkyl group, a C1-C40 fluoroalkyl group, a C1-C40 alkoxy or oxaalkyl group, a C2-C40 alkenyl group, a C2-C40 alkynyl group, a C3-C40 allyl group, a C4-C40 alkyldienyl group, a C4-C40 polyenyl group, a C2-C40 ketone group, a C2-C40 ester group, a C6-C18 aryl group, a C6-C40 alkylaryl group, a C6-C40 arylalkyl group, a C4-C40 cycloalkyl group, a C4-C40 cycloalkenyl group, and the like. Preferred among the foregoing groups are a C1-C20 alkyl group, a C1-C20 fluoroalkyl group, a C2-C20 alkenyl group, a C2 -C20 alkynyl group, a C3-C20 allyl group, a C4-C20 alkyldienyl group, a C2-C20 ketone group, a C2-C20 ester group, a C6-C12 aryl group, and a C4-C20 polyenyl group, respectively. Also included are combinations of groups having carbon atoms and groups having hetero atoms, like e.g. an alkynyl group, preferably ethynyl, that is substituted with a silyl group, preferably a trialkylsilyl group.
The carbyl or hydrocarbyl group may be an acyclic group or a cyclic group. Where the carbyl or hydrocarbyl group is an acyclic group, it may be straight-chain or branched. Where the carbyl or hydrocarbyl group is a cyclic group, it may be a non-aromatic carbocyclic or heterocyclic group, or an aryl or heteroaryl group. A non-aromatic carbocyclic group as referred to above and below is saturated or unsaturated and preferably has 4 to 30 ring C atoms. A non- aromatic heterocyclic group as referred to above and below preferably has 4 to 30 ring C atoms, wherein one or more of the C ring atoms are optionally replaced by a hetero atom, preferably selected from N, O, S, Si and Se, or by a -S(O)- or -S(O)2- group. The non-aromatic carbo- and heterocyclic groups are mono- or polycyclic, may also contain fused rings, preferably contain 1 , 2, 3 or 4 fused or unfused rings, and are optionally substituted with one or more groups L, wherein
L is selected from halogen, -CN, -NC, -NCO, -NCS, -OCN, -SCN,
-C(=0)NR°R°°, -C(=O)X°, -C(=0)R°, -NH2, -NR°R00, -SH, -SR°, -SO3H, -SO2R0, -OH, -NO2, -CFs, -SF5, optionally substituted silyl, or carbyl or hydrocarbyl with 1 to 40 C atoms that is optionally substituted and optionally comprises one or more hetero atoms, and is preferably alkyl, aikoxy, thioalkyi, alkylcarbonyl, alkoxycarbonyl or alkoxycarbonyioxy with 1 to 20 C atoms that is optionally fluorinated, X° is halogen, preferably F, CI or Br, and R°, R00 have the meanings given above and below, and preferably denote H or alkyl with 1 to 20 C atoms.
Preferred substituents L are selected from halogen, most preferably F, or alkyl, aikoxy, oxaalkyl, thioalkyi, fluoroalkyl and fluoroalkoxy with 1 to 16 C atoms, or alkenyl or alkynyl with 2 to 20 C atoms.
Preferred non-aromatic carbocyclic or heterocyclic groups are
tetrahydrofuran, indane, pyran, pyrrolidine, piperidine, cyclopentane, cyclohexane, cycloheptane, cyclopentanone, cyclohexanone, dihydro- furan-2-one, tetrahydro-pyran-2-one and oxepan-2-one.
An aryl group as referred to above and below preferably has 4 to 30 ring C atoms, is mono- or polycyclic and may also contain fused rings, preferably contains 1 , 2, 3 or 4 fused or unfused rings, and is optionally substituted with one or more groups L as defined above.
A heteroaryl group as referred to above and below preferably has 4 to 30 ring C atoms, wherein one or more of the C ring atoms are replaced by a hetero atom, preferably selected from N, O, S, Si and Se, is mono- or polycyclic and may also contain fused rings, preferably contains 1 , 2, 3 or 4 fused or unfused rings, and is optionally substituted with one or more groups L as defined above.
As used herein, "arylene" will be understood to mean a divalent aryl group, and "heteroarylene" will be understood to mean a divalent heteroaryl group, including all preferred meanings of aryl and heteroaryl as given above and below.
Preferred aryl and heteroaryl groups are phenyl in which, in addition, one or more CH groups may be replaced by N, naphthalene, thiophene, selenophene, thienothiophene, dithienothiophene, fluorene and oxazole, all of which can be unsubstituted, mono- or polysubstituted with L as defined above. Very preferred rings are selected from pyrrole, preferably N-pyrrole, furan, pyridine, preferably 2- or 3-pyridine, pyrimidine, pyridazine, pyrazine, triazole, tetrazole, pyrazole, imidazole, isothiazole, thiazole, thiadiazole, isoxazole, oxazole, oxadiazole, thiophene, preferably 2-thiophene, selenophene, preferably 2-selenophene, thieno[3,2- b]thiophene, thieno[2,3-b]thiophene, furo[3,2-b]furan, furo[2,3-b]furan, seleno[3,2-b]selenophene, seleno[2,3-b]selenophene, thieno[3,2- b]selenophene, thieno[3,2-b]furan, indole, isoindole, benzo[b]furan, benzo[b]thiophene, benzo[ ,2-b;4,5-b']dithiophene, benzo[2,1-b;3,4- b']dithiophene, quinole, 2- methylquinole, isoquinole, quinoxaline, quinazoline, benzotriazole, benzimidazole, benzothiazole, benzisothiazole, benzisoxazole, benzoxadiazole, benzoxazole, benzothiadiazole, 4H- cyclopenta[2,1-b;3,4-b']dithiophene, 7H-3,4-dithia-7-sila- cyclopenta[a]pentalene, all of which can be unsubstituted, mono- or polysubstituted with L as defined above. Further examples of aryl and heteroaryl groups are those selected from the groups shown hereinafter. An alkyl group or an alkoxy group, i.e., where the terminal CH2 group is replaced by -O-, can be straight-chain or branched. It is preferably a straight-chain, has 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20 or 24 carbon atoms and accordingly is preferably ethyl, propyl, butyl, pentyl, hexyl, heptyl, octyl, decyl, dodecyl, tetradecyl, hexadecyl, octadecyl or didecyl, ethoxy, propoxy, butoxy, pentoxy, hexoxy, heptoxy, octoxy, decoxy, dodecoxy, tetradecoxy, hexadecoxy, octadecoxy or didecoxy, furthermore methyl, nonyl, undecyl, tridecyl, pentadecyl, nonoxy, undecoxy or tridecoxy, for example. An alkenyl group, i.e., wherein one or more CH2 groups are replaced by - CH=CH- can be straight-chain or branched. It is preferably straight-chain, has 2 to 10 C atoms and accordingly is preferably vinyl, prop-1-, or prop-
2- enyl, but-1-, 2- or but-3-enyl, pent-1-, 2-, 3- or pent-4-enyl, hex-1-, 2-, 3-, 4- or hex-5-enyl, hept-1-, 2-, 3-, 4-, 5- or hept-6-enyl, oct-1-, 2-, 3-, 4-, 5-, 6- or oct-7-enyl, non-1-, 2-, 3-, 4-, 5-, 6-, 7- or non-8-enyl, dec-1-, 2-, 3-, 4-, 5-, 6-, 7-, 8- or dec-9-enyl.
Especially preferred alkenyl groups are C2-C7-I E-alkenyl, C4-C7-3E- alkenyl, C5-C7-4-alkenyl, C6-C7-5-alkenyl and C7-6-alkenyl, in particular C2-C7-I E-alkenyl, C4-C7-3E-alkenyl and C5-C7-4-alkenyl. Examples for particularly preferred alkenyl groups are vinyl, 1 E-propenyl, 1 E-butenyl, 1 E-pentenyl, 1 E-hexenyl, 1 E-heptenyl, 3-butenyl, 3E-pentenyl,
3E-hexenyl, 3E-heptenyl, 4-pentenyl, 4Z-hexenyl, 4E-hexenyl,
4Z-heptenyl, 5-hexenyl, 6-heptenyl and the like. Groups having up to 5 C atoms are generally preferred.
An oxaalkyl group, i.e., where one CH2 group is replaced by -O-, is preferably straight-chain 2-oxapropyl (=methoxymethyl), 2- (=ethoxymethyl) or 3-oxabutyl (=2-methoxyethyl), 2-, 3-, or 4-oxapentyl, 2-,
3- , 4-, or 5-oxahexyl, 2-, 3-, 4-, 5-, or 6-oxaheptyl, 2-, 3-, 4-, 5-, 6- or 7- oxaoctyl, 2-, 3-, 4-, 5-, 6-, 7- or 8-oxanonyl or 2-, 3-, 4-, 5-, 6-,7-, 8- or 9- oxadecyl, for example.
In an alkyl group wherein one CH2 group is replaced by -O- and one CH2 group is replaced by -C(O)-, these radicals are preferably neighboured. Accordingly these radicals together form a carbonyloxy group -C(0)-O- or an oxycarbonyl group -O-C(O)-. Preferably this group is straight-chain and has 2 to 6 C atoms. It is accordingly preferably acetyloxy, propionyloxy, butyryloxy, pentanoyloxy, hexanoyloxy, acetyloxymethyl,
propionyloxymethyl, butyryloxymethyl, pentanoyloxymethyl,
2-acetyloxyethyl, 2-propionyloxyethyl, 2-butyryloxyethyl, 3-acetyloxypropyl, 3-propionyloxypropyl, 4-acetyloxybutyl, methoxycarbonyl, ethoxycarbonyl, propoxycarbonyl, butoxycarbonyl, pentoxycarbonyl,
methoxycarbonylmethyl, ethoxycarbonylmethyl, propoxycarbonylmethyl, butoxycarbonylmethyl, 2-(methoxycarbonyl)ethyl, 2-(ethoxycarbonyl)ethyl, 2-(propoxycarbonyl)ethyl, 3-(methoxycarbonyl)propyl,
3-(ethoxycarbonyl)propyl, 4-(methoxycarbonyl)-butyl. An alkyl group wherein two or more CH2 groups are replaced by -O- and/or -C(O)O- can be straight-chain or branched, it is preferably straight- chain and has 3 to 12 C atoms. Accordingly it is preferably bis-carboxy- methyl, 2,2-bis-carboxy-ethyl, 3,3-bis-carboxy-propyl, 4,4-bis-carboxy- butyl, 5,5-bis-carboxy-pentyl, 6,6-bis-carboxy-hexyl, 7,7-bis-carboxy- heptyl, 8,8-bis-carboxy-octyl, 9,9-bis-carboxy-nonyl, 10,10-bis-carboxy- decyl, bis-(methoxycarbonyl)-methyl, 2,2-bis-(methoxycarbonyl)-ethyl, 3,3-bis-(methoxycarbonyl)-propyl, 4,4-bis-(methoxycarbonyl)-butyl, 5,5-bis- (methoxycarbonyl)-pentyl, 6,6-bis-(methoxycarbonyl)-hexyl, 7,7-bis- (methoxycarbonyl)-heptyl, 8,8-bis-(methoxycarbonyl)-octyl, bis- (ethoxycarbonyl)-methyl, 2,2-bis-(ethoxycarbonyl)-ethyl, 3,3-bis- (ethoxycarbonyl)-propyl, 4,4-bis-(ethoxycarbonyl)-butyl, 5,5-bis- (ethoxycarbonyl)-hexyl.
A thioalkyi group, i.e., where one CH2 group is replaced by -S-, is preferably straight-chain thiomethyl (-SCH3), 1-thioethyl (-SCH2CH3),
1-thiopropyl (= -SCH2CH2CH3), 1- (thiobutyl), l-(thiopentyl), l-(thiohexyl),
1- (thioheptyl), l-(thiooctyl), l-(thiononyl), l-(thiodecyl), l-(thioundecyl) or l-(thiododecyl), wherein preferably the CH2 group adjacent to the sp2 hybridised vinyl carbon atom is replaced.
A fluoroalkyI group is perfluoroalkyi CiF2i+i , wherein i is an integer from 1 to 15, in particular CF3, C2F5, C3F7, C4F9, C5F11 , C6Fi3, C7F15 or CeFi7, very preferably C6F13, or partially fluorinated alkyl with 1 to 15 C atoms, in particular 1 ,1-difluoroalkyl, all of which are straight-chain or branched.
Alkyl, alkoxy, alkenyl, oxaalkyi, thioalkyi, carbonyl and carbonyloxy groups can be achiral or chiral groups. Particularly preferred chiral groups are
2- butyl (=1-methylpropyl), 2-methylbutyl, 2-methylpentyl,
2-ethylhexyl, 2-butylhexyl, 2-ethyloctyl, 2-butyloctly, 2-hexyloctyl, 2- ethyldecyl, 2-butyldecyl, 2-hexyldecyl, 2-octyldecyl, 2-ethyldodecyl, 2- butyldodecyl, 2-hexyldodecyl, 2-octyldodecyl, 2-decyldodecyl, 2- propylpentyl, 3-methylpentyl , 3-ethylpentyl, 3-ethylheptyl, 3-butylheptyl, 3- ethylnonyl, 3-butylnonyl, 3-hexylnonyl, 3-ethylundecyl, 3-butylundecyl, 3- hexylundecyl, 3-octylundecyl, , in particular 2-methylbutyl, 2-methylbutoxy, 2-methylpentoxy, 3-methyl-pentoxy, 2-ethyl-hexoxy, 2-butyloctoxyo, 2- hexyldecoxy, 2-octyldodecoxy, 1-methylhexoxy, 2-octyloxy, 2-oxa-3- methylbutyl, 3-oxa-4-methyl-pentyl,
4-methylhexyl, 2-hexyl, 2-octyl, 2-nonyl, 2-decyl, 2-dodecyl, 6-methoxy- octoxy, 6-methyloctoxy, 6-methyloctanoyloxy, 5-methylheptyloxy-carbonyl, 2-methylbutyryloxy, 3-methylvaleroyloxy, 4-methylhexanoyloxy, 2-chloro- propionyloxy, 2-chloro-3-methylbutyryloxy, 2-chloro-4-methyl-valeryl-oxy, 2-chloro-3-methylvaleryloxy, 2-methyl-3-oxapentyl, 2-methyl-3-oxa-hexyl, 1 -methoxypropyl-2-oxy, 1 -ethoxypropyl-2-oxy, 1 -propoxypropyl-2-oxy,
1- butoxypropyl-2-oxy, 2-fluorooctyloxy, 2-fluorodecyloxy, 1 ,1 ,1-trifluoro-2- octyloxy, 1 ,1 ,1 -trifluoro-2-octyl, 2-fluoromethyloctyloxy for example. Very preferred are 2-ethylhexyl, 2-butylhexyl, 2-ethyloctyl, 2-butyloctly, 2- hexyloctyl, 2-ethyldecyl, 2-butyldecyl, 2-hexyldecyl, 2-octyldecyl, 2- ethyldodecyl, 2-butyldodecyl, 2-hexyldodecyl, 2-octyldodecyl, 2- decyldodecyl, 3-ethylheptyl, 3-butylheptyl, 3-ethylnonyl, 3-butylnonyl, 3- hexylnonyl, 3-ethylundecyl, 3-butylundecyl, 3-hexylundecyl, 3-octylundecyl,
2- hexyl, 2-octyl, 2-octyloxy, 1 ,1 ,1-trifluoro-2-hexyl, 1 ,1 ,1-trifluoro-2-octyl and 1 ,1 ,1 -trifluoro-2-octyloxy.
Preferred achiral branched groups are isopropyl, isobutyl (=methylpropyl), isopentyl (=3-methylbutyl), tert. butyl, isopropoxy, 2-methyl-propoxy and 3- methylbutoxy.
In a preferred embodiment, the alkyl groups are independently of each other selected from primary, secondary or tertiary alkyl or alkoxy with 1 to 30 C atoms, wherein one or more H atoms are optionally replaced by F, or aryl, aryloxy, heteroaryl or heteroaryloxy that is optionally alkylated or alkoxylated and has 4 to 30 ring atoms. Very preferred groups of this type are selected from the group consisting of the following formulae
Figure imgf000020_0001
Figure imgf000021_0001
wherein "ALK" denotes optionally fluorinated, preferably linear, alkyl or alkoxy with 1 to 20, preferably 1 to 12 C-atoms, in case of tertiary groups very preferably 1 to 9 C atoms, and the dashed line denotes the link to the ring to which these groups are attached. Especially preferred among these groups are those wherein all ALK subgroups are identical.
As used herein, "halogen" or "hal" includes F, CI, Br or I, preferably F, CI or Br.
As used herein, -CO-, C=O, -C(=O)- and -C(O)- will be understood to mean a carbonyl group, i.e. a group having the structure
Figure imgf000021_0002
As used herein, C=CR1R2 will be understood to mean an ylidene group,
Figure imgf000021_0003
i.e. a group having the structure .
Above and below, Y1 and Y2 are independently of each other H, F, CI or CN.
Above and below, R° and R00 are independently of each other H or an optionally substituted carbyl or hydrocarbyl group with 1 to 40 C atoms, and preferably denote H or alkyl with 1 to 12 C-atoms.
Detailed Description
The compounds of the present invention are easy to synthesize and exhibit advantageous properties. They show good processibility for the device manufacture process, high solubility in organic solvents, and are especially suitable for large scale production using solution processing methods.
The units of formula I are especially suitable as (electron) acceptor or donor unit in both n-type and p-type semiconducting compounds, polymers or copolymers, in particular copolymers containing both donor and acceptor units, and for the preparation of blends of p-type and n-type semiconductors which are suitable for use in BHJ photovoltaic devices.
The units of formula I contain an enlarged system of fused aromatic rings, which creates numerous benefits in developing novel high performance OSC materials. Firstly, a large number of fused aromatic rings along the long axis of the core structure increases the overall planarity and reduces the number of the potential twists of the conjugated molecular backbone. Elongation of the π-π structure or monomer increases the extent of conjugation which facilitates charge transport along the polymer
backbone. Secondly, the high proportion of sulphur atoms in the molecular backbone through the presence of fused thiophene rings promotes more intermolecular short contacts, which benefits charge hopping between molecules. Thirdly, the large number of fused rings leads to an increased proportion of ladder structure in the OSC polymer main chain. This forms a broader and more intense absorption band resulting in improved solar light harvesting compared with prior art materials. Additionally but not lastly, fusing aromatic rings can more efficiently modify the HOMO and LUMO energy levels and bandgaps of the target monomer structures compared with periphery substitutions.
Besides, the compounds of the present invention show the following advantageous properties: i) Extension of the isoindigo core unit with the addition of further fused aryl or heteroaryl rings results in the polymer backbone becoming more rigid, leading to a more planar structure and decreased bandgap. ii) Extension of the core unit can also be used to fine-tune the electronics of the compound, this can lead to a decrease in the HOMO of the compound, thus increasing the Voc. For example, in conjugated polymers the introduction of electron rich units, for example, thiophene or thienothiophene into the extended polycyclic unit will raise the HOMO level of the homopolymer when compared with the parent isoindigo or thienoisoindigo homopolymers. This should result in improved charge-injection into the polymer when applied as an organic semiconductor in transistor devices. iii) Extension of the core unit can also lower the LUMO of the compound, thus decreasing the bandgap and increasing the Jsc. iv) Modification of the phenyl ring of isoindigo to a core containing a
terminal 5-membered ring allows the direct coupling to 6-membered ring-containing monomers whilst maintaining a planar backbone thus widening the scope of possible polymer backbones. v) Use of additional monomers to yield random and statistical block copolymers provides additional disorder, leading to improved entropy of solution, especially in non- halogenated solvents. vi) Variation of the R1 substituents, and/or introduction of additional
substituents on the core unit, allows additional fine-tuning of the polymer electronics. vii) Additonally, variation of the R substituents and/or introduction of
additional substituents on the core unit allows modulation of the polymer solubility. viii) The optoelectronic properties of conjugated polymers vary significantly based upon the intrinsic electron density within each repeating unit and the degree of conjugation between the repeating units along the polymer backbone. By fusing additional aromatic rings along the long axis of the extended polycyclic unit, the conjugation within the resultant monomers and consequently along the polymers can be extended, and the impact of potential "twists" between repeating units can be minimised. Both the features of an extended polycyclic unit and a reduced number of potential "twists" along polymer chains i.e. the increased rigidity of the polymer backbone, should favourably reduce the reorganisation energy of the polymer and consequently increase the charge-carrier mobility The synthesis of the unit of formula I, its functional derivatives,
compounds, homopolymers, and co-polymers can be achieved based on methods that are known to the skilled person and described in the literature, as will be further illustrated herein.
Preferably A1 , A2 and A3 are selected from the group consisting of monocyclic aromatic or heteroaromatic groups with 5 or 6 ring atoms, very preferably pyrrole, thiophene, thiazole, benzene and pyridine , which are optionally substituted with one or more groups Rs as defined in formula I.
In another preferred embodiment one or more of A1 , A2 and A3 are selected from the group consisting of bi- or tricyclic aromatic or
heteroaromatic groups with 10 to 25 ring atoms, very preferably
thienothiophene, dithienothiophene, benzodithiophene, fluorene, cyclopentadithiophene, naphthalene, which are optionally substituted with one or more groups Rs as defined in formula I.
Preferably R1 in formula I is selected from straight-chain or branched alkyl, alkoxy, sulfanylalkyl, sulfonylalkyl, alkylcarbonyl, alkoxycarbonyl and alkylcarbonyloxy, each having 1 to 30 C atoms and being unsubstituted or substituted by one or more F atoms, or aryl or heteroaryl, each of which is optionally substituted with one or more groups Rs as defined in formula I and has 4 to 30 ring atoms. In another preferred embodiment R1 denotes a straight-chain, branched or cyclic alkyl group with 1 to 50, preferably 2 to 50, very preferably 2 to 30, more preferably 2 to 24, most preferably 2 to 16 C atoms, in which one or more Chb or Chb groups are replaced by a cationic or anionic group. The cationic group is preferably selected from the group consisting of phosphonium, sulfonium, ammonium, uronium, thiouronium, guanidinium or heterocyclic cations such as imidazolium, pyridinium, pyrrolidinium, triazolium, morpholinium or piperidinium cation. Preferred cationic groups are selected from the group consisting of tetraalkylammonium, tetraalkylphosphonium, N-alkylpyridinium, N,N- dialkylpyrrolidinium, 1 ,3-dialkylimidazolium, wherein "alkyi" preferably denotes a straight-chain or branched alkyi group with 1 to 12 C atoms.
Further preferred cationic groups are selected from the group consisting of the following formulae imidazolium 1 H-pyrazolium 3H-pyrazolium 4H-pyrazolium 1-pyrazolinium
Figure imgf000025_0001
2-pyrazolinium 3-pyrazolinium 2,3-dihydroimidazolinium 4,5-dihydroimidazolinium
Figure imgf000025_0002
indolium
pyrazinium thiazolium oxazolium R2.
Figure imgf000026_0001
wherein R1', R2', R3' and R4' denote, independently of each other, H, a straight-chain or branched alkyl group with 1 to 12 C atoms or non- aromatic carbo- or heterocyclic group or an aryl or heteroaryl group, each of the aforementioned groups having 3 to 20, preferably 5 to 15, ring atoms, being mono- or polycyclic, and optionally being substituted by one or more identical or different substituents Rs as defined above, or denote a link to the group R1.
In the above cationic groups of the above-mentioned formulae any one of the groups R1', R2', R3' and R4' (if they replace a Chb group) can denote a link to the group R1, or two neighbored groups R1', R2', R3' or R4' (if they replace a Chb group) can denote a link to the group R1.
The anionic group is preferably selected from the group consisting of borate, imide, phosphate, sulfonate, sulfate, succinate, naphthenate or carboxylate, very preferably from phosphate, sulfonate or carboxylate
If R1 in formula I denotes substituted aryl or heteroaryl, it is preferably substituted by one or more groups L, wherein L is selected from P-Sp-, F, Cl, Br, I, -OH, -CN, -NO2 , -NCO, -NCS, -OCN, -SCN, -C(=O)NR°R00, - C(=O)X°, -C(=O)R°, -NR°R00, C(=O)OH, optionally substituted aryl or heteroaryl having 4 to 20 ring atoms, or straight chain, branched or cyclic alkyl with 1 to 20, preferably 1 to 12 C atoms wherein one or more non- adjacent CH2 groups are optionally replaced, in each case independently from one another, by -O-, -S-, -NR0-, -SiR°R00-, -C(=O)-, -C(=O)O-, - CY1=CY2- or -C≡C- in such a manner that O and/or S atoms are not linked directly to one another and which is unsubstituted or substituted with one or more F or CI atoms or OH groups, X° is halogen, preferably F, CI or Br, and Y1, Y2, R° and R00 have the meanings given above and below.
Preferably A1 in formula I is selected from the following formulae
Figure imgf000027_0001
wherein V is on each occurrence identically or differently CR1 or N, W is O, S, NR1, C(R1)(R2), Si(R1)(R2), C=C(R1)(R2), C=O or Se, R1 has the meanings given in formula I or one of the preferred meanings as given above and below, and R2 and R3 independently of each other have one of the meanings given for R1.
Preferably A2 in formula I is selected from the following formulae
Figure imgf000027_0002
wherein V is on each occurrence identically or differently CR1 or N, W is O, S, NR1, C(R1)(R2), Si(R1)(R2), C=C(R1)(R2), C=0 or Se, R1 has the meanings given in formula I or one of the preferred meanings as given above and below, and R4 and R5 independently of each other have one of the meanings given for R1.
Preferably A3 in formula I is selected from the following formulae
Figure imgf000028_0002
wherein V is on each occurrence identically or differently CR1 or N, W is O, S, NR1, C(R1)(R2), Si(R1)(R2), C=C(R1)(R2), C=O or Se, R1 has the meanings given in formula I or one of the preferred meanings as given above and below, and R6, R7, R8 and R9 independently of each other have one of the meanings given for R1.
Very preferably A1 is selected from the following formulae
Figure imgf000029_0001
wherein R2 is as defined above.
Very preferably A2 is selected from the following formulae
Figure imgf000029_0002
wherein R4 is as defined above.
Very preferably A3 is selected from the following formulae
Figure imgf000029_0003
wherein R6, R7, R8 and R9 are as defined above.
Preferred units of formula I are selected from the following preferred embodiments or any combination thereof:
- X is O,
- r and/or s is 1 ,
- r is 0 and s is 0,
- A1 is a five-membered ring, preferably thiophene,
- A1 is a six-membered ring, preferably benzene or pyridine,
- A2 is a five-membered ring, preferably thiophene, - A2 is a six-membered ring, preferably benzene or pyridine,
- A3 is a five-membered ring, preferably thiophene or thiazole,
- A3 is a six-membered ring, preferably benzene or pyridine,
- if r and s are 0 then Ar1 is a five-membered ring, preferably thiophene.
- if r and s are 0 then Ar1 is a six-membered ring, preferably benzene or pyridine.
Preferred units of formula I are selected from the following subformulae
Figure imgf000030_0001
11 I2
Figure imgf000030_0002
I3 I4
Figure imgf000030_0003
I5 I6
Figure imgf000031_0001
Figure imgf000032_0001
Figure imgf000032_0002
119 wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7 have the meanings given above, and in formula I2 and 116 one of the substituents R2, R3, R4 and R5, in formula I3, I4 and 118 one of the substituents R3 R4, R5 and R6, in formula 117 one of the substituents R4, R5, R6 and R7, and in formula I5 one of the substituents R3, R4 and R5, denotes a linkage to the neighboured group. Preferably in formula I2, I5 and 116 one of R3 and R4, in formula I3, I4 and 118 one of R4 and R5, and in formula 117 one of R5 and R6 denotes a linkage to the neighboured group.
Further preferably R2 in formula I6 is different from CI.
The compounds according to the present invention include small molecules, monomers, oligomers and polymers.
The polymers of the present invention are preferably conjugated polymers. Polymers according to the present invention preferably comprise two or more units of formula I as defined above and below.
Preferred polymers according to the present invention comprise one or more repeating units of formula Ila or Mb:
-[(Ar )a-(U)b-(Ar2)c-(Ar3)d]- lla
-[(U)b-(Ar1)a-(U)b-(Ar2)c-(Ar3)d]- I lb wherein
U is a unit of formula I or its subformulae 11-119,
Ar1, Ar2, Ar3 are, on each occurrence identically or differently, and
independently of each other, aryl or heteroaryl that is different from U, preferably has 5 to 30 ring atoms, and is optionally substituted, preferably by one or more groups Rs,
Rs is on each occurrence identically or differently F, Br, CI, -CN, -
NC, -NCO, -NCS, -OCN, -SCN, -C(O)NR°R00, -C(0)X°, - C(O)R°, -C(O)OR°, -NH2, -NR°R00, -SH, -SR°, -SO3H, -SO2R0, -OH, -NO2, -CF3, -SF5, optionally substituted silyl, carbyl or hydrocarbyl with 1 to 40 C atoms that is optionally substituted and optionally comprises one or more hetero atoms,
R° and R00 are independently of each other H or optionally substituted
Ci-4o carbyl or hydrocarbyl, and preferably denote H or alkyl with 1 to 12 C-atoms,
X° is halogen, preferably F, CI or Br, a, b, c are on each occurrence identically or differently 0, 1 or 2, d is on each occurrence identically or differently 0 or an integer from 1 to 10, wherein the polymer comprises at least one repeating unit of formula Ha or lib wherein b is at least 1. Further preferred polymers according to the present invention comprise, in addition to the units of formula I, Ma or Mb, one or more repeating units selected from monocyclic or polycyclic aryl or heteroaryl groups that are optionally substituted. These additional repeating units are preferably selected of formula Ilia and lllb
-[(Ar )a-(Ac)b-(Ar2)c-(Ar3)d]- Ilia -[(Ac)b-(Ar1)a-(Ac)b-(Ar2)c-(Ar3)d]- lllb
wherein Ar1, Ar2, Ar3, a, b, c and d are as defined in formula Ma, and Ac is an aryl or heteroaryl group that is different from U and Ar1"3, preferably has 5 to 30 ring atoms, is optionally substituted by one or more groups Rs as defined above and below, and is preferably selected from aryl or heteroaryl groups having electron acceptor properties, wherein the polymer comprises at least one repeating unit of formula Ilia or lllb wherein b is at least 1.
Rs preferably denotes, on each occurrence identically or differently, H, straight-chain, branched or cyclic alkyl with 1 to 30 C atoms, in which one or more CH2 groups are optionally replaced by -0-, -S-, -C(O)-, -C(S)-, - C(O)-0-, -O-C(O)-, -NR0-, -SiR°R00-, -CF2-, -CHR°=CR00-, -CY1=CY2- or - C≡C- in such a manner that O and/or S atoms are not linked directly to one another, and in which one or more H atoms are optionally replaced by F, CI, Br, I or CN, or denotes aryl, heteroaryl, aryloxy or heteroaryloxy with 4 to 20 ring atoms which is optionally substituted, preferably by halogen or by one or more of the aforementioned alkyl or cyclic alkyl groups, wherein
R° and R00 denote independently of each other H or optionally substituted Ci-4o carbyl or hydrocarbyl, and preferably denote H or alkyl with 1 to 12 C-atoms, X° denotes halogen, preferably F, CI or Br, and
Y1 and Y2 denote H, F or CN.
The conjugated polymers according to the present invention are preferably selected of formula IV:
*- (A)x— (B)y— (C)if * IV wherein
A, B, C independently of each other denote a distinct unit of formula I, la, Ha, lib, Ilia, 1Mb, or their subformulae, x is > 0 and < 1 , y is > 0 and < 1 , z is > 0 and < 1 , x+y+z is 1 , and n is an integer >1.
Preferred polymers of formula IV are selected of the following formulae
*-[(Ar1-U-Ar2)x-(Ar3)y]n-* IVa
*-[(Ar1 -U-Ar2)x-(Ar3-Ar3)y]n-* I Vb
*-[(Ar1 -U-Ar2)x-(Ar3-Ar3-Ar3)y]n-* I Vc
*-[(Ar1 )a-(U)b-(Ar2)c-(Ar3)d]n-* I Vd
*-([(Ar1 )a-(U)b-(Ar2)c-(Ar3)d]x-[(Ar1 )a-(Ac)b-(Ar2)c-(Ar3)d]y)n-* I Ve *-[(U-Ar1-U)x-(Ar2-Ar3)y]n-* IVf
*-[(U-Ar1-U)x-(Ar2-Ar3-Ar2)y]n-* IVg
*-[(U)b-(Ar )a-(U)b-(Ar2)c]n-* IVh
*-([(U)b-(Ar1 )a-(U)b-(Ar2)c]x-[(Ac)b-(Ar )a-(Ac)b-(Ar2)d]y)n-* IVi
*-[(U-Ar )x-(U-Ar2)y-(U-Ar3)z]n-* IVk
*-[U]n-* IVm wherein U, Ar1, Ar2, Ar3, a, b, c and d have in each occurrence identically or differently one of the meanings given in formula Ha, Ac has on each occurrence identically or differently one of the meanings given in formula
Ilia, and x, y, z and n are as defined in formula IV, wherein these polymers can be alternating or random copolymers, and wherein in formula IVd and IVe in at least one of the repeating units [(Ar1)a-(U)b-(Ar2)c-(Ar3)d] and in at least one of the repeating units [(Ar1)a-(Ac)b-(Ar2)c-(Ar3)d] b is at least 1 and wherein in formula IVh and IVi in at least one of the repeating units [(U)b- (Ar1)a-(U)b-(Ar2)d] and in at least one of the repeating units [(U)b-(Ar1)a-(U)b- (Ar2)d] b is at least 1 ,
In the polymers of formula IV and its subformulae IVa to IVm, b is preferably 1 in all repeating units.
In the polymers of formula IV and its subformulae IVa to IVm, x is preferably from 0.1 to 0.9, very preferably from 0.3 to 0.7. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention one of y and z is 0 and the other is >0. In another preferred embodiment of the present invention, both y and z are 0. In yet another preferred embodiment of the present invention, both y and z are >0. If in the polymers of formula IV and its subformulae IVa to IVm y or z is >0, it is preferably from 0.1 to 0.9, very preferably from 0.3 to 0.7. ln the polymers according to the present invention, the total number of repeating units n is preferably from 2 to 10,000. The total number of repeating units n is preferably > 5, very preferably > 10, most preferably≥ 50, and preferably < 500, very preferably≤ 1 ,000, most preferably≤ 2,000, including any combination of the aforementioned lower and upper limits of n.
The polymers of the present invention include homopolymers and
copolymers, like statistical or random copolymers, alternating copolymers and block copolymers, as well as combinations thereof.
Especially preferred are polymers selected from the following groups:
- Group A consisting of homopolymers of the unit U or (Ar1-U) or (Ar -U- Ar2) or (Ar1-U-Ar3) or (U-Ar2-Ar3) or (Ar1-U-Ar2-Ar3) or (U-Ar -U), i.e.
where all repeating units are identical,
- Group B consisting of random or alternating copolymers formed by
identical units (Ar1-U-Ar2) or (U-Ar1-U) and identical units (Ar3), - Group C consisting of random or alternating copolymers formed by
identical units (Ar1-U-Ar2) or (U-Ar1-U) and identical units (A1),
- Group D consisting of random or alternating copolymers formed by
identical units (Ar -U-Ar2) or (U-Ar1-U) and identical units (Ar1-Ac-Ar2) or (Ac-Ar1-Ac), wherein in all these groups U, Ac, Ar1, Ar2 and Ar3 are as defined above and below, in groups A, B and C Ar1, Ar2 and Ar3 are different from a single bond, and in group D one of Ar1 and Ar2 may also denote a single bond .
Especially preferred are repeating units, monomers and polymers of formulae I, Ma, lib, Ilia, lllb, IV, IVa-IVm, V, Via, VIb and their subformulae wherein one or more of Ar1, Ar2 and Ar3 denote aryl or heteroaryl,
preferably having electron donor properties, selected from the group consisting of the following formulae
Figure imgf000038_0001
Figure imgf000039_0001
Figure imgf000040_0001

Figure imgf000041_0001
Figure imgf000042_0001
Figure imgf000043_0001

Figure imgf000044_0001
Figure imgf000045_0001
Figure imgf000045_0002
Figure imgf000045_0003
Figure imgf000045_0004
Figure imgf000045_0005
(D87)
35
Figure imgf000046_0001
Figure imgf000047_0001
Figure imgf000047_0002
Figure imgf000047_0003
Figure imgf000047_0004
Figure imgf000047_0005
(D107) (D108) (D109)
Figure imgf000048_0001
Figure imgf000048_0002
15 (D113) (D114) (D115)
Figure imgf000048_0003
(D120) (D121) (D122)
35
Figure imgf000049_0001
Figure imgf000049_0002
Figure imgf000049_0003
Figure imgf000049_0004
Figure imgf000049_0005
(D131) (D132)
Figure imgf000050_0001
(D134)
Figure imgf000050_0002
(D139) (D140)
Figure imgf000051_0001
wherein R11, R 2, R13, R14, R15, R16, R17 and R18 independently of each other denote H or have one of the meanings of Rs as defined above and below.
Further preferred are repeating units, monomers and polymers of formulae I, Ma, lib, Ilia. Illb, IV, IVa-IVm, V, Via, VIb and their subformulae wherein Ac and/or Ar3 denotes aryl or heteroaryl, preferably having electron acceptor properties, selected from the group consisting of the following formulae
Figure imgf000051_0002
(A6) (A7) (A8)
Figure imgf000052_0001
Figure imgf000053_0001
Figure imgf000054_0001
Figure imgf000055_0001
Figure imgf000056_0001
Figure imgf000057_0001

Figure imgf000058_0001
wherein R11, R12, R13, R14, R15 and R16 independently of each other denote H or have one of the meanings of Rs as defined above and below.
Preferred polymers are selected from the following formulae:
Figure imgf000059_0001
Figure imgf000060_0001
wherein A1 , A2, A3 and R1 have the meanings given in formula I or one of the preferred meanings given above and below, Ar1, Ar2, Ar3, a, c and d have the meanings given in formula Ma or one of the preferred meanings given above and below, x, y, z and n have the meanings given in formula IV, w is≥ 0 and < 1 , and o, p and q have one of the meanings given for n. Preferably each of x, y, z and w is from 0.1 to 0.9, very preferably from 0.2 to 0.8.
Further preferred polymers are selected of formula V
R2 -chain-R22 V wherein "chain" denotes a polymer chain of formulae IV, IVa to IVm, or IV1 to IV9, and R21 and R22 have independently of each other one of the meanings of Rs as defined above, or denote, independently of each other, H, F, Br, CI, I, -CH2CI, -CHO, -CR'=CR"2, -SiR'^'R'", -SiR'X'X", -SiR'R' , - SnR'^'R'", -BR'R", -B(OR')(OR"), -B(OH)2, -O-SO2-R', -C≡CH, -C≡C-SiR'3, -ZnX' or an endcap group, X' and X" denote halogen, R', R" and R'" have independently of each other one of the meanings of R° given in formula I, and two of R', R" and R'" may also form a cyclosilyl, cyclostannyl, cycloborane or cycloboronate group with 2 to 20 C atoms together with the respective hetero atom to which they are attached.
Preferred endcap groups R21 and R22 are H, C1-20 alkyl, or optionally substituted C6-12 aryl or C2-10 heteroaryl, very preferably H or phenyl. Formulae IV, IVa to IVm, IV1 to IV8 and V include block copolymers, random or statistical copolymers and alternating copolymers.
The invention further relates to monomers of formula Via and Vlb
R23-(Ar1)a-U-(Ar2)c-R24 Via
R23-U-(Ar1)a-U-R24 Vlb wherein
U, Ar1, Ar2, a and b have the meanings of formula lla, or one of the preferred meanings as described above and below,
R23 and R24 are, preferably independently of each other, selected from the group consisting of H, CI, Br, I, O-tosylate, O-triflate, O-mesylate, O-nona- flate, -SiMe2F, -SiMeF2, -O-SO2Z1 , -B(OZ2)2 , -CZ3=C(Z3)2, -C≡CH,
-C≡CSi(Z1 )3, -ZnX° and -Sn(Z4)3, wherein X° is halogen, preferably CI, Br or I, Z 4 are selected from the group consisting of alkyl and aryl, each being optionally substituted, and two groups Z2 may also together form a cycloboronate group with 2 to 20 C atoms together with the B and O atoms.
Very preferred monomers are selected from the following formulae
Figure imgf000062_0001
R23-U-Ar2-R24 VI3 R23-U-Ar1-U-R24 VI4 R23-Ar1-U-Ar -R24 VI 5
R23-U-Ac-R24 VI6 wherein U, Ac, Ar , Ar2, R23 and R24 are as defined in formula Ilia and VI.
Small molecule compounds and oligomers according to the present invention are preferably selected of formula VII
RT1-(Ar7)h-(Ar6)g-[(Ar5)f-(Ar )e-U-(Ar8)i-(Ar9)k]t-(Ar10)i-(Ar1 )m-RT2 VII wherein
U is a unit of formula I or its subformulae 11 to 119, Ar4 11 independently of each other denote -CY1=CY2-, -C≡C-, or aryl or heteroaryl that has 5 to 30 ring atoms and is unsubstituted or substituted by one or more groups Rs as defined in formula I, and one or more of Ar4 1 may also denote U as defined in formula I,
Y1, Y2 independently of each other denote H, F, CI or CN, independently of each other denote H, F, CI, Br, -CN, -CF3, R, -CF2-R, -O-R, -S-R, -SO2-R, -SO3-R -C(O)-R, -C(O)-H, -C(S)-R, -C(O)-CF2-R, -C(O)-OR, -C(S)-OR, -O-C(O)-R, -O-C(S)-R, - C(O)-SR, -S-C(O)-R, -C(O)NRR\ -NR'-C(O)-R, -NHR,-NRR', - SO2-R, -CR^CR"^", -C≡C-R', -C≡C-SiR'R"Rm, -SiR'R"R"\ - CH=CH(CN), -CH=C(CN)2, -C(CN)=C(CN)2, -CH=C(CN)(Ar12), - CH=C(CN)-COOR, -CH=C(COOR)2, CH=C(CONRR')2,
Figure imgf000063_0001
Figure imgf000064_0001
Figure imgf000065_0001
Figure imgf000066_0001
are independently of each other aryl or heteroaryl, each having from 4 to 30 ring atoms and being unsubstituted or substituted with one or more groups R or R ,
Ar12 is aryl or heteroaryl, each having from 4 to 30 ring atoms and being unsubstituted or substituted with one or more groups R1,
R is alkyl with 1 to 30 C atoms which is straight-chain, branched or cyclic, and is unsubstituted, substituted with one or more F or CI atoms or CN groups, or perfluorinated, and in which one or more C atoms are optionally replaced by -0-, -S-, -C(O)-, -C(S)- , -SiR°R00-, -NR°R00-, -CHR°=CR00- or -C≡C- such that O- and/or S-atoms are not directly linked to each other, R°, R00 have the meanings given in formula I and preferably denote, independently of each other, H or C1-20 alkyl,
R', R", R"' independently of each other have one of the meanings of R°, e, f, g, h, i, k, I, m are independently of each other 0 or 1 , with at least one of e, f, g, h, i, k, I, m being 1 , t is 1 , 2 or 3.
Especially preferred groups Ar4 12 in the oligomers and small molecules according to the present invention are selected from the formulae D1- D138 and A1-A96 above.
Further preferred repeating units, monomers, oligomers, polymers and small molecules of formulae l-VII and their subformulae are selected from the following list of preferred embodiments or any combination thereof:
- y is > 0 and < 1 and z is 0,
- y is > 0 and < 1 and z is > 0 and < 1 ,
- n is at least 5, preferably at least 10, very preferably at least 50, and up to 2,000, preferably up to 500.
- Mw is at least 5,000, preferably at least 8,000, very preferably at least 10,000, and preferably up to 300,000, very preferably up to 100,000,
- all groups Rs denote H,
- at least one group Rs is different from H,
- Rs is selected, on each occurrence identically or differently, from the group consisting of primary alkyl with 1 to 30 C atoms, secondary alkyl with 3 to 30 C atoms, and tertiary alkyl with 4 to 30 C atoms, wherein in all these groups one or more H atoms are optionally replaced by F,
- Rs is selected, on each occurrence identically or differently, from the group consisting of aryl and heteroaryl, each of which is optionally fluorinated, alkylated or alkoxylated and has 4 to 30 ring atoms, - Rs is selected, on each occurrence identically or differently, from the group consisting of aryl and heteroaryl, each of which is optionally fluorinated, or alkylated and has 4 to 30 ring atoms,
- Rs is selected, on each occurrence identically or differently, from the group consisting of primary alkoxy or sulfanylalkyi with 1 to 30 C atoms, secondary alkoxy or sulfanylalkyi with 3 to 30 C atoms, and tertiary alkoxy or sulfanylalkyi with 4 to 30 C atoms, wherein in all these groups one or more H atoms are optionally replaced by F,
- Rs is selected, on each occurrence identically or differently, from the group consisting of aryloxy and heteroaryloxy, each of which is optionally alkylated or alkoxylated and has 4 to 30 ring atoms,
- Rs is selected, on each occurrence identically or differently, from the group consisting of alkylcarbonyl, alkoxycarbonyl and alkylcarbonyloxy, all of which are straight-chain or branched, are optionally fluorinated, and have from 1 to 30 C atoms,
- Rs denotes, on each occurrence identically or differently, F, CI, Br, I, CN, R9, -C(O)-R9, -C(O)-0-R9, or -O-C(O)-R9, -SO2-R9, -SO3-R9, wherein R9 is straight-chain, branched or cyclic alkyl with 1 to 30 C atoms, in which one or more non-adjacent C atoms are optionally replaced by -0-, -S-, -C(O)-, -C(O)-O-, -O-C(O)-, -O-C(0)-0-, -SO2-, - SO3-, -CR°=CR00- or -C≡C- and in which one or more H atoms are optionally replaced by F, CI, Br, I or CN, or R9 is aryl or heteroaryl having 4 to 30 ring atoms which is unsubstituted or which is substituted by one or more halogen atoms or by one or more groups R1 as defined above,
- R° and R00 are selected from H or Ci-Cio-alkyl,
- R21 and R22 are independently of each other selected from H, halogen, - CH2CI, -CHO, -CH=CH2 -SiR'^'R'", -SnR'^'R'", -BR'R", -B(OR')(OR"), -
B(OH)2, P-Sp, Ci-C2o-alkyl, Ci-C2o-alkoxy, C2-C20-alkenyl, C1-C20- fluoroalkyl and optionally substituted aryl or heteroaryl, preferably phenyl,
- R23 and R24 are independently of each other selected from the group consisting of CI, Br, I, O-tosylate, O-triflate, O-mesylate, O-nonaflate, - SiMe2F, -SiMeF2, -O-SO2Z1, -B(OZ2)2 , -CZ3=C(Z4)2, -C≡CH, C≡CSi(Z1)3, -ZnX° and -Sn(Z4)3, wherein X° is halogen, Z1"4 are selected from the group consisting of alkyl and aryl, each being optionally
substituted, and two groups Z2 may also form a cyclic group. The compounds of the present invention can be synthesized according to or in analogy to methods that are known to the skilled person and are described in the literature. Other methods of preparation can be taken from the examples.
For example, the polymers of the present invention can be suitably prepared by aryl-aryl coupling reactions, such as Yamamoto coupling, Suzuki coupling, Stille coupling, Sonogashira coupling, Heck coupling or Buchwald coupling. Suzuki coupling, Stille coupling and Yamamoto coupling are especially preferred. The monomers which are polymerised to form the repeat units of the polymers can be prepared according to methods which are known to the person skilled in the art.
Preferably the polymers are prepared from monomers of formula Via or Vlb or their preferred subformulae as described above and below. Another aspect of the invention is a process for preparing a polymer by coupling one or more identical or different monomeric units of formula I or monomers of formula Via or Vlb with each other and/or with one or more co-monomers in a polymerisation reaction, preferably in an aryl-aryl coupling reaction.
Suitable and preferred comonomers are selected from the following
formulae
R23-(Ar1)a-Ac-(Ar2)c-R24 VIM
R23-Ar1-R24 IX
Figure imgf000069_0001
R23_Ac.R24 X! wherein Ar , Ar2, Ar3, a and c have one of the meanings of formula Ma or one of the preferred meanings given above and below, Ac has one of the meanings of formula Ilia or one of the preferred meanings given above and below, and R23 and R24 have one of meanings of formula VI or one of the preferred meanings given above and below.
Very preferred is a process for preparing a polymer by coupling one or more monomers selected from formula Via or Vlb with one or more monomers of formula VIII, and optionally with one or more monomers selected from formula IX, X and XI, in an aryl-aryl coupling reaction, wherein preferably R23 and R24 are selected from CI, Br, I, -B(OZ2)2 and - Sn(Z )3.
For example, preferred embodiments of the present invention relate to a) a process of preparing a polymer by coupling a monomer of formula V11 R23-Ar1-U-Ar2-R24 VI1 with a monomer of formula IX R23-Ar -R24 IX in an aryl-aryl coupling reaction, or process of preparing a polymer by coupling a monomer of formula VI2
Figure imgf000070_0001
with a monomer of formula VI 111
R23-Ar1-Ac-Ar2-R24 VIII1 in an aryl-aryl coupling reaction, or
c) a process of preparing a polymer by coupling a monomer of formula VI2
Figure imgf000071_0001
with a monomer of formula VI 11-2
R23.Ac.R24 VIH2
in an aryl-aryl coupling reaction, or
d) a process of preparing a polymer by coupling a monomer of formula VI2
Figure imgf000071_0002
with a monomer of formula VIII2
Figure imgf000071_0003
and a monomer of formula IX
R23-Ar1-R24 IX
in an aryl-aryl coupling reaction,
e) a process of preparing a polymer by coupling a monomer of formula V11 R23-U-Ar1-U-R24 VI5
with a monomer of formula IX
R23-Ar -R24 IX
in an aryl-aryl coupling reaction, or f) a process of preparing a polymer by coupling a monomer of formula VI2
Figure imgf000072_0001
with a monomer of formula IX R23-Ar1-R24 IX and a monomer of formula X
Figure imgf000072_0002
in an aryl-aryl coupling reaction, or g) a process of preparing a polymer by coupling a monomer of formula VI2 R23.U-R2 V|2 with a monomer of formula XI
R23_AC_R24 xi in an aryl-aryl coupling reaction, wherein R23, R24, u, Ac and Ar1 2 3 are as defined in formula lla, Ilia and
Via, and R23 and R24 are preferably selected from CI, Br, I, -B(OZ2)2 and - Sn(Z4)3 as defined in formula Via.
Preferred aryl-aryl coupling and polymerisation methods used in the processes described above and below are Yamamoto coupling, Kumada coupling, Negishi coupling, Suzuki coupling, Stille coupling, Sonogashira coupling, Heck coupling, C-H activation coupling, Ullmann coupling or Buchwald coupling. Especially preferred are Suzuki coupling, Negishi coupling, Stille coupling and Yamamoto coupling. Suzuki coupling is described for example in WO 00/53656 A1. Negishi coupling is described for example in J. Chem. Soc, Chem. Commun., 1977, 683-684.
Yamamoto coupling is described in for example in T. Yamamoto et al., Prog. Polym. Sci., 1993, 17, 1153-1205, or WO 2004/022626 A1. Stille coupling is described for example in Z. Bao et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc, 995, 117, 12426-12435 and C-H activation is described for example in M. Leclerc et al, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed, 2012, 51 , 2068-2071.For
example, when using Yamamoto coupling, monomers having two reactive halide groups are preferably used. When using Suzuki coupling,
compounds of formula II having two reactive boronic acid or boronic acid ester groups or two reactive halide groups are preferably used. When using Stille coupling, monomers having two reactive stannane groups or two reactive halide groups are preferably used. When using Negishi coupling, monomers having two reactive organozinc groups or two
reactive halide groups are preferably used. When synthesizing a linear polymer by C-H activation polymerisation, preferably a monomer as described above is used wherein at least one reactive group is an
activated hydrogen bond.
Preferred catalysts, especially for Suzuki, Negishi or Stille coupling, are selected from Pd(0) complexes or Pd(ll) salts. Preferred Pd(0) complexes are those bearing at least one phosphine ligand such as Pd(Ph3P)4. Another preferred phosphine ligand is tris(orf/70-tolyl)phosphine, i.e. Pd(o-To P)4. Preferred Pd(ll) salts include palladium acetate, i.e. Pd(OAc)2. Alternatively the Pd(0) complex can be prepared by mixing a Pd(0) dibenzylideneacetone complex, for example tris(dibenzyl-ideneacetone)dipalladium(0),
bis(dibenzylideneacetone)palladium(0), or Pd(ll) salts e.g. palladium acetate, with a phosphine ligand, for example triphenylphosphine, tris(0A#70- tolyl)phosphine or tri(tert-butyl)phosphine. Suzuki polymerisation is
performed in the presence of a base, for example sodium carbonate, potassium carbonate, cesium carbonate, lithium hydroxide, potassium phosphate or an organic base such as tetraethylammonium carbonate or tetraethylammonium hydroxide. Yamamoto polymerisation employs a Ni(0) complex, for example bis(1 ,5-cyclooctadienyl) nickel(O).
Suzuki, Stille or C-H activation coupling polymerisation may be used to prepare homopolymers as well as statistical, alternating and block random copolymers. Statistical or block copolymers can be prepared for example from the above monomers of formula VI or its subformulae, wherein one of the reactive groups is halogen and the other reactive group is a C-H activated bond, boronic acid, boronic acid derivative group or and alkylstannane. The synthesis of statistical, alternating and block
copolymers is described in detail for example in WO 03/048225 A2 or WO 2005/014688 A2.
As alternatives to halogens as described above, leaving groups of formula -O-SO2Z1 can be used wherein Z1 is as described above. Particular examples of such leaving groups are tosylate, mesylate and triflate.
Especially suitable and preferred synthesis methods of the repeating units, small molecules, monomers, oligomers and polymers of formulae l-VII and their subformulae are illustrated in the synthesis schemes shown
hereinafter, wherein R has one of the meanings of R1 in formula I; Ar1, Ar2, Ar3 have the meanings of A1 , A2 and A3 in formula I, respectively; Ar4 6 in Scheme 6 have the meanings of Ar1 3 in formula Ma, respectively; Ar4"11 have the meanings of formula VII, R1end and R2end have the meanings of RT1 and RT2 in formula VII, respectively; and a-n are as defined above.
The synthesis of the extended thienoisoindigo monomer is exemplarily illustrated in Scheme 1.
Scheme 1
Figure imgf000075_0001
Lawesson's reagent
Figure imgf000075_0002
An alternative synthesis of the extended isoindigo and thienoisoindigo dibromide monomer is exemplarily illustrated in Schemes 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6.
Scheme 2
Figure imgf000075_0003
Scheme 3
Figure imgf000076_0001
Figure imgf000077_0001
Figure imgf000077_0002
The synthesis of the extended isoindigo or thienoisoindigo boronate ester or boronic acid monomer is exemplarily illustrated in Scheme 5.
Figure imgf000077_0003
Scheme 6
Figure imgf000078_0001
Lawesson's reagent
Figure imgf000078_0002
Scheme 7 exemplarily illustrates synthesis schemes for the polymerisation of the extended isoindigo or thienoisoindigo monomers to give alternating, statistical block, and random co-polymers, where X1 = Br and X2 = SnR3, or X1 = Br and X2 = B(OR)2, or X1 = SnR3 and X2 = Br, or X1 = B(OR)2 and X2 = Br, or X1 = H and X2 = Br, or X1 = H and X2 = B(OR)2, or X1 = H and X2 = SnR3, and a+b+c+d>0.
Scheme 7
Figure imgf000078_0003
Figure imgf000079_0001
Figure imgf000080_0001
A synthesis scheme for the extended isoindigo and thienoisoindigo core based small molecules and oligomers is exemplarily illustrated in Scheme 8, via a sequential synthesis strategy, wherein X1 = Br and X2 = SnR3 or B(OR)2 or X1 = SnR3 and X2 = Br or X1 = B(OR)2 and X2 = Br and wherein (Ar4)a-(Ar5)b-(Ar6)c-(Ar7)d-RTT1 is identical to
Figure imgf000080_0002
Scheme 8
Figure imgf000081_0001
Figure imgf000081_0002
Alternatively the extended isoindigo and thienoisoindigo based compounds can be obtained via a convergent synthesis strategy as exemplarily illustrated in Scheme 9, wherein X1 = Br and X2 = SnF¾3 or B(OR)2 or X1 = SnR3 and X2 = Br or X1 = B(OR)2 and X2 = Br. Scheme 9
Figure imgf000082_0001
Extended asymmetric isoindigo and thienoisoindigo based compounds can be obtained via a convergent synthesis strategy as exemplarily illustrated in Scheme 10, wherein X1 = Br and X2 = SnR3 or B(OR)2 or X1 SnR3 and X2 = Br or X1 = B(OR)2 and X2 = Br.
Scheme 10
Figure imgf000082_0002
ΒΓ/Ι+ or
1) R-Metal
2) Sn/B/Zn source
Figure imgf000083_0001
Extended asymmetric isoindigo and thienoisoindigo based compounds containing multiple isoindigo and thienoisoindigo units can be obtained via a convergent synthesis strategy as exemplarily illustrated in Scheme 11 , wherein X1 = Br and X2 = SnR3 or B(OR)2 or X1 = SnR3 and X2 = Br or X1 = B(OR)2 and X2 = Br and 1 < n≤ 10.
Scheme 11
Figure imgf000083_0002
Figure imgf000084_0001
After the extended isoindigo and thienoisoindigo based compounds have been prepared, further substitution can be added to the extended isoindigo and thienoisoindigo core at the Rxend substitution as exemplarily illustrated Scheme 12, where X1 = Br, SnR3, B(OR)2 or H and R1end and R2end have the meanings of RT1 and RT1 in formula VII.
Scheme 12
Figure imgf000084_0002
The novel methods of preparing monomers and polymers as described above and below are another aspect of the invention.
The compounds and polymers according to the present invention can also be used in compositions or polymer blends, for example together with monomeric or polymeric compounds having charge-transport,
semiconducting, electrically conducting, photoconducting and/or light emitting semiconducting properties, or for example with compounds having hole blocking or electron blocking properties for use as interlayers or charge blocking layers in OLED devices.
Thus, another aspect of the invention relates to a composition comprising one or more small molecule compounds according to the present invention and one or more small molecule compounds and/or polymers having one or more of a charge-transport, semiconducting, electrically conducting, photoconducting, hole blocking and electron blocking property.
Another aspect of the invention relates to a composition comprising one or more polymers according to the present invention and one or more small molecule compounds and/or polymers having one or more of a charge- transport, semiconducting, electrically conducting, photoconducting, hole blocking and electron blocking property.
Another aspect of the invention relates to a polymer blend comprising one or more polymers according to the present invention and one or more further polymers having one or more of a charge-transport,
semiconducting, electrically conducting, photoconducting, hole blocking and electron blocking property. These compositions and polymer blends can be prepared by conventional methods that are described in prior art and known to the skilled person. Typically the compounds and/or polymers are mixed with each other or dissolved in suitable solvents and the solutions combined. Another aspect of the invention relates to a formulation comprising one or more small molecules, polymers, compositions or polymer blends as described above and below and one or more organic solvents.
Preferred solvents are aliphatic hydrocarbons, chlorinated hydrocarbons, aromatic hydrocarbons, ketones, ethers and mixtures thereof. Additional solvents which can be used include 1 ,2,4-trimethylbenzene, 1 ,2,3,4-tetra- methyl benzene, pentylbenzene, mesitylene, cumene, cymene,
cyclohexylbenzene, diethylbenzene, tetralin, decalin, 2,6-lutidine, 2-fluoro- m-xylene, 3-fluoro-o-xylene, 2-chlorobenzotrifluoride, N,N- dimethylformamide, 2-chloro-6-fluorotoluene, 2-fluoroanisole, anisole, 2,3- dimethylpyrazine, 4-fluoroanisole, 3-fluoroanisole, 3-trifluoro- methylanisole, 2-methylanisole, phenetol, 4-methylanisole, 3- methylanisole, 4-fluoro-3-methylanisole, 2-fluorobenzonitrile, 4- fluoroveratrol, 2,6-dimethylanisole, 3-fluorobenzo-nitrile, 2,5- dimethylanisole, 2,4-dimethylanisole, benzonitrile, 3,5-dimethyl-anisole, Ν,Ν-dimethylaniline, ethyl benzoate, 1-fluoro-3,5-dimethoxy-benzene, 1- methylnaphthalene, N-methylpyrrolidinone, 3-fluorobenzo-trifluoride, benzotrifluoride, dioxane, trifluoromethoxy-benzene, 4- fluorobenzotrifluoride, 3-fluoropyridine, toluene, 2-fluoro-toluene, 2- fluorobenzotrifluoride, 3-fluorotoluene, 4-isopropylbiphenyl, phenyl ether, pyridine, 4-fluorotoluene, 2,5-difluorotoluene, 1-chloro-2,4- difluorobenzene, 2-fluoropyridine, 3-chlorofluoro-benzene, 1-chloro-2,5- difluorobenzene, 4-chlorofluorobenzene, chloro-benzene, o- dichlorobenzene, 2-chlorofluorobenzene, p-xylene, m-xylene, o-xylene or mixture of o-, m-, and p-isomers. Solvents with relatively low polarity are generally preferred. For inkjet printing solvents and solvent mixtures with high boiling temperatures are preferred. For spin coating alkylated benzenes like xylene and toluene are preferred.
Examples of especially preferred solvents include, without limitation, dichloromethane, trichloromethane, chlorobenzene, o-dichlorobenzene, tetrahydrofuran, anisole, morpholine, toluene, o-xylene, m-xylene, p- xylene, 1 ,4-dioxane, acetone, methylethylketone, 1 ,2-dichloroethane, 1 ,1 ,1-trichloroethane, 1 ,1 ,2,2-tetrachloroethane, ethyl acetate, n-butyl acetate, Ν,Ν-dimethylformamide, dimethylacetamide, dimethylsulfoxide, tetraline, decaline, indane, methyl benzoate, ethyl benzoate, mesitylene and/or mixtures thereof.
The concentration of the compounds or polymers in the solution is preferably 0.1 to 10% by weight, more preferably 0.5 to 5% by weight. Optionally, the solution also comprises one or more binders to adjust the rheological properties, as described for example in WO 2005/055248 A1. After the appropriate mixing and ageing, solutions are evaluated as one of the following categories: complete solution, borderline solution or
insoluble. The contour line is drawn to outline the solubility parameter- hydrogen bonding limits dividing solubility and insolubility. 'Complete' solvents falling within the solubility area can be chosen from literature values such as published in "Crowley, J.D., Teague, G.S. Jr and Lowe, J.W. Jr., Journal of Paint Technology, 1966, 38 (496), 296 ". Solvent blends may also be used and can be identified as described in "Solvents, W.H.Ellis, Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology, p9-10, 1986". Such a procedure may lead to a blend of 'non' solvents that will dissolve both the polymers of the present invention, although it is desirable to have at least one true solvent in a blend. The compounds and polymers according to the present invention can also be used in patterned OSC layers in the devices as described above and below. For applications in modern microelectronics it is generally desirable to generate small structures or patterns to reduce cost (more devices/unit area), and power consumption. Patterning of thin layers comprising a polymer according to the present invention can be carried out for example by photolithography, electron beam lithography or laser patterning.
For use as thin layers in electronic or electrooptical devices the compounds, polymers, polymer blends or formulations of the present invention may be deposited by any suitable method. Liquid coating of devices is more desirable than vacuum deposition techniques. Solution deposition methods are especially preferred. The formulations of the present invention enable the use of a number of liquid coating techniques. Preferred deposition techniques include, without limitation, dip coating, spin coating, ink jet printing, nozzle printing, letter-press printing, screen printing, gravure printing, doctor blade coating, roller printing, reverse-roller printing, offset lithography printing, dry offset lithography printing, flexographic printing, web printing, spray coating, curtain coating, brush coating, slot dye coating or pad printing.
Ink jet printing is particularly preferred when high resolution layers and devices needs to be prepared. Selected formulations of the present invention may be applied to prefabricated device substrates by ink jet printing or microdispensing. Preferably industrial piezoelectric print heads such as but not limited to those supplied by Aprion, Hitachi-Koki, InkJet Technology, On Target Technology, Picojet, Spectra, Trident, Xaar may be used to apply the organic semiconductor layer to a substrate. Additionally semi-industrial heads such as those manufactured by Brother, Epson, Konica, Seiko Instruments Toshiba TEC or single nozzle microdispensers such as those produced by Microdrop and Microfab may be used.
In order to be applied by ink jet printing or microdispensing, the
compounds or polymers should be first dissolved in a suitable solvent. Solvents must fulfil the requirements stated above and must not have any detrimental effect on the chosen print head. Additionally, solvents should have boiling points >100°C, preferably >140°C and more preferably
>150°C in order to prevent operability problems caused by the solution drying out inside the print head. Apart from the solvents mentioned above, suitable solvents include substituted and non-substituted xylene
derivatives, di-Ci-2-alkyl formamide, substituted and non-substituted anisoles and other phenol-ether derivatives, substituted heterocycles such as substituted pyridines, pyrazines, pyrimidines, pyrrolidinones,
substituted and non-substituted /V,A/-di-Ci-2-alkylanilines and other fluorinated or chlorinated aromatics. A preferred solvent for depositing a compound or polymer according to the present invention by ink jet printing comprises a benzene derivative which has a benzene ring substituted by one or more substituents wherein the total number of carbon atoms among the one or more substituents is at least three. For example, the benzene derivative may be substituted with a propyl group or three methyl groups, in either case there being at least three carbon atoms in total. Such a solvent enables an ink jet fluid to be formed comprising the solvent with the compound or polymer, which reduces or prevents clogging of the jets and separation of the components during spraying. The solvent(s) may include those selected from the following list of examples: dodecylbenzene, 1-methyl-4-tert-butylbenzene, terpineol, limonene, isodurene, terpinolene, cymene, diethylbenzene. The solvent may be a solvent mixture, that is a combination of two or more solvents, each solvent preferably having a boiling point >100°C, more preferably >140°C. Such solvent(s) also enhance film formation in the layer deposited and reduce defects in the layer.
The ink jet fluid (that is mixture of solvent, binder and semiconducting compound) preferably has a viscosity at 20°C of 1-100 mPa s, more preferably 1-50 mPa s and most preferably 1-30 mPa s. The polymer blends and formulations according to the present invention can additionally comprise one or more further components or additives selected for example from surface-active compounds, lubricating agents, wetting agents, dispersing agents, hydrophobing agents, adhesive agents, flow improvers, defoaming agents, deaerators, diluents which may be reactive or non-reactive, auxiliaries, colourants, dyes or pigments, sensitizers, stabilizers, nanoparticles or inhibitors.
The compounds and polymers to the present invention are useful as charge transport, semiconducting, electrically conducting, photoconducting or light emitting materials in optical, electrooptical, electronic, electroluminescent or photoluminescent components or devices. In these devices, the polymers of the present invention are typically applied as thin layers or films.
Thus, the present invention also provides the use of the semiconducting compound, polymer, polymers blend, formulation or layer in an electronic device. The formulation may be used as a high mobility semiconducting material in various devices and apparatus. The formulation may be used, for example, in the form of a semiconducting layer or film. Accordingly, in another aspect, the present invention provides a semiconducting layer for use in an electronic device, the layer comprising a compound, polymer, polymer blend or formulation according to the invention. The layer or film may be less than about 30 microns. For various electronic device
applications, the thickness may be less than about 1 micron thick. The layer may be deposited, for example on a part of an electronic device, by any of the aforementioned solution coating or printing techniques. The invention additionally provides an electronic device comprising a compound, polymer, polymer blend, formulation or organic
semiconducting layer according to the present invention. Especially preferred devices are OFETs, TFTs, ICs, logic circuits, capacitors, RFID tags, OLEDs, OLETs, OPEDs, OPVs, OPDs, Perovskite based solar cells, solar cells, laser diodes, photoconductors, photodetectors,
electrophotographic devices, electrophotographic recording devices, organic memory devices, sensor devices, charge injection layers, Schottky diodes, planarising layers, antistatic films, conducting substrates and conducting patterns.
Especially preferred electronic device are OFETs, OLEDs, Perovskite based solar cells, OPV and OPD devices, in particular bulk heterojunction (BHJ) OPV devices. In an OFET, for example, the active semiconductor channel between the drain and source may comprise the layer of the invention. As another example, in an OLED device or Perovskite based solar cell,, the charge (hole or electron) injection or transport layer may comprise the layer of the invention.
For use in OPV or OPD devices the polymer according to the present invention is preferably used in a formulation that comprises or contains, more preferably consists essentially of, very preferably exclusively of, one or more p-type (electron donor) semiconductor and one or more n-type (electron acceptor) semiconductor. The p-type semiconductor is constituted of a least one polymer according to the present invention. The n-type semiconductor can be an inorganic material such as zinc oxide (ZnOx), zinc tin oxide (ZTO), titanium oxide (TiOx), molybdenum oxide (MoOx), nickel oxide (NiOx), or cadmium selenide (CdSe), or an organic material such as graphene or a fullerene, a conjugated polymer or substituted fullerene, for example a (6,6)-phenyl-butyric acid methyl ester derivatized methano C6o fullerene, also known as "PCBM-C60" or "C60PCBM", as disclosed for example in Science 1995, 270, 1789 and having the structure shown below, or structural analogous compounds with e.g. a C70 fullerene group or an organic polymer (see for example Coakley, K. M. and McGehee, M. D.
Chem. Mater. 2004, 16, 4533).
Figure imgf000091_0001
PCBM-Ceo
Preferably the polymer according to the present invention is blended with an n-type semiconductor such as a fullerene or substituted fullerene of formula XII to form the active layer in an OPV or OPD device wherein,
Figure imgf000091_0002
Cn denotes a fullerene composed of n carbon atoms,
optionally with one or more atoms trapped inside,
Adduct1 is a primary adduct appended to the fullerene Cn with any connectivity,
Adduct2 is a secondary adduct, or a combination of secondary adducts, appended to the fullerene Cn with any
connectivity, k is an integer > 1 , and is 0, an integer > 1 , or a non-integer > 0. In the formula XII and its subformulae, k preferably denotes 1 , 2, 3 or, 4, very preferably 1 or 2. The fullerene Cn in formula XII and its subformulae may be composed of any number n of carbon atoms Preferably, in the compounds of formula XII and its subformulae the number of carbon atoms n of which the fullerene Cn is composed is 60, 70, 76, 78, 82, 84, 90, 94 or 96, very preferably 60 or 70.
The fullerene Cn in formula XII and its subformulae is preferably selected from carbon based fullerenes, endohedral fullerenes, or mixtures thereof, very preferably from carbon based fullerenes. Suitable and preferred carbon based fullerenes include, without limitation, (C6o-ih)[5,6]fullerene, (C7o-D5n)[5,6]fullerene, (C76-D2-)[5,6]fullerene, (Cs4- D2*)[5,6]fullerene, (C84-D2d)[5,6]fullerene, or a mixture of two or more of the aforementioned carbon based fullerenes. The endohedral fullerenes are preferably metallofullerenes. Suitable and preferred metallofullerenes include, without limitation, La@C6o, La@Ce2, Y@C82, Sc3N@C8o, Y3N@Ceo, Sc3C2@Ceo or a mixture of two or more of the aforementioned metallofullerenes. Preferably the fullerene Cn is substituted at a [6,6] and/or [5,6] bond, preferably substituted on at least one [6,6] bond.
Primary and secondary adduct, named "Adduct" in formula XII and its subformulae, is preferably selected from the following formulae
Figure imgf000092_0001
Figure imgf000093_0001
Figure imgf000093_0002
Figure imgf000093_0003

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-11 S-12 S-13
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S-14 wherein
Ars , ArS2 denote, independently of each other, an arylene or
heteroarylene group with 5 to 20, preferably 5 to 15, ring atoms, which is mono- or polycyclic, and which is optionally substituted by one or more identical or different substituents having one of the meanings of Rs as defined above and below.,
RS1, RS2, RS3, RS4 and RS5 independently of each other denote H, CN or have one of the meanings of Rs as defined above and below.
Preferred compounds of formula XII are selected from the following subformulae:
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Figure imgf000096_0001

Figure imgf000097_0001
wherein
RS1, RS2, RS3, RS4 RS5 and RS6 independently of each other denote H or have one of the meanings of Rs as defined above and below.
Also preferably the polymer according to the present invention is blended with other type of n-type semiconductor such as graphene, a metal oxide, like for example, ZnOx, TiOx, ZTO, MoOx, NiOx, quantum dots, like for example, CdSe or CdS, or a conjugated polymer, like for example a polynaphthalenediimide or polyperylenediimide as described, for example, in WO2013142841 A1 to form the active layer in an OPV or OPD device.
The device preferably further comprises a first transparent or semi- transparent electrode on a transparent or semi-transparent substrate on one side of the active layer, and a second metallic or semi-transparent electrode on the other side of the active layer. Preferably, the active layer according to the present invention is further blended with additional organic and inorganic compounds to enhance the device properties. For example, metal particles such as Au or Ag nanoparticules or Au or Ag nanoprism for enhancements in light
harvesting due to near-field effects (i.e. plasmonic effect) as described, for example in Adv. Mater. 2013, 25 (17), 2385-2396 and Adv. Ener. Mater. 10.1002/aenm.201400206, a molecular dopant such as 2,3,5,6-tetrafluoro- 7,7,8,8-tetracyanoquinodimethane for enhancement in photoconductivity as described, for example in Adv. Mater. 2013, 25(48), 7038-7044, or a stabilising agent consisting of a UV absorption agent and/or anti-radical agent and/or antioxidant agent such as 2-hydroxybenzophenone, 2- hydroxyphenylbenzotriazole, oxalic acid anilides, hydroxyphenyl triazines, merocyanines, hindered phenol, N-aryl-thiomorpholine, N-aryl- thiomorpholine-1 -oxide, N-aryl-thiomorpholine-1 ,1 -dioxide, N-aryl- thiazolidine, N-aryl-thiazolidine-1 -oxide, N-aryl-thiazolidine-1 ,1 -dioxide and 1 ,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane as described, for example, in
WO2012095796 A1 and in WO2013021971 A1. The device preferably may further comprise a UV to visible photo- conversion layer such as described, for example, in J. Mater. Chem. 2011 , 21, 12331 or a NIR to visible or IR to NIR photo-conversion layer such as described, for example, in J. Appl. Phys. 2013, 113, 124509. Further preferably the OPV or OPD device comprises, between the active layer and the first or second electrode, one or more additional buffer layers acting as hole transporting layer and/or electron blocking layer, which comprise a material such as metal oxides, like for example, ZTO, MoOx, NiOx, a doped conjugated polymer, like for example PEDOT:PSS and polypyrrole-polystyrene sulfonate (PPy:PSS), a conjugated polymer, like for example polytriarylamine (PTAA), an organic compound, like for example substituted triaryl amine derivatives such as N,N'-diphenyl-N,N'- bis(1-naphthyl)(1 ,1'-biphenyl)-4,4'diamine (NPB), N.N'-diphenyl-N.N'-^- methylphenyl)-1 ,1'-biphenyl-4,4'-diamine (TPD), graphene based materials, like for example, graphene oxide and graphene quantum dots or alternatively as hole blocking layer and/or electron transporting layer, which comprise a material such as metal oxide, like for example, ZnOx, TiOx, AZO (aluminium doped zinc oxide), a salt, like for example LiF, NaF, CsF, a conjugated polymer electrolyte, like for example poly[3-(6- trimethylammoniumhexyl)thiophene], poly(9,9-bis(2-ethylhexyl)- fluorene]-i)-poly[3-(6-trimethylammoniumhexyl)thiophene], or poly[(9,9- bis(3'-(N,N-dimethylamino)propyl)-2,7-fluorene)-alt-2,7-(9,9- dioctylfluorene)], a polymer, like for example poly(ethyleneimine) or crosslinked N-containing compound derivatives or an organic compound, like for example tris(8-quinolinolato)-aluminium(lll) (Alq3), phenanthroline derivative or C6o or C70 based fullerenes, like for example, as described in Adv. Energy Mater. 2012, 2, 82-86.
In a blend or mixture of a polymer according to the present invention with a fullerene or modified fullerene, the ratio polymerfullerene is preferably from 5:1 to 1 :5 by weight, more preferably from 1 :1 to 1 :3 by weight, most preferably 1 :1 to 1 :2 by weight. A polymeric binder may also be included, from 5 to 95% by weight. Examples of binder include polystyrene (PS), polypropylene (PP) and polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA). To produce thin layers in BHJ OPV devices the compounds, polymers, polymer blends or formulations of the present invention may be deposited by any suitable method. Liquid coating of devices is more desirable than vacuum deposition techniques. Solution deposition methods are especially preferred. The formulations of the present invention enable the use of a number of liquid coating techniques. Preferred deposition techniques include, without limitation, dip coating, spin coating, ink jet printing, nozzle printing, letter-press printing, screen printing, gravure printing, doctor blade coating, roller printing, reverse-roller printing, offset lithography printing, dry offset lithography printing, flexographic printing, web printing, spray coating, curtain coating, brush coating, slot dye coating or pad printing. For the fabrication of OPV devices and modules area printing method compatible with flexible substrates are preferred, for example slot dye coating, spray coating and the like. Suitable solutions or formulations containing the blend or mixture of a polymer according to the present invention with a C60 or C70 fullerene or modified fullerene like PCBM must be prepared. In the preparation of formulations, suitable solvent must be selected to ensure full dissolution of both component, p-type and n-type and take into account the boundary conditions (for example rheological properties) introduced by the chosen printing method.
Organic solvent are generally used for this purpose. Typical solvents can be aromatic solvents, halogenated solvents or chlorinated solvents, including chlorinated aromatic solvents. Examples include, but are not limited to chlorobenzene, 1 ,2-dichlorobenzene, chloroform, 1 ,2- dichloroethane, dichloromethane, carbon tetrachloride, toluene,
cyclohexanone, ethylacetate, tetrahydrofuran, anisole, morpholine, o- xylene, m-xylene, p-xylene, 1 ,4-dioxane, acetone, methylethylketone, 1 ,2- dichloroethane, 1 ,1 ,1-trichloroethane, 1 ,1 ,2,2-tetrachloroethane, ethyl acetate, n-butyl acetate, dimethylformamide, dimethylacetamide, dimethylsulfoxide, tetraline, decaline, indane, methyl benzoate, ethyl benzoate, mesitylene and combinations thereof.
The OPV device can for example be of any type known from the literature (see e.g. Waldauf et a/., Appl. Phys. Lett, 2006, 89, 233517).
A first preferred OPV device according to the invention comprises the following layers (in the sequence from bottom to top):
- optionally a substrate,
- a high work function electrode, preferably comprising a metal oxide, like for example ITO, serving as anode,
- an optional conducting polymer layer or hole transport layer, preferably comprising an organic poymer or polymer blend, for example of
PEDOTPSS (poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene): poly(styrene- sulfonate), or TBD (N,N'-dyphenyl-N-N'-bis(3-methylphenyl)-
1 ,1'biphenyl-4,4'-diamine) or NBD (N,N'-dyphenyl-N-N'-bis(1- napthylphenyl)-1 , 1 'biphenyl-4,4'-diamine),
- a layer, also referred to as "photoactive layer", comprising a p-type and an n-type organic semiconductor, which can exist for example as a p- type/n-type bilayer or as distinct p-type and n-type layers, or as blend or p-type and n-type semiconductor, forming a BHJ, - optionally a layer having electron transport properties, for example comprising LiF or PFN,
- a low work function electrode, preferably comprising a metal like for example aluminium, serving as cathode,
wherein at least one of the electrodes, preferably the anode, is transparent to visible light, and
wherein the p-type semiconductor is a compound or polymer according to the present invention.
A second preferred OPV device according to the invention is an inverted OPV device and comprises the following layers (in the sequence from bottom to top):
- optionally a substrate,
- a high work function metal or metal oxide electrode, comprising for example ITO, serving as cathode,
- a layer having hole blocking properties, preferably comprising a metal oxide like TiOx or Znx, or a poly(ethyleneimine),
- a photoactive layer comprising a p-type and an n-type organic
semiconductor, situated between the electrodes, which can exist for example as a p-type/n-type bilayer or as distinct p-type and n-type layers, or as blend or p-type and n-type semiconductor, forming a BHJ,
- an optional conducting polymer layer or hole transport layer, preferably comprising an organic poymer or polymer blend, for example of PEDOT:PSS or TBD or NBD,
- an electrode comprising a high work function metal like for example silver, serving as anode,
wherein at least one of the electrodes, preferably the cathode, is transparent to visible light, and
wherein the p-type semiconductor is a compound or polymer according to the present invention.
In the OPV devices of the present invention the p-type and n-type semiconductor materials are preferably selected from the materials, like the polymer/fullerene systems, as described above When the photoactive layer is deposited on the substrate, it forms a BHJ that phase separates at nanoscale level. For discussion on nanoscale phase separation see Dennler et al, Proceedings of the IEEE, 2005, 93 (8), 1429 or Hoppe et al, Adv. Func. Mater, 2004, 14(10), 1005. An optional annealing step may be then necessary to optimize blend morpohology and consequently OPV device performance.
Another method to optimize device performance is to prepare formulations for the fabrication of OPV(BHJ) devices that may include high boiling point additives to promote phase separation in the right way. 1 ,8-Octanedithiol, 1 ,8-diiodooctane, nitrobenzene, chloronaphthalene, and other additives have been used to obtain high-efficiency solar cells. Examples are disclosed in J. Peet, et al, Nat. Mater, 2007, 6, 497 or Frechet et al. J. Am. Chem. Soc, 2010, 132, 7595-7597.
Another preferred embodiment of the present invention relates to the use of a compound, composition or polymer blend according to the present invention as dye, hole transport layer, hole blocking layer, electron transport layer and/or electron blocking layer in a DSSC or a perovskite- based solar cells, and to a DSSC or perovskite-based solar cells comprising a compound composition or polymer blend according to the present invention.
DSSCs and perovskite-based DSSCs can be manufactured as described in the literature, for example in Chem. Rev. 2010, 110, 6595-6663, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 2-15 or in WO2013171520A1
The compounds, polymers, compositions and polymer blends of the present invention can also be used as dye or pigment in other
applications, for example as an ink dye, laser dye, fluorescent marker, solvent dye, food dye, contrast dye or pigment in coloring paints, inks, plastics, fabrics, cosmetics, food and other materials.
The compounds, polymers, compositions and polymer blends of the present invention are also suitable for use in the semiconducting channel of an OFET. Accordingly, the invention also provides an OFET comprising a gate electrode, an insulating (or gate insulator) layer, a source electrode, a drain electrode and an organic semiconducting channel connecting the source and drain electrodes, wherein the organic semiconducting channel comprises a compound, polymer, composition or polymer blend according to the present invention. Other features of the OFET are well known to those skilled in the art.
OFETs where an OSC material is arranged as a thin film between a gate dielectric and a drain and a source electrode, are generally known, and are described for example in US 5,892,244, US 5,998,804, US 6,723,394 and in the references cited in the background section. Due to the
advantages, like low cost production using the solubility properties of the compounds according to the invention and thus the processibility of large surfaces, preferred applications of these OFETs are such as integrated circuitry, TFT displays and security applications.
The gate, source and drain electrodes and the insulating and
semiconducting layer in the OFET device may be arranged in any sequence, provided that the source and drain electrode are separated from the gate electrode by the insulating layer, the gate electrode and the semiconductor layer both contact the insulating layer, and the source electrode and the drain electrode both contact the semiconducting layer.
An OFET device according to the present invention preferably comprises: - a source electrode,
- a drain electrode,
- a gate electrode,
- a semiconducting layer,
- one or more gate insulator layers,
- optionally a substrate. wherein the semiconductor layer preferably comprises a compound, polymer, composition or polymer blend as described above and below. The OFET device can be a top gate device or a bottom gate device.
Suitable structures and manufacturing methods of an OFET device are known to the skilled in the art and are described in the literature, for example in US 2007/0102696 A1.
The gate insulator layer preferably comprises a fluoropolymer, like e.g. the commercially available Cytop 809M® or Cytop 107M® (from Asahi Glass). Preferably the gate insulator layer is deposited, e.g. by spin-coating, doctor blading, wire bar coating, spray or dip coating or other known methods, from a formulation comprising an insulator material and one or more solvents with one or more fluoro atoms (fluorosolvents), preferably a perfluorosolvent. A suitable perfluorosolvent is e.g. FC75® (available from Acros, catalogue number 12380). Other suitable fluoropolymers and fluorosolvents are known in prior art, like for example the
perfluoropolymers Teflon AF® 1600 or 2400 (from DuPont) or Fluoropel® (from Cytonix) or the perfluorosolvent FC 43® (Acros, No. 12377).
Especially preferred are organic dielectric materials having a low
permittivity (or dielectric contant) from 1.0 to 5.0, very preferably from 1.8 to 4.0 ("low k materials"), as disclosed for example in US 2007/0102696 A1 or US 7,095,044. In security applications, OFETs and other devices with semiconducting materials according to the present invention, like transistors or diodes, can be used for RFID tags or security markings to authenticate and prevent counterfeiting of documents of value like banknotes, credit cards or ID cards, national ID documents, licenses or any product with monetary value, like stamps, tickets, shares, cheques etc.
Alternatively, the compounds, compositions, polymers and polymer blends (hereinafter referred to as "materials") according to the present invention can be used in OLEDs, e.g. as the active display material in a flat panel display applications, or as backlight of a flat panel display like e.g. a liquid crystal display. Common OLEDs are realized using multilayer structures. An emission layer is generally sandwiched between one or more electron- transport and/or hole-transport layers. By applying an electric voltage electrons and holes as charge carriers move towards the emission layer where their recombination leads to the excitation and hence luminescence of the lumophor units contained in the emission layer. The materials according to the present invention may be employed in one or more of the charge transport layers and/or in the emission layer, corresponding to their electrical and/or optical properties. Furthermore their use within the emission layer is especially advantageous, if the materials according to the present invention show electroluminescent properties themselves or comprise electroluminescent groups or compounds. The selection, characterization as well as the processing of suitable monomeric, oligomeric and polymeric compounds or materials for the use in OLEDs is generally known by a person skilled in the art, see, e.g., Miiller et al, Synth. Metals, 2000, 111-112, 31-34, Alcala, J. Appl. Phys., 2000, 88, 7124-7128 and the literature cited therein.
According to another use, the materials according to the present invention, especially those showing photoluminescent properties, may be employed as materials of light sources, e.g. in display devices, as described in EP 0 889 350 A1 or by C. Weder et al., Science, 1998, 279, 835-837.
A further aspect of the invention relates to both the oxidised and reduced form of the materials according to the present invention. Either loss or gain of electrons results in formation of a highly delocalised ionic form, which is of high conductivity. This can occur on exposure to common dopants.
Suitable dopants and methods of doping are known to those skilled in the art, e.g. from EP 0 528 662, US 5,198,153 or WO 96/21659. The doping process typically implies treatment of the semiconductor material with an oxidating or reducing agent in a redox reaction to form delocalised ionic centres in the material, with the corresponding
counterions derived from the applied dopants. Suitable doping methods comprise for example exposure to a doping vapor in the atmospheric pressure or at a reduced pressure, electrochemical doping in a solution containing a dopant, bringing a dopant into contact with the semiconductor material to be thermally diffused, and ion-implantantion of the dopant into the semiconductor material. When electrons are used as carriers, suitable dopants are for example halogens (e.g., b, Cb, Ete, ICI, IC , IBr and IF), Lewis acids (e.g., PFs, AsF5, SbFe, BF3, BCb, SbC , BEto and SO3), protonic acids, organic acids, or amino acids (e.g., HF, HCI, HNO3, H2SO4, HCIO4, FSO3H and CISO3H), transition metal compounds (e.g., FeC , FeOCI, Fe(CI04)3, Fe(4-CH3C6H4SO3)3, TiCU, ZrCU, HfCI4, NbFs, NbCIs, TaCIs, M0F5, M0CI5, WF5, WCI6, UF6 and LnC (wherein Ln is a lanthanoid), anions (e.g., CI', Br, I", Is", HSO4-, SO42-, NO3-, CIO4-, BF4-, PFe", AsF6-, SbFe", FeCk,
Fe(CN)63", and anions of various sulfonic acids, such as aryl-S03"). When holes are used as carriers, examples of dopants are cations (e.g., H+, Li+, Na+, K+, Rb+ and Cs+), alkali metals (e.g., Li, Na, K, Rb, and Cs), alkaline- earth metals (e.g., Ca, Sr, and Ba), O2, XeOF4) (NO2 +) (SbFe ), (N02 +)
(SbCle ), (N02 +) (BF4-), AgCI04, H2lrCI6, La(NO3)3 6H2O, FSO2OOSO2F, Eu, acetylcholine, R4lM+, (R is an alkyl group), R4P+ (R is an alkyl group), R6As+ (R is an alkyl group), and R3S+ (R is an alkyl group). The conducting form of the materials according to the present invention can be used as an organic "metal" in applications including, but not limited to, charge injection layers and ITO planarising layers in OLED
applications, films for flat panel displays and touch screens, antistatic films, printed conductive substrates, patterns or tracts in electronic applications such as printed circuit boards and condensers.
The materials according to the present invention may also be suitable for use in organic plasmon-emitting diodes (OPEDs), as described for example in Koller et a/., Nat. Photonics, 2008, 2, 684.
According to another use, the materials according to the present invention can be used alone or together with other materials in or as alignment layers in LCD or OLED devices, as described for example in US
2003/0021913. The use of charge transport compounds according to the present invention can increase the electrical conductivity of the alignment layer. When used in an LCD, this increased electrical conductivity can reduce adverse residual dc effects in the switchable LCD cell and suppress image sticking or, for example in ferroelectric LCDs, reduce the residual charge produced by the switching of the spontaneous polarisation charge of the ferroelectric LCs. When used in an OLED device comprising a light emitting material provided onto the alignment layer, this increased electrical conductivity can enhance the electroluminescence of the light emitting material.
The materials according to the present invention having mesogenic or liquid crystalline properties can form oriented anisotropic films as
described above, which are especially useful as alignment layers to induce or enhance alignment in a liquid crystal medium provided onto said anisotropic film. The materials according to the present invention may also be combined with photoisomerisable compounds and/or chromophores for use in or as photoalignment layers, as described in US 2003/0021913 A1.
According to another use, the materials according to the present invention, especially their water-soluble derivatives (for example with polar or ionic side groups) or ionically doped forms, can be employed as chemical sensors or materials for detecting and discriminating DNA sequences. Such uses are described for example in L. Chen, D. W. McBranch, H. Wang, R. Helgeson, F. Wudl and D. G. Whitten, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 1999, 96, 12287; D. Wang, X. Gong, P. S. Heeger, F. Rininsland, G. C. Bazan and A. J. Heeger, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 2002, 99, 49; N. DiCesare, M. R. Pinot, K. S. Schanze and J. R. Lakowicz, Langmuir, 2002, 18, 7785; D. T. McQuade, A. E. Pullen, T. M. Swager, Chem. Rev., 2000, 100, 2537. Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, as used herein plural forms of the terms herein are to be construed as including the singular form and vice versa.
Throughout the description and claims of this specification, the words "comprise" and "contain" and variations of the words, for example
"comprising" and "comprises", mean "including but not limited to", and are not intended to (and do not) exclude other components.
It will be appreciated that variations to the foregoing embodiments of the invention can be made while still falling within the scope of the invention. Each feature disclosed in this specification, unless stated otherwise, may be replaced by alternative features serving the same, equivalent or similar purpose. Thus, unless stated otherwise, each feature disclosed is one example only of a generic series of equivalent or similar features. All of the features disclosed in this specification may be combined in any combination, except combinations where at least some of such features and/or steps are mutually exclusive. In particular, the preferred features of the invention are applicable to all aspects of the invention and may be used in any combination. Likewise, features described in non-essential combinations may be used separately (not in combination).
Above and below, unless stated otherwise percentages are percent by weight and temperatures are given in degrees Celsius. The values of the dielectric constant ε ("permittivity") refer to values measured at 20°C and 1 ,000 Hz.
The invention will now be described in more detail by reference to the following examples, which are illustrative only and do not limit the scope of the invention. Example 1
Compound (1) was prepared as follows
Benzo[b1thiophen-3-yl-carbamic acid tert-butyl ester
Figure imgf000108_0001
A solution of benzo[b]thiophene-3-carbonyl azide (0.50 g, 2.46 mmol) in anhydrous f-butanol (7.5 cm3) is heated to reflux for 2 hours, the solvent is removed in vacuo and the residue dissolved in dichloromethane and filtered. The crude material is purified by column chromatography (20% ethyl acetate in petroleum ether (40-60)) to yield the product as a yellow oil which solidified upon standing (475 mg, 77%). 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCb) 1.58 (Chb, s, 9 H), 6.84 (ArH, br. s., 1 H), 7.32 - 7.46 (ArH, m, 2 H), 7.52 - 7.72 (ArH, m, 1 H), 7.77 - 7.90 (ArH, m, 1 H).
Benzofblthiophen-3-yl-cloclecyl-carbamic acid tert-butyl ester
Figure imgf000109_0001
To a round bottom flask is added benzo[b]thiophen-3-yl-carbamic acid tert- butyl ester (0.48 g, 1.91 mmol), K2CO3 (0.79 g, 5.72 mmol) and DMF (10.0 cm3). The reaction mixture is stirred at 25 °C for 5 minutes before adding 1-bromo-dodecane (1.14 cm3, 4.76 mmol). After stirring at 25 °C for 1 hour the reaction mixture is heated to 120 °C for 16 hours. Further 1-bromo- dodecane (1.14 cm3, 4.76 mmol) is added and the reaction mixture stirred at 120 °C for 5 hours. The reaction mixture is quenched with water and extracted with ethyl acetate, the combined organics are washed with water (x3) and brine, dried over MgSO4 and the solvent removed in vacuo to yield a yellow oil. The crude material is purified by column chromatography (5% ethyl acetate in petroleum ether (40-60)) and again purified by column chromatography (0-2% ethyl acetate in petroleum ether (40-60)) to yield the product as a yellow oil (110 mg, 19%).
1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCb) 0.86 - 0.91 (CH3, m, 7 H), 1.18 - 1.34 (CH2, m, 16 H), 1.56 (CH3, s, 9 H), 3.63 (CH2, t, J=7.5 Hz, 2H), 7.21 (ArH, br. s., 1 H), 7.34 - 7.42 (ArH, m, 2 H), 7.57 - 7.60 (ArH, m, 1 H), 7.80 - 7.83 (ArH, m, 1 H).
Benzorblthiophen-3-yl-dodecyl-amine
Figure imgf000109_0002
To a solution of benzo[b]thiophen-3-yl-dodecyl-carbamic acid tert-butyl ester (0. 5 g, 0.36 mmol) in DCM (5.0 cm3) is added trifluoro-acetic acid (0.66 cm3, 8.68 mmol), the reaction mixture is stirred at 25 °C for 16 hours then quenched with sat. aq. Nh CI and extracted with ethyl acetate. The combined organics are washed with brine, dried over MgSO4 and the solvent removed in vacuo to yield the product as a yellow oil (110 mg, quantitative).
H NMR (300 MHz, CDCb) 0.87 - 0.91 (CH3, m, 6 H), 1.27 - 1.41 (CH2, m, 15 H), 1.67 - 1.80 (CH2, m, 2 H), 3.24 (CH2, t, J=7.1 Hz, 2H), 6.04 (ArH, br. s., 1 H), 7.33 - 7.36 (ArH, m, 2 H), 7.55 - 7.58 (ArH, m, 1 H), 7.77 - 7.80 (ArH, m, 1 H).
1-Dodecyl-1 H-benzof4.51thienof3,2-blpyrrole-2.3-dione
Figure imgf000110_0001
To a solution of oxalyl dichloride (3.93 cm3, 46.5 mmol) in DCM (25.0 cm3) at 0 °C is added a solution of benzo[b]thiophen-3-yl-dodecyl-amine (11.81 g, 37.19 mmol) in DCM (55.0 cm3) dropwise. The reaction mixture is stirred for 30 minutes at 25 °C and then triethylamine (7.88 cm3, 56.5 mmol) in DCM (55.0 cm3) is added. The reaction mixture is allowed to warm to 25 °C with stirring for 16 hours. The reaction mixture is quenched with sat. aq. NH4CI and extracted with DCM, the combined organics are over MgSO4 and the solvent removed in vacuo. The crude product is purified by column chromatography (10% ethyl acetate in petroleum ether (40-60)) to yield the product as a red solid (6.7 g, 48%).
1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCb) 0.88 (CH3, t, J=6.3 Hz, 3H), 1.22 - 1.47 (CH2, m, 18 H), 1.75 - 1.85 (CH2, m, 2 H), 3.99 (CH2, t, J=7.4 Hz, 2H), 7.50 (ArH, ddd, J=8.2, 7.1 , 1.1 Hz, 1 H), 7.58 (ArH, ddd, J=8.5, 7.2, 1.2 Hz, 1 H), 7.88 - 7.91 (ArH, m, 2 H). rE)-1.1'-Didodecyl-1 H.1'H-r3.3'lbirbenzor4.5lthienor3.2-blpyrrolylidenel-
2.2'-dione (compound 1)
Figure imgf000111_0001
To a solution of 1-dodecyl-1 H-benzo[4,5]thieno[3,2-b]pyrrole-2,3-dione (1.00 g, 2.69 mmol) in toluene (40.0 cm3) is added Lawesson's reagent (0.54 g, 1.35 mmol). The reaction mixture is stirred at 100 °C for 5 minutes and then cooled to 25 °C. Methanol is added and the solids collected by filtration. Recrystallisation from acetonitrile/tetrahydrofuran yielded the product as a green solid (0.72 g, 75%).
H NMR (300 MHz, CDCb) 0.88 (Chb, t, J=6.4 Hz, 6H), 1.25 - 1.39 (CH2, m, 32 H), 1.42 - 1.51 (CH2, m, 4 H), 1.81 - 1.91 (CH2, m, 4 H), 4.14 (CH2, t, J=7.5 Hz, 4H), 7.41 - 7.44 (ArH, m, 4 H), 7.80 - 7.91 (ArH, m, 4 H).
Example 2
Compound (2) was prepared as follows
3-Bromo-benzofb]thiophene 1 , 1 -dioxide
Figure imgf000111_0002
A solution of 3-bromo-benzo[b]thiophene (4.91 cm3, 37.5 mmol) in acetic anhydride (50.0 cm3, 528.9 mmol), acetic acid (50.0 cm3, 873.4 mmol) and hydrogen peroxide solution (35% in water) (20.6 cm3, 239.1 mmol) is heated to reflux for 1 hour, water (200 cm3) is added and the solution cooled. The resultant solids are collected by filtration to yield the product as a white powdery solid (9.01 g, 98%).
1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCb) 6.99 (ArH, s, 1 H), 7.56 - 7.76 (ArH, m, 4 H). (1.1-Dioxo-1 H-1 lambda6-benzo[b1thiophen-3-yl 2-octyl-dodecyl)-amine and Γ1 -dioxo-1 ,2-dihvdro-1 lambda6-benzorblthiophen-(3Z)-ylidene1-(2- octyl-dodecvD-amine
Figure imgf000112_0001
To a solution of 3-bromo-benzo[b]thiophene 1 , -dioxide (5.00 g, 20.4 mmol) in ethanol (131 cm3 is added 2-octyl-dodecylamine (18.2 g, 61.2 mmol), the reaction mixture is heated to reflux for 16 hours and then cooled to 25 °C. To the cooled solution is added methanol and the solution cooled further in an ice bath. The resultant precipitate is collected by filtration to yield the product as a yellow solid, as a mixture of two tautomers in a 1 :1 ratio (3.30 g, 35%).
1H NMR (300 MHz, CDC ) 0.89 (CH3, t, J=6.9 Hz, 12H), 1.27 - 1.33 (CH2, m, 64 H), 1.70 - 1.75 (CH2, m, 1 H), 1.79 - 1.86 (CH2, m, 1 H), 3.12 (CH2, t, J=5.7 Hz, 2H), 3.39 (CH2, d, J=6.0 Hz, 2H), 4.10 (CH2, s, 2H), 4.70 - 4.73 (NH, m, 1 H), 5.35 (ArH, s, 1 H), 7.32 - 7.35 (ArH, m, 1 H), 7.56 - 7.59 (ArH, m, 2 H), 7.70 - 7.73 (ArH, m, 2 H), 7.76 - 7.79 (ArH, m, 1 H), 7.85 - 7.88 (ArH, m, 1 H), 8.16 - 8.19 (ArH, m, 1 H).
Benzo[b1thiophen-3-yl-(2-octyl-dodecyl)-amine
Figure imgf000112_0002
To a solution of (1 ,1-dioxo-1 H-1 lambda6-benzo[b]thiophen-3-yl)-(2-octyl- dodecyl)-amine and [1 ,1 -dioxo-1 ,2-dihydro-1 lambda6-benzo[b]thiophen- (3Z)-ylidene]-(2-octyl-dodecyl)-amine (3.30 g, 7.15 mmol) in dioxane (40.0 cm3) is added diisobutyl aluminium hydride (1 M in heptanes) (34.3 cm3, 34.31), the reaction mixture is heated to 80 °C for 2 hours and then cooled to 25 °C. The solution is cooled to 0 °C and ethyl acetate and sat. aq. NH4CI is added. The solution is warmed to 25 °C and water added, celite is then added and the mixture filtered to remove the solids, and the solids are then washed with water and ethyl acetate. The aqueous is extracted with ethyl acetate and the combined organics washed with brine, dried over MgSO4 and the solvent removed in vacuo to yield the product as a yellow oil (2.7 g, 88%).
1H NMR (300 MHz, CDC ) 0.89 (CH3, t, J=6.9 Hz, 6 H), 1.25 - 1.40 (CH2, m, 32 H), 1.70 - 1.79 (CH2, m, 1 H), 3.14 (CH2, d, J=6.0 Hz, 2H), 6.02 (ArH, s, 1 H), 7.34 - 7.37 (ArH, m, 2 H), 7.55 - 7.59 (ArH, m, 1 H), 7.77 - 7.80 (ArH, m, 1 H).
1-(2-Octyl-dodecyl)-1 H-benzor4.5nhienor3.2-b1pyrrole-2.3-dione
Figure imgf000113_0001
To a solution of oxalyl dichloride (0.66 cm3, 7.85 mmol) in dichloromethane (5.0 cm3) at 0 °C is added a solution of benzo[b]thiophen-3-yl-(2-octyl- dodecyl)-amine (2.70 g, 6.28 mmol) in dichloromethane (15.0 cm3) dropwise. The reaction mixture is stirred for 30 minutes and then
triethylamine (1.31 cm3, 9.42 mmol) in dichloromethane (5.0 cm3) is added. The reaction mixture is allowed to warm to 25 °C with stirring over 16 hours. The reaction mixture is quenched with sat. aq. NH4CI and extracted with dichloromethane, the combined organics are dried over MgS04 and the solvent removed in vacuo. The crude material is purified by column chromatography (5-10% ethyl acetate in petroleum ether (40- 60)) to yield the product as a red oil (1.50 g, 49%).
Ή NMR (300 MHz, CDCb) 0.89 (CH3, m, 6 H), 1.23 - 1.40 (CH2, m, 32 H), 1.89 - 1.95 (CH2, m, 1 H), 3.88 (CH2, d, J=7.7 Hz, 2H), 7.48 (ArH, ddd, J=8.3, 7.2, 1.0 Hz, 1 H), 7.58 (ArH, ddd, J=8.4, 7.0, 1.1 Hz, 1 H), 7.87 - 7.91 (ArH, m, 2 H).
Figure imgf000114_0001
blpyrrolylidene1-2,2'-dione
Figure imgf000114_0002
To a solution of 1 -(2-octyl-dodecyl)-1 H-benzo[4,5]thieno[3,2-b]pyrrole-2,3- dione (1 .50 g, 3.10 mmol) in toluene (45.0 cm3) is added Lawesson's reagent (0.63 g, 1.55 mmol). The reaction mixture is stirred at 100 °C for 5 minutes and then cooled to 25 °C. Methanol is added and the resultant solids collected by filtration. The crude product is recrystallised from acetonitrile/
tetrahydrofuran to yield the product as a dark green solid (0.74 g, 51 %).
H NMR (300 MHz, CDC ) 0.86 (CH3, t, J=6.4 Hz, 12H), 1 .22 - 1 .28 (CH2, m, 52 H), 1.43 (CH2, m, 12 H), 1 .83 - 1 .92 (CH2, m, 2 H), 4.04 (CH2, d, J=6.8 Hz, 4H), 7.40 - 7.43 (ArH, m, 4 H), 7.82 - 7.89 (ArH, m, 4 H).
Figure imgf000114_0003
To a solution of (E)-1 ,1'-bis-(2-octyl-dodecyl)-1 H,rH- [3,3']bi[benzo[4,5]thieno[3,2-b]pyrrolylidene]-2,2'-dione (0.54 g, 0.58 mmol) in chloroform (75.0 cm3) is added dropwise bromine (0.09 cm3, 1.74 mmol) in chloroform (25.0 cm3). The reaction mixture is stirred at 25 °C for 90 minutes and then quenched with methanol and the solids collected by filtration. The crude solids are purified by recrystallisation from
acetonitrile/tetrahydrofuran and by column chromatography (2% ethyl acetate in petroleum ether (40-60)) to yield the product as fluffy blue solids (0.53 g, 84%).
1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCb) 0.85 (CH3, t, J=7.0 Hz, 6H), 0.87 (CHs, t, J=6.5 Hz, 6 H), 1.22 (CH2, m, 52H), 1.38 (CH2, m, 12H), 1.91 (CH, m, 2H), 3.94 (CH2, d, J=7.6 Hz, 4H), 7.39 (ArH, dd, J=8.7, 1.7 Hz, 2H), 7.56 (ArH, d, J=8.9 Hz, 2H), 7.94 (ArH, d, J=1.7 Hz, 2H). Example 3
Polymer (P1) was prepared as follows
Poly- 2,6-(4,8-didodecyl-benzoM ,2-b:4.5-b'1dithiophene-co- 4.7-(5.6-bis- octyloxy-benzof ,2.5nhiadiazole)-co- (E)-6,6'-( 1.1 '-bis-(2-octyl-dodecvn- 1 H.1'H-r3.3'lbirbenzor4.51thienof3.2-blPyrrolylidene1-2.2'-dione)
(Polymer P1)
Figure imgf000115_0001
To a dry microwave vial is added 4,8-didodecyl-2,6-bis-trimethylstannanyl- benzo[1 ,2-b;4,5-b']dithiophene (341.0 mg, 0.40 mmol), 4,7-dibromo-5,6-bis- octyloxy-benzo[1 ,2,5]thiadiazole (110.1 mg, 0.20 mmol), (E)-6,6'-dibromo- 1 , 1 '-bis-(2-octyl-dodecyl)-1 H, 1 'H-[3,3']bi[benzo[4,5]thieno[3,2- b]pyrrolylidene]-2,2'-dione (218.7 mg, 0.20 mmol), Pd2(dba)3 (14.7 mg, 0.016 mmol) and tri-o-tolyl-phosphine (19.5 mg, 0.064 mmol), the vial is evacuated and nitrogen purged (x3) and then degassed chlorobenzene (5 cm3) is added. The solution is degassed for a further 10 minutes before heating to 140 °C for 4 hours. To the solution is then added tributyl- phenylstannane (0.13 cm3, 0.40 mmol), the reaction mixture is stirred at 140
°C for 1 hour, and then bromobenzene (0.08 cm3, 0.80 mmol) is added and the reaction mixture is stirred at 140 °C for a further 1 hour. The reaction mixture is cooled to 50 °C and precipitated into methanol, collected by filtration and washed with methanol to yield a black/green polymer. The crude polymer is purified by sequential soxhlet extraction with acetone, petroleum ether (40-60) and cyclohexane. The cyclohexane fraction is concentrated in vacuo and precipitated into methanol, solids are collected by filtration to yield the product as a black/green solid (400 mg, 84%).
GPC, chlorobenzene (50 °C): Mn = 27.6 kg.mol 1, Mw = 93.8 kg.mol"1, PDI = 3.41.
Example 4
Polymer (P2) was prepared as follows
Poly- 2.6-(4.8-didodecyl-benzon .2-b:4.5-b'ldithiophene-co-(E)-6.6'-(1.1 '- bis-(2-octyl-dodecyl)-1 H.1 'H-r3.3'lbirbenzor4.51thienor3.2-blPyrrolylidenel- 2,2'-dione) (Polymer P2)
Figure imgf000116_0001
Figure imgf000117_0001
To a dry microwave vial is added 4,8-didodecyl-2,6-bis-trimethylstannanyl- benzo[1 ,2-b;4,5-b']dithiophene (170.5 mg, 0.20 mmol), (E)-6,6'-dibromo- 1 , 1 '-bis-(2-octyl-dodecyl)-1 H, 1 'H-[3,3']bi[benzo[4,5]thieno[3,2- b]pyrrolylidene]-2,2'-dione (218.7 mg, 0.20 mmol), Pd2(dba)3 (7.3 mg, 0.008 mmol) and tri-o-tolyl-phosphine (9.7 mg, 0.016 mmol), the vial is evacuated and nitrogen purged (x3) and then degassed chlorobenzene (2.5 cm3) is added. The solution is degassed for a further 10 minutes before heating to 140 °C for 2 hours 15 minutes. To the solution is then added tributyl- phenylstannane (0.07 cm3, 0.20 mmol), the reaction mixture is stirred at 140 °C for 1 hour, and then bromobenzene (0.04 cm3, 0.40 mmol) is added and the reaction mixture is stirred at 140 °C for a further 1 hour. The reaction mixture is cooled to 50 °C and precipitated into methanol, collected by filtration and washed with methanol to yield a black/green polymer. The crude polymer is purified by sequential soxhlet extraction with acetone, petroleum ether (40-60) and cyclohexane. The cyclohexane fraction is concentrated in vacuo and precipitated into methanol, solids are collected by filtration to yield the product as a black/green solid (237 mg, 81 %).
GPC, chlorobenzene (50 °C): Mn = 27.4 kg.mo , Mw = 163.2 kg.mo , PDI = 5.95.
Example 5
Polymer (P3) was prepared as follows
Poly- 2.6-(4.8-dicarboxylic acid didodecyl ester-benzo[1.2-b;4,5- b'ldithiophene-co-(E)-6.6'-(1.1 '-bis-(2-octyl-dodecyl)-1 H.1 Ή- f3,3'1birbenzor4,51thienor3.2-blpyrrolylidene1-2.2'-dione) (Polymer P3)
Figure imgf000118_0001
Figure imgf000118_0002
To a dry microwave vial is added 4,8-dicarboxylic acid didodecyl ester-2,6- bis-trimethylstannanyl-benzo[1 ,2-b;4,5-b']dithiophene (172.1 mg, 0.18
mmol), (EJ-e.e'-dibromo-l .l'-bis^-octyl-dodecy -I H.I'H-
[3,3']bi[benzo[4,5]thieno[3,2-b]pyrrolylidene]-2,2'-dione (200.0 mg, 0.18 mmol), Pd2(dba)3 (6.7 mg, 0.007 mmol) and tri-o-tolyl-phosphine (8.9 mg, 0.029 mmol), the vial is evacuated and nitrogen purged (x3) and then
degassed chlorobenzene (2.3 cm3) is added. The solution is degassed for a further 10 minutes before heating to 140 °C for 3 hours 35 minutes. To the solution is then added tributyl-phenylstannane (0.06 cm3, 0.18 mmol), the reaction mixture is stirred at 140 °C for 1 hour, and then bromobenzene
(0.04 cm3, 0.37 mmol) is added and the reaction mixture is stirred at 140 °C for a further 1 hour. The reaction mixture is cooled to 50 °C and
precipitated into methanol, collected by filtration and washed with methanol to yield a black/green polymer. The crude polymer is purified by sequential soxhiet extraction with acetone and petroleum ether (40-60). The petroleum ether (40-60) fraction is concentrated in vacuo and precipitated into
methanol, solids are collected by filtration to yield the product as a black solid (256 mg, 90%).
GPC, chlorobenzene (50°C): Mn = 12.5 kg.mol 1, Mw = 31.9 kg.mol 1, PDI = 2.54. Example 6
Polymer (P4) was prepared as follows
Poly- 2,6-(4,8-dicarboxylic acid didodecyl ester-benzori .2-b;4,5- b'1dithiophene-co-2.5-(bis-thiophene)-co-(E)-6,6'-(1.1'-bis-(2-octyl- dodecyl)-1 H,1'H-r3.3'lbirbenzor4.51thieno[3.2-b1pyrrolylidenel-2.2'-dione) (Polymer P4)
Figure imgf000119_0001
To a dry microwave vial is added 2,6-dibromo-benzo[1 ,2-b;4,5- b']dithiophene-4,8-dicarboxylic acid didodecyl ester (106.0 mg, 0.14 mmol), 2,5-bis-trimethylstannanyl-thiophene (112.4 mg, 0.27 mmol), (Ε)-6,6'- dibromo-l . -bis^-octyl-dodecy -I H.I 'H-IS.S'lbilbenzoK.SJthienoIS^- blpyrrolylidenel^^'-dione (150.0 mg, 0.14 mmol), Pda(dba)3 (5.0 mg, 0.004 mmol) and tri-o-tolyl-phosphine (6.7 mg, 0.016 mmol), the vial is evacuated and nitrogen purged (x3) and then degassed chlorobenzene (3.4 cm3) is added. The solution is degassed for a further 5 minutes before heating to 140 °C for 2 hours 20 minutes. To the solution is then added tributyl- phenylstannane (0.04 cm3, 0.14 mmol), the reaction mixture is stirred at 140 °C for 1 hour, and then bromobenzene (0.03 cm3, 0.27 mmol) is added and the reaction mixture is stirred at 140 °C for a further 1 hour. The reaction mixture is cooled to 50 °C and precipitated into methanol, collected by
filtration and washed with methanol to yield a black/green polymer. The
crude polymer is purified by sequential soxhlet extraction with acetone,
petroleum ether (40-60), cyclohexane and chloroform. The chloroform
fraction is concentrated in vacuo and precipitated into methanol, solids are collected by filtration to yield the product as a black solid (227 mg, 97%).
GPC, chlorobenzene (50°C): Mn = 41.9 kg.mo , Mw = 154.3 kg.mor1, PDI = 3.68.
Example 7
Polymer (P5) was prepared as follows
Polv-(E)-6.6'-(1.1 '-bis-(2-octyl-dodecvn-1 H.1 Ή- r3,3'lbirbenzof4,51thienof3,2-blpyrrolylidenel-2,2'-dione)-co-2.5-(bis- thiophene) (Polymer P5)
Figure imgf000120_0001
To a dry microwave vial is added 2,5-bis-trimethylstannanyl-thiophene (29.3 mg, 0.07 mmol), (E)-6,6,-dibromo-1 , r-bis-(2-octyl-dodecyl)-1 H,1'H- [3,3']bi[benzo[4,5]thieno[3,2-b]pyrrolylidene]-2,2'-dione (78.1 mg, 0.07 mmol), Pd2(dba)3 (2.6 mg, 0.003 mmol) and tri-o-tolyl-phosphine (3.5 mg, 0.011 mmol), the vial is evacuated and nitrogen purged (x3) and then degassed chlorobenzene (3.5 cm3) is added. The solution is degassed for a further 10 minutes before heating to 140 °C for 1 hours 20 minutes. To the solution is then added tributyl-phenylstannane (0.02 cm3, 0.07 mmol), the reaction mixture is stirred at 140 °C for 1 hour, and then bromobenzene (0.02 cm3, 0.14 mmol) is added and the reaction mixture is stirred at 140 °C for a further 1 hour. The reaction mixture is cooled to 50 °C and
precipitated into methanol, collected by filtration and washed with methanol to yield a black/green polymer. The crude polymer is purified by sequential soxhlet extraction with acetone, petroleum ether (40-60) and cyclohexane. The cyclohexane fraction is concentrated in vacuo and precipitated into methanol, solids are collected by filtration to yield the product as a black solid (65 mg, 90%). GPC, chlorobenzene (50 °C): Mn = 29.6 kg.mol 1, Mw = 111.6 kg.mor1, PDI = 3.77.
Example 8
Figure imgf000121_0001
Figure imgf000121_0002
TMS acetelene
40 degree Pd (PPh3)2 CI2 48h Cul
TEA
Figure imgf000122_0001
Compound (3) is prepared as follows
N-(2-ethylhexyl)thiophen-3-amine
// w
Figure imgf000122_0002
A mixture of 3-bromothiophene (16.3 g, 100 mmol), 2-ethylhexyl-1 -amine (24.6 g, 150 mmol), copper (I) iodide (952 mg, 5 mmol), copper (317 mg, 5 mmol) and grinded potassium phosphate tribasic (42.4 g, 200 mmol) in dimethylaminoethanol (100 cm3) is heated to 90 °C for 48 hours. The reaction is cooled to 20 °C and filtered through a celite plug. The residue is washed with ethyl acetate (100 cm3). The filtrate is concentrated and purified using a silica column chromatography (gradient petroleum ether- dichloromethane 0-100%) to give product as a black oil (12.4 g, 59%). H NMR (400 MHz, CDCI3) 7.18-7.16 (dd, J=5.1 Hz, 1 H), 6.65-6.64 (dd, J=5.1 Hz, 1 H), 5.96-5.95 (dd, J=3.0 Hz, 2H), 3.60 (bs, 1 H), 3.02-3.00 (d, J=6.0, 2H), 1.60-1.57 (m, 1 H), 1.43-1.32 (m, 8H), 0.89 (t, J=6.7Hz, 6H).
4-(2-Ethylhexyl)-4H-thienor3.2-blpyrrole-5.6-dione
Figure imgf000123_0001
A solution of N-(2-ethylhexyl)thiophen-3-amine (12.4 g, 59 mmol) in dichloromethane (40 cm3) is added dropwise to a solution of oxalyl chloride (6.5 cm3, 77 mmol) in dichloromethane (80 cm3) at 0 °C. After addition, the mixture is stirred for 30 minutes at 0 °C. A solution of triethylamine (21 cm3) in dichloromethane (40 cm3) is added dropwise after which the reaction is warmed to 20 °C and stirred for 17 hours. The mixture is concentrated in vacuo and purified by silica column
chromatography (heptanes:dichloromethane, 7:3) to give product as an orange solid (9.9 g, 63%).
1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCb) 8.02-8.01 (d, J=5.0 Hz, 1 H), 6.79-6.77 (d,
J=4.7 Hz, 1H), 3.57-3.55 (d, J=7.4 Hz, 2H), 1.77-1.74 (m, 1 H), 1.43-1.28 (m, 8H), 0.87 (m, 6H).
3-Bromo-4-(2-ethylhexyl)-4H-thienoi3,2-blpyrrole-5,6-dione
Figure imgf000124_0001
To a suspension of 4-(2-ethylhexyl)-4H-thieno[3,2-b]pyrrole-5,6-dione (8.0 g, 30 mmol) and sodium acetate (3.0 g, 36 mmol) in dichloromethane (160 cm3) in the dark at 20 °C is added bromine (1.85 cm3, 36 mmol). The mixture is heated at 45 °C for 20 hours. The reaction mixture is cooled to 23 °C and diluted with dichloromethane (500 cm3). Organic solution is washed with sat. aq. sodium hydrogen carbonate solution (500 cm3) and then with sat. aq. sodium thiosulphite solution (500 cm3) and finally washed with brine (500 cm3) , dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, filtered and the solvent removed in vacuo. The residue is purified using silica column chromatography (petroleum etherdichloromethane, 4:6) to give product as a light brown solid (6.8 g, 63%).
H NMR (400 MHz, CDC ) 7.90 (s, 1 H), 3.84-3.82 (d, J=7.4 Hz, 2H), 1.94-1.91 (m, 1 H), 1.45-1.28 (m, 8H), 0.91 (m, 6H). a-3.3'-Dibromo-4.4'-bis-(2-ethylhexyl)-4H.4'H-r6.6'-bithienor3.2- plpyrrolylidene]-5,5'-dione
Figure imgf000124_0002
To the solution of 3-bromo-4-(2-ethylhexyl)-4H-thieno[3,2-b]pyrrole-5,6- dione (2.5 g, 7.3 mmol) in toluene (50 cm3) is added lawesson's reagent (1.5 g, 3.6 mmol). The reaction is stirred at 65 °C for 1 hour and then cooled to 25 °C. The solvent is removed in vacuo. The residue is purified using silica column chromatography (petroleum ethendichloromethane, 1 :1) to give product as a dark purple solid (1.48 g, 62%).
1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCb) 7.44 (s, 2H), 3.93-3.91 (d, J=7.2 Hz, 4H), 2.00-1.93 (m, 2H), 1.42-1.25 (m, 16H), 0.93-0.91 (m, 12H). EJ-3.3'-Dibromo-4,4'-bis-(2-ethylhexyl)-2.2,-diiodo-4H.4,H- ,6'1biithienor3.2-b1pyrrolylidenel-5,5'-dione
Figure imgf000125_0001
To a solution of (^S^-dibromo^^-bis-^-ethylhexylMH^H-^e'- bithieno[3,2-b]pyrrolylidene]-5,5'-dione (1.5 g, 2.3 mmol) in chloroform (25 cm3) and acetic acid (25 cm3) is added N-iodosuccinimide (1.3 g, 5.7 mmol). The reaction mixture is stirred at 25 °C for 10 hours followed by further addition of N-iodosuccinimide (1.3 g, 5.7 mmol). After 5 hours the reaction mixture is diluted with dichloromethane (500 cm3) and then quenched with sat. aq. sodium hydrogen carbonate solution (200 cm3). Organic solution is washed with sat. aq. sodium hydrogen carbonate solution (200 cm3) and then with 10% Sodium thiosulphite solution (200 cm3) and finally washed with brine (300 cm3) , dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, filtered and the solvent removed in vacuo. The residue is purified using silica column chromatography (petroleum
ether:dichloromethane, 1 :1) to give product as a red solid (0.8 g, 38%). 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDC ) 3.83-3.81 (d, J=7.4 Hz, 4H), 1.86-1.82 (m, 2H), 1.39-1.27 (m, 16H), 0.93-0.87 (m, 12H). fE)-3,3,-Dibromo-4,4'-bis-(2-ethylhexyl)-2,2'-bis-trimethylsilanylethynyl- 4H,4,H-[6,6']bi[thieno[3,2-b]pyrrolylidene]-5,5,-dione
Figure imgf000125_0002
A mixture of Ej-S.S'-dibromo^^'-bis-i -ethylhexy ^. '-diiodo^H^'H- [6,6']bi[thieno[3,2-b]pyrrolylidene]-5,5'-dione (0.4 g, 0.4 mmol),
trimethylamine (10 cm3), trimethylsilyl acetylene (0.1 cm3, 0.9 mmol), bis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(ll) dichloride (30 mg, 0.04 mmol) and triphenylphosphine (14 mg, 0.05 mmol) is stirred at 35 °C for 15 minutes. Cupper iodide (15 mg, 0.08 mmol) is added and the reaction mixture is stirred at 50 °C for 56 hours. The solvent is removed in vacuo. The residue is purified using silica column chromatography (petroleum
etherdichloromethane, 2:3) to give product as a light orange solid (0.3 g, 84%).
1H NMR (400 MHz, CDC ) 3.83-3.81 (d, J=7.4 Hz, 4H), 1.91-1.90 (m, 2H), 1.38-1.20 (m, 16H), 0.92-0.85 (m, 12H), 0.3 (s, 18H).
^E)-4,4,-bis-(2-ethylhexyl)-3,3,-bis-methylsulfanyl-2.2'-bis- trimethylsilanylethvnyl-4H.4'H-f6.6'lbirthieno[3.2-blpyrrolylidenel-5.5'-dione
Figure imgf000126_0001
To a mixture of E -3,3'-dibromo-4,4'-bis-(2-ethylhexyl)-2,2'-bis- trimethylsilanylethynyl-4H,4'H-[6,6']bi[thieno[3,2-b]pyrrolylidene]-5,5'-dione (1 eq) and acetonitrile at -10 °C is added sodium thiomethoxide (2.3 eq). The ice bath is removed and the reaction mixture is let warm to 25 °C and stirred for 17 hours. The solvent is removed in vacuo. The residue is purified using silica column chromatography to give product. EJ-4.4'-bis-(2-ethylhexyl)-4H.4'H-r6.6'lbir3,7-dithia-4-aza- cyclopentaia1pentalenylidene1-5,5'-dione
Figure imgf000127_0001
To a solution of iodine in dichloromethane at 25 °C is added EJ-4,4'-bis- (2-ethylhexyl)-3,3'-bis-methylsulfanyl-2,2'-bis-trimethylsilanylethynyl- 4H,4'H-[6,6']bi[thieno[3,2-b]pyrrolylidene]-5I5,-dione in small portions over 20 minutes. The reaction mixture is stirred for 3 hours and the solvent removed in vacuo. The residue is purified using recrystallization techniques.
(a-2.2'-dibromo-4.4'-bis-(2-ethyl-hexyl)-4H.4'H-r6.6'1bir3.7-dithia-4-aza- cvclopentafa]pentalenylidene1-5,5'-dione
Figure imgf000127_0002
To a solution of E)-4,4'-bis-(2-ethylhexyl)-4H,4,H-[6,6,]bi[3,7-dithia-4-aza- cyclopenta[a]pentalenylidene]-5,5'-dione (1 eq) in chloroform is added N- bromosuccinimide (1.1 eq). The reaction mixture is stirred at 25 °C for 10 hours followed by further addition of N-bromosuccinimide (1.1 eq). After 5 hours the solvent is removed in vacuo. The residue is purified using silica column chromatography.
Example 9 - BHJ OPV devices for Polymer P1. P2. P4 and P5
OPV devices were fabricated on ITO-glass substrates (13Q/D), purchased from Zencatec. The substrates were subjected to a conventional photolithography process to define the bottom electrodes (anodes) before cleaning using common solvents (acetone, I PA, D l water) in an ultrasonic bath. A conducting polymer poly(ethylene dioxythiophene) doped with poly(styrene sulfonic acid) [Clevios VPAI 4083 (H.C. Starck)] was mixed in a 1 :1 ratio with Dl-water. This solution was sonicated for 20 minutes to ensure proper mixing and filtered using a 0.2 pm filter before spin coating to a thickness of 20 nm. The substrates were exposed to a UV-ozone treatment prior to the spin-coating process to ensure good wetting properties. The films were then annealed at 130 °C for 30 minutes in an inert atmosphere.
Photoactive material solutions were prepared at the concentration and components ratio stated in Table 1 and stirred overnight. Thin films were either spin coated or blade coated in an inert atmosphere to achieve thicknesses between 100 and 200 nm, measured using a profilometer. A short drying period followed to ensure removal of excess solvent.
Typically, spin coated films were dried at 23 °C for 10 minutes. Blade coated films were dried at 70 °C for 3 minutes on the hotplate. As the last step of the device fabrication, Calcium (30 nm)/AI (200 nm) cathodes were thermally evaporated through a shadow mask to define cells.
Samples were measured at 23 °C using a Solar Simulator from Newport Ltd (model 91 160) as a light source, calibrated to 1 sun using a Si reference cell. The device performance for polymer P1 , P2, P4 and P5 is described in Table 1.
Table 1. Average open circuit potential (Voc), current density (Jsc), fill factor (FF), and power conversion efficiency (PCE) for specific ratios of polymer P1 , P2, P4 and P5 and PCBM-Ceo.
Polymer cone" Voc Jsc FF PCE
(Px): mg.cnr3 mV mA.cnr2 % %
PCBM
P1 1 :2 30 590 -0.59 51.0 0.18
P2 1 :2 30 564 -3.41 55.7 1.09
P4 1 :2 30 500 -6.73 42.1 1.42
P5 1 :2 30 400 -3..60 53.7 0.77 Example 10 - Transistor Fabrication and Measurement of P5
Top-gate thin-film organic field-effect transistors (OFETs) were fabricated on glass substrates with photolithographically defined Au source-drain electrodes. A 7 mg/cm3 solution of the organic semiconductor in
dichlorobenzene was spin-coated on top (an optional annealing of the film is carried out at 100 °C, 150 °C or 200 °C for between 1 and 5 minutes) followed by a spin-coated fluoropolymer dielectric material (Lisicon® D139 from Merck, Germany). Finally a photolithographically defined Au gate electrode was deposited. The electrical characterization of the transistor devices was carried out in ambient air atmosphere using computer controlled Agilent 4155C Semiconductor Parameter Analyser. Charge carrier mobility in the saturation regime (pSat) was calculated for the compound. Field-effect mobility was calculated in the saturation regime (Vd > (Vg-Vo)) using equation (1):
Figure imgf000129_0001
where W is the channel width, L the channel length, Ci the capacitance of insulating layer, Vg the gate voltage, Vo the turn-on voltage, and pSat is the charge carrier mobility in the saturation regime. Turn-on voltage (Vo) was determined as the onset of source-drain current. The mobility (pSat) for polymer P5 in a top-gate OFET is 0.09 cm2/Vs.
Figure 1 shows the transfer characteristics and the charge carrier mobility of a top-gate OFET prepared as described above, wherein polymer P5 is used as the organic semiconductor.

Claims

Claims
1. A compound comprising one or more divalent units of formula I
Figure imgf000130_0001
R1 on each occurrence identically or differently, denotes H or straight chain, branched or cyclic alkyl group with 1 to 30 C atoms in which one or more non-adjacent CH2 groups are optionally replaced, in each case
independently from one another, by -O-, -S-, -C(O)-, - C(O)0-, -O-C(O)-, -O-CO(O)-O-, -SO2-, -SO3-, -NR0-, - SiR°R00-, -CF2-, -CR°=CR00-, -CY1=CY2- or -C≡C- in such a manner that O and/or S atoms are not linked directly to one another, and in which one or more H atoms are optionally replaced by F, CI, Br, I or CN, or denotes monocyclic or polycyclic aryl or heteroaryl, each of which is optionally substituted with one or more groups Rs and has 4 to 30 ring atoms is O or S,
A1 , A2, A3 denote, independently of each other, and on each
occurrence identically or differently, a monocyclic or polycyclic aromatic or heteroaromatic group with 4 to 20 ring atoms that is optionally substituted by one or more groups Rs, Rs denotes, on each occurrence identically or differently, F,
Br, CI, -CN, -NC, -NCO, -NCS, -OCN, -SCN, - C(0)NR°R°°, -C(0)X°, -C(0)R°, -C(O)OR0, -NH2, - NR0R00 _SH i -SR°, -SO3H, -SO2R0, -OH, -NO2, -CFs, - SF5, optionally substituted silyl, carbyl or hydrocarbyl with 1 to 40 C atoms that is optionally substituted and optionally comprises one or more hetero atoms,
R°, R00 independently of each other denote H or optionally
substituted Ci-4o carbyl or hydrocarbyl, and preferably denote H or alkyl with 1 to 12 C-atoms,
Y1, Y2 independently of each other denote H, F, CI or CN,
X° denotes halogen, preferably F, CI or Br, r, s are independently of each other 0, 1 , 2, 3 or 4.
The compound according to claim 1 , wherein R1 in formula I is selected from straight-chain or branched alkyl, alkoxy, sulfanylalkyl, sulfonylalkyl, alkylcarbonyl, alkoxycarbonyl and alkylcarbonyloxy, each having 1 to 30 C atoms and being unsubstituted or substituted by one or more F atoms, or aryl or heteroaryl, each of which is optionally substituted with one or more groups Rs as defined in claim 1 and has 4 to 30 ring atoms.
The compound according to claim 1 , wherein R1 in formula I denotes a straight-chain, branched or cyclic alkyl group with 1 to 50 C atoms, in which one or more CH2 or CH3 groups are replaced by a cationic or anionic group.
The compound according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein A1 in formula I is selected from the following formulae
Figure imgf000132_0001
wherein V is on each occurrence identically or differently CR1 or N, W is O, S, NR , C(R1)(R2), Si(R )(R2), C=C(R )(R2), C=O or Se, R1 has the meanings given in claim 1 , 2 or 3, and R2 and R3
independently of each other have one of the meanings given for R .
5. The compound according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein A2 in formula I is selected from the following formulae
Figure imgf000132_0002
wherein V is on each occurrence identically or differently CR1 or N, W is O, S, NR1, C(R1)(R2), Si(R1)(R2), C=C(R1)(R2), C=O or Se, R1 has the meanings given in claim 1 , 2 or 3, and R4 and R5
independently of each other have one of the meanings given for R1.
6. The compound according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein A3 in formula I is selected from the following formulae
Figure imgf000133_0001
wherein V is on each occurrence identically or differently CR1 or N, W is O, S, NR , C(R1)(R2), Si(R1)(R2), C=C(R1)(R2), C=O or Se, R1 has the meanings given in claim 1 , 2 or 3, and R6, R7, R8 and R9 independently of each other have one of the meanings given for R1.
The compound according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein A1 in formula I is selected from the following formulae
Figure imgf000133_0002
wherein R2 is as defined in claim 4.
The compound according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein A2 in formula I is selected from the following formulae
Figure imgf000133_0003
I I I wherein R4 is as defined in claim 5.
9. The compound according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein A3 in formula I is selected from the following formulae
Figure imgf000134_0001
wherein R6, R7, R8 and R9 are as defined in claim 5.
The compound according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the units of formula I are selected from the following subformulae
Figure imgf000134_0002
I3 I4 - 134-
Figure imgf000135_0001
Figure imgf000135_0002
Figure imgf000135_0003
Figure imgf000135_0004
Figure imgf000135_0005
113 114
Figure imgf000136_0001
119 wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7 have the meanings given above, and in formula I2 and 116 one of the substituents R2, R3, R4 and R5, in formula I3, I4 and 118 one of the substituents R3, R4, R5 and R6, in formula 117 one of the substituents R4, R5, R6 and R7, and in formula I5 one of the substituents R3, R4 and R5, denotes a linkage to the neighboured group, and in formula I6 R2 is different from CI.
11. The compound according to any one of claims 1 to 10, characterized in that it is a conjugated polymer comprising one or more units of formula I as defined in any one of claims 1 to 10. The compound according to claim 11 , characterized in that it comprises one or more units of formula Ma or Mb
-[(Ar1)a-(U)b-(Ar2)c-(Ar3)d]- Ma
-[(U)b-(Ar1)a-(U)b-(Ar2)c-(Ar3)d]- Mb wherein
U is a unit of formula I as defined in any of claims 1 to 10,
Ar1, Ar2, Ar3 are, on each occurrence identically or differently, and independently of each other, aryl or heteroaryl that is different from U, preferably has 5 to 30 ring atoms and is optionally substituted, preferably by one or more groups Rs,
Rs is on each occurrence identically or differently F, Br, CI,
-CN, -NC, -NCO, -NCS, -OCN, -SCN, -C(O)NR°R00, -
C(0)X°, -C(0)R°, -NH2, -NR°R00, -SH, -SR°, -SO3H, - SO2R0, -OH, -NO2, -CF3, -SF5, optionally substituted silyl, carbyl or hydrocarbyl with 1 to 40 C atoms that is optionally substituted and optionally comprises one or more hetero atoms,
R° and R00 are independently of each other H or optionally
substituted Ci-4o carbyl or hydrocarbyl, x° is halogen, preferably F, CI or Br, are on each occurrence identically or differently 0, 1 or 2, d is on each occurrence identically or differently 0 or an integer from 1 to 10, wherein the polymer comprises at least one repeating unit of formula Ha or lib wherein b is at least 1.
The compound according to claim 11 or 12, characterized in that it additionally comprises one or more repeating units selected of formula Ilia or 1Mb
-[(Ar1 )a-(Ac)b-(Ar2)c-(Ar3)d]- Ilia
-[(Ac)b-(Ar1 )a-(Ac)b-(Ar2)c-(Ar3)d]- 111 b wherein Ar1, Ar2, Ar3, a, b, c and d are as defined in claim 12, and Ac is an aryl or heteroaryl group that is different from U and Ar1"3, has 5 to 30 ring atoms, is optionally substituted by one or more groups Rs as defined in claim 12, and is selected from aryl or heteroaryl groups having electron acceptor properties, wherein the polymer comprises at least one repeating unit of formula Ilia or lllb wherein b is at least 1.
The compound according to any one of claims 11 to 13,
characterized in that it is selected of formula IV:
(A)— (B)y— (C)
wherein
A, B,C independently of each other denote a distinct unit of
formula I, lla, lib, Ilia or lllb as defined in any one of claims 1 to 13, x is > 0 and≤1 , y is > 0 and < 1 , z is > 0 and < 1 , x+y+z is 1 , and n is an integer >1.
The compound according to any one of claims 1 to 14, characterized in that it is selected from the following formulae
*-[(Ar1-U-Ar2)x-(Ar3)y]n-* IVa
*-[(Ar -U-Ar2)x-(Ar3-Ar3)y]n-* IVb
*-[(Ar -U-Ar2)x-(Ar3-Ar3-Ar3)y]n-* IVc
*-[(Ar )a-(U)b-(Ar2)c-(Ar3)d]n-* IVd
*-([(Ar1 )a-(U)b-(Ar2)c-(Ar3)d]x-[(Ar1 )a-(Ac)b-(Ar2)c-(Ar3)d]y)n-* IVe
*-[(U-Ar -U)x-(Ar2-Ar3)y]n-* IVf
*-[(U-Ar1-U)x-(Ar -Ar3-Ar2)y]n-* IVg
*-[(U)b-(Ar1 )a-(U)b-(Ar2)c]n-* IVh
*-([(U)b-(Ar1 )a-(U)b-(Ar2)c]x-[(Ac)b-(Ar1 )a-(Ac)b-(Ar2)d]y)n-* IVi
*-[(U-Ar1 )x-(U-Ar2)y-(U-Ar3)z]n-* IVk
*-[U]n-* IVm wherein U, Ar1, Ar2, Ar3, a, b, c and d have in each occurrence identically or differently one of the meanings given in claim 12, Ac has on each occurrence identically or differently one of the meanings given in claim 13, and x, y, z and n are as defined in claim 14, wherein these polymers can be alternating or random copolymers, and wherein in formula IVd and IVe in at least one of the repeating units [(Ar1 )a-(U)b-(Ar2)c-(Ar3)d] and in at least one of the repeating units [(Ar1)a-(Ac)b-(Ar2)c-(Ar3)d] b is at least 1 and wherein in formula IVh and IVi in at least one of the repeating units [(U)b-(Ar1)a-(U)b- (Ar2)d] and in at least one of the repeating units [(U)b-(Ar )a-(U)b- (Ar2)d] b is at least 1.
The compound according to any one of claims 1 to 15, characterized in that it is selected from the following formulae
Figure imgf000140_0001
Figure imgf000141_0001
wherein A1 , A2, A3 and R1 have the meanings given in any of claims 1 to 10, Ar1, Ar2, Ar3, a, c and d have the meanings given in claim 12, x, y, z and n have the meanings given in claim 14, w is≥ 0 and < 1 , and o, p and q have one of the meanings given for n.
The compound according to any one of claims 1 to 16, characterized in that it is selected of formula V
R2 -chain-R22 V wherein "chain" denotes a polymer chain of formulae IV, IVa to IVm, or IV1 to IV9 as defined in claims 13 to 15, and R21 and R22 have independently of each other one of the meanings of Rs as defined in claim 1 , or denote, independently of each other, H, F, Br, CI, I, - CH2CI, -CHO, -CR^CR^, -SiR'^'R'", -SiR'X'X", -SiR'R' , - SnR'R"R"', -BR'R", -B(OR')(OR"), -B(OH)2, -0-S02-R\ -C≡CH, -C≡C- SiR'3, -ZnX' or an endcap group, X' and X" denote halogen, R', R" and R"' have independently of each other one of the meanings of R° given in formula I, and two of R', R" and R"' may also form a cyclosilyl, cyclostannyl, cycloborane or cycloboronate group with 2 to 20 C atoms together with the respective hetero atom to which they are attached.
The compound according to any one of claims 1 to 17, characterized in that it is a small molecule or oligomer of formula VII
Figure imgf000142_0001
wherein
U is a unit of formula I as defined in any of claims 1 to 9,
Ar4"11 independently of each other denote -CY1=CY2-, -C≡C-, or aryl or heteroaryl that has 5 to 30 ring atoms and is unsubstituted or substituted by one or more groups Rs as defined in claim 1 , and one or more of Ar4"11 may also denote U as defined in any of claims 1 to 10, Y1, Y2 independently of each other denote H, F, CI or CN,
RT1 T2 independently of each other denote H, F, CI, Br, -CN, -CF3, R, -CF2-R, -O-R, -S-R, -SO2-R, -SO3-R -C(O)-R, -C(O)-H, -C(S)-R, -
C(O)-CF2-R, -C(O)-OR, -C(S)-OR, -O-C(O)-R, -O-C(S)-R, -C(0)-SR, -S-C(0)-R, -C(O)NRR', -NR'-C(0)-R, -NHR,-NRR', -SO2-R, - CR^CR"^", -C≡C-R\ -CEC-SiR'R"^", -SiR'^'R'", -CH=CH(CN), - CH=C(CN)2, -C(CN)=C(CN)2, -CH=C(CN)(Ar12), -CH=C(CN)-COOR, -CH=C(COOR)2, CH=C(CONRR')2,
Figure imgf000143_0001
- 143-
Figure imgf000144_0001
Figure imgf000145_0001

Figure imgf000146_0001
Ra, Rb are independently of each other aryl or heteroaryl, each
having from 4 to 30 ring atoms and being unsubstituted or substituted with one or more groups R or R1,
Ar12 is aryl or heteroaryl, each having from 4 to 30 ring atoms and being unsubstituted or substituted with one or more groups R\
R is alkyl with 1 to 30 C atoms which is straight-chain,
branched or cyclic, and is unsubstituted, substituted with one or more F or CI atoms or CN groups, or perfluorinated, and in which one or more C atoms are optionally replaced by -0-, - S-, -C(O)-, -C(S)-, -SiR°R00-, -NR°R00-, -CHR°=CR00- or - C≡C- such that O- and/or S-atoms are not directly linked to each other,
R°, R00 have the meanings given in claim 1 and preferably denote, independently of each other, H or C1-20 alkyl,
R', R", R"' independently of each other have one of the meanings of R°, e, f, g, h, i, k, I, m are independently of each other 0 or 1 , with at least one of e, f, g, h, i, k, I, m being 1 , t is 1 , 2 or 3.
A composition or polymer blend comprising one or more compounds according to any one of claims 1 to 18 and one or more compounds or polymers having one or more of semiconducting, charge transport, hole or electron transport, hole or electron blocking, electrically conducting, photoconducting or light emitting properties.
The composition or polymer blend according to claim 19,
characterized in that it comprises one or more compounds according to any one of claims 1 to 18 and one or more n-type organic semiconductor compounds.
The composition or polymer blend according to claim 20,
characterized in that the n-type organic semiconductor compound is a fullerene or substituted fullerene. 22. Use of a compound, composition or polymer blend according to any one of claims 1 to 21 , as semiconducting, charge transport, electrically conducting, photoconducting, photoactive or light emitting material or dye or pigment, or in an optical, electrooptical, electronic, photoactive, electroluminescent or photoluminescent device, or in a component of such a device or in an assembly comprising such a device or component. A semiconducting, charge transport, electrically conducting, photoconducting, photoactive or light emitting material or a dye or a pigment, comprising a compound, composition or polymer blend according to any one of claims 1 to 21.
A formulation comprising one or more compounds according to any one of claims 1 to 18 or a composition or polymer blend according to any one of claims 19 to 21 , and further comprising one or more organic solvents.
An optical, electrooptical, electronic, photoactive, electroluminescent or photoluminescent device, or a component thereof, or an assembly comprising it, which is prepared using a formulation according to claim 24.
An optical, electrooptical, electronic, photoactive, electroluminescent or photoluminescent device, or a component thereof, or an assembly comprising it, which comprises a compound according to any one of 1 to 18 or a composition or polymer blend according to any one of claims 19 to 21 , or a semiconducting, charge transport, electrically conducting, photoconducting or light emitting material according to claim 23. 27. The optical, electrooptical, electronic, photoactive,
electroluminescent or photoluminescent device according to claim 26, which is selected from organic field effect transistors (OFET), organic thin film transistors (OTFT), organic light emitting diodes (OLED), organic light emitting transistors (OLET), organic
photovoltaic devices (OPV), organic photodetectors (OPD),
Perovskite based solar cells, organic solar cells, dye sensitized solar cells (DSSC), laser diodes, Schottky diodes, photoconductors, photodetectors and thermoelectric devices. 28. The component according to claim 26, which is selected from charge injection layers, charge transport layers, interlayers, planarising layers, antistatic films, polymer electrolyte membranes (PEM), conducting substrates and conducting patterns.
The assembly according to claim 26, which is selected from integrated circuits (IC), radio frequency identification (RFID) tags, security devices, flat panel displays, backlights of flat panel devices, electrophotographic devices, electrophotographic recording devices, organic memory devices, sensor devices, biosensors and biochips.
The device according to claim 26, which is an OFET, OTFT, OPD, OLED, bulk heterojunction (BHJ) OPV device or inverted BHJ OPV device.
A DSSC or perovskite-based solar cells, comprising a compound, composition or polymer blend according to any one of claims 1 to 21 as dye, hole transport layer, hole blocking layer, electron transport layer or electron blocking layer.
A monomer of formula Via, VIb or Vic
R23-(Ar1)a-U-(Ar2)c-R24 Via R23-U-(Ar1)a-U-R24 VIb wherein
U, Ar1, Ar2, a and b have the meanings of claim 11 , and
R23 and R24 are, preferably independently of each other, selected from the group consisting of H, CI, Br, I, O-tosylate, O-triflate, O- mesylate, O-nona-flate, -SiMe2F, -SiMeF2, -O-SO2Z1, -B(OZ2)2 , - CZ3=C(Z3)2, -C≡CH, -C≡CSi(Z1)3, -ZnX° and -Sn(Z4)3, wherein X° is halogen, preferably CI, Br or I, Z1 4 are selected from the group consisting of alkyl and aryl, each being optionally substituted, and two groups Z2 may also together form a cycloboronate group with 2 to 20 C atoms together with the B and O atoms. The monomer of claim 32, which is selected from the following formulae
Figure imgf000150_0001
R23-U-Ar1-U-R24 VI4
Figure imgf000150_0002
wherein U, Ac, Ar , Ar2, R23 and R24 are as defined in claim 32.
A process of preparing a conjugated polymer by coupling one or more monomers according to claim 32 or 33, wherein R23 and R24 are selected from CI, Br, I, -B(OZ2)2 and -Sn(Z4)3, with each other and/or with one or more monomers selected from the following formulae
R23-(Ar1 )a-Ac-(Ar2)c-R24 VIII
R23-Ar1-R24 IX
Figure imgf000150_0003
R23-Ac-R24 XI wherein Ar1, Ar2, Ar3, a and c are as defined in claim 31 , Ac is as defined in claim 13, and R23 and R24 are selected from CI, Br, I, - B(OZ2)2 and -Sn(Z4)3, in an aryl-aryl coupling reaction.
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