摘要
By using various fluoro-substituted pyridines and carbazole as starting materials, we have synthesized a series of carbazole-pyridine hybrid compounds through an efficient catalyst free C-N coupling reaction with high yields of 85-95%. The bi-, tri- and tetra-carbazole substituted pyridine derivatives exhibit increased thermal stabilities and comparatively high triplet energy levels of similar to 3.0 eV. By using them as host materials for blue phosphorescent OLEDs, maximum current efficiencies are achieved ranging from 32-42 cd A(-1).