Organic electronic component, use of a zinc complex as a p-dopant for organic electronic matrix materials

A method for making an electronic component, the method comprising:

• doping a matrix material of the electronic component with a p-dopant, wherein the p-dopant comprises a zinc complex comprising a zinc atom in the oxidation state II and at least one ligand L of the following structure:
• wherein R1 and R2 are selected independently from one another from the group consisting of oxygen, sulfur, selenium, NH and NR4,
• wherein R3 is selected from the group consisting of alkyl, long-chain alkyl, cycloalkyl, haloalkyl, aryl, arylene, haloaryl, heteroaryl, heteroarylene, heterocycloalkylene, heterocycloalkyl, haloheteroaryl, alkenyl, haloalkenyl, alkinyl, haloalkinyl, ketoaryl, haloketoaryl, ketoheteroaryl, ketoalkyl, haloketoalkyl, ketoalkenyl, haloketoalkenyl, haloalkylaryl and haloalkylheteroaryl,
• wherein one or more non-adjacent CH2groups are replaceable by —O—, —S—, —NH—, —NRooo—, —SiRoRoo—, —CO—, —COO—, —CORo ORoo—, —OCO——OCO—O—, —SO2—, —S—CO—, —CO—S—, —O—CS—, —CS—O—, —CY1═CY2 or —C≡C—independently from one another in such a way that O and/or S atoms are not directly bonded to one another, and
• O and/or S atoms are replaceable with aryl or heteroaryl containing 1 to 30 C atoms,
• wherein R4 is selected from the group consisting of alkyl and aryl and are bondable to R3,
• wherein the zinc complex comprises at least one of the following structural units:
• wherein M is a metal atom different from zinc.

An organic electronic component comprising:

• a matrix comprising a mononuclear or a polynuclear zinc complex as a p-dopant, the zinc complex comprises a zinc atom in the oxidation state II and contains at least one ligand L of the following structure:
• wherein R1 and R2 are selected independently from one another from the group consisting of oxygen, sulfur, selenium, NH and NR4 ,
• wherein R3 is selected from the group consisting of alkyl, long-chain alkyl, cycloalkyl, haloalkyl, aryl, arylene, haloaryl, heteroaryl, heteroarylene, heterocycloalkylene, heterocycloalkyl, haloheteroaryl, alkenyl, haloalkenyl, alkinyl, haloalkinyl, ketoaryl, haloketoaryl, ketoheteroaryl, ketoalkyl, haloketoalkyl, ketoalkenyl, haloketoalkenyl, haloalkylaryl and haloalkylheteroaryl,
• wherein one or more non-adjacent CH2 groups are replaceable by —O—, —S—, —NH—, —NRooo—, —SiRoRoo—, —CO—, —COO—, —CORoORoo—, —OCO—, —OCO—O—, —SO2—, —S—CO—, —CO—S—, —O—CS—, —CS—O—, —CY1═CY2 or —C≡C—independently from one another in such a way that O and/or S atoms are not directly bonded to one another, and
• O and/or S atoms are replaceable with aryl or heteroaryl containing 1 to 30 C atoms,
• wherein R4 is selected from the group consisting of alkyl and aryl and is bondable to R3, and
• wherein the mononuclear zinc complex comprises the following structural unit:
• or the polynuclear zinc complex comprises one of the following structural units: