A compound comprising a first ligand L.sub.A of Formula I or Formula II: ##STR00001## wherein A.sup.1 and A.sup.2 are each independently C or Si; wherein each R.sup.A, and R.sup.B independently represents mono to the maximum allowable substitution, or no substitution; wherein each X.sup.1, X.sup.2, and X.sup.3 is independently C or N; wherein each R, R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4 and R.sup.A is independently a hydrogen or a substituent selected from the group consisting of deuterium, halogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, heteroalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, arylalkyl, alkoxy, aryloxy, amino, silyl, boryl, alkenyl, cycloalkenyl, heteroalkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, heteroaryl, acyl, carboxylic acid, ether, ester, nitrile, isonitrile, sulfanyl, sulfinyl, sulfonyl, phosphino, and combinations thereof; wherein L.sub.A is complexed to a metal M; wherein M is optionally coordinated to one or more other ligands; wherein the ligand L.sub.A is optionally linked with the one or more other ligands to form a tridentate, tetradentate, pentadentate, or hexadentate ligand; and wherein any two substituents are optionally joined or fused together to form a ring.

Tetradentate and octahedral metal complexes suitable for use as phosphorescent or delayed fluorescent and phosphorescent emitters in display and lighting applications.

According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a compound having a metal planar tetradentate coordination configuration is disclosed. In the compounds, the metal M is Pt or Pd; the four coordinating atoms are Z.sup.1, Z.sup.2, Z.sup.3, and Z.sup.4 and are each selected from N, C, and O. The compound includes a substituent R, and atoms M, Z.sup.1, Z.sup.2, Z.sup.3, and Z.sup.4 are used to define a first plane that passes through the metal M and is positioned to have a minimum sum of shortest distances with Z.sup.1, Z.sup.2, Z.sup.3, and Z.sup.4. At least one non-hydrogen atom in R falls within a distal circle of a cylinder extending perpendicular to the first plane, where the distal circle of the cylinder is a height h from the base circle and the height h ranges from 3.3 Å to 4.8 Å.

The present disclosure provides, in part, a new class of highly active Pd(II)-NHC complexes bearing anilines as throw-away ligands. These catalysts are well-defined, air- and moisture-stable, and can be easily purified by chromatographic techniques. High activity and generality has been exemplified in the Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling by C—N, C—O and C—Cl cleavage. Facile syntheses of these catalysts is also described.

An electronic apparatus includes a light-emitting device that includes an organometallic compound represented by Formula 1:

##STR00001##

Disclosed are organic electroluminescent material and device. The organic electroluminescent material is a metal complex with a structure of Formula 1. These novel metal complexes can be used in electroluminescent device, and show more excellent performance, for example, they can reduce the driving voltage and full width at half maximum, obtain more saturated light emission, improve the efficiency and the lifetime of the device, and finally, it can improve the comprehensive performance of the device significantly.

In one aspect, phosphine compounds comprising three adamantyl moieties (PAd.sub.3) and associated synthetic routes are described herein. Each adamantyl moiety may be the same or different. For example, each adamantyl moiety (Ad) attached to the phosphorus atom can be independently selected from the group consisting of adamantane, diamantane, triamantane and derivatives thereof. Transition metal complexes comprising PAd.sub.3 ligands are also provided for catalytic synthesis including catalytic cross-coupling reactions.

A light-emitting device including an organometallic compound represented by Formula 1, an electronic apparatus including the light-emitting device, and the organometallic compound are provided

##STR00001##

Tetradentate and octahedral metal complexes suitable for use as phosphorescent or delayed fluorescent and phosphorescent emitters in display and lighting applications.

Provided are an organometallic compound represented by Formula 1, a light-emitting device including the organometallic compound, and an electronic apparatus including the light-emitting device:

##STR00001##

Each substituent in Formula 1 is the same as described in the specification.