Benzobisthiazole and thiazolothiazole derivatives are useful components in a variety of organic electronics devices resulting from their absorption, electroluminescence, and charge-transport properties. A convenient synthesis of these molecules via palladium/copper cocatalyzed C-H bond functionalization is described. Reaction conditions were optimized in a bromobenzene/benzobisthiazole system that allowed for the one-pot functionalization of both thioimidate positions of benzobisthiazole. The extension of this methodology to the synthesis of cruciform architectures and the functionalization of thiazolothiazole is also described.

A suite of Ru(II) complexes in which one ligand is pH responsive and the other two are varied in an effort to achieve improved photophysics has been synthesized and their potential as pH reporters assessed. The more general purpose of the study was to examine the role of the accessory ligands in heteroleptic reporter complexes and the degree to which such ligands can affect the performance of luminescent reporters. For this suite of complexes, judicious choice of the accessory ligand can alter both the pK(a)* and the dynamic range of response. It was found that the emission color and brightness were influenced by pH, but the lifetimes were only weakly affected. Surprisingly, some accessory ligands which should have improved luminescent properties essentially turned off the pH response. Several possible reasons for this observation are explored. It is suggested, and density functional theory (DFT) calculations support, that the relative π* levels of the pH sensitive and the accessory ligands are critical.

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A series of ruthenium(II) complexes such as (I) is synthesized and tested as catalysts for C—H amination of sulfamate ester (II).