Tetradentate metal complexes with carbon group bridging ligands

A compound of Formula VII or Formula IX:

• wherein:
• M is Pt, Pd, or Au,
• A is C, Si, or Ge,
• L1 and L4 are each independently a substituted or an unsubstituted phenyl;
• L2 and L3 are each independently a substituted or an unsubstituted pyridine;
• V1 and V4 are each C:
• V2 and V3 are each N;
• the compound has a neutral charge;
• each of Y1 and Y2 is independently CH, CR1, SiH, SiR1, GeH, GeR1, N, P, P═O, As, As═O, B, Bi, or Bi═O, S
• each of Z1 and Z2 is independently CH2, CR1R2, C═O, SiR1R2, GeH2, GeR1R2, NH, NR3, PH, PR3, R3P═O, AsR3, R3As═O, O, S, S═O, SO2, Se, Se═O, SeO2, BH, BR3, R3Bi═O, BiH, or BiR3,
• each of RLa and RLb is independently hydrogen, deuterium, halogen, hydroxyl, thiol, nitro, cyano, nitrile, isonitrile, sulfinyl, mercapto, sulfo, carboxyl, hydrazino;
• substituted or unsubstituted:
• aryl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, heterocyclyl, heteroaryl, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, amino, monoalkylamino, dialkylamino, monarylamino, diarylamino, alkoxy, aryloxy, haloalkyl, aralkyl, ester, alkoxycarbonyl, acylamino, alkoxycarbonylamino, aryloxycarbonylamino, sulfonylamino, sulfamoyl, carbamoyl, alkylthio, ureido, phosphoramide, silyl, polymeric;
• or any conjugate or combination thereof, and RLa and RLb are optionally joined to form a fused ring,
• each of Ra, Rb, Rc, Rd, Re, and Rf is independently present or absent, and if present each of Rb, Rc, Re and Rf independently represents mono-, di-, or tri-substitutions, each of Ra and Rd independently represents mono-, di-, tri-, or tetra-substitutions, and each of Ra, Rb, Rc, Rd, Re and Rf is independently deuterium, halogen, hydroxyl, thiol, nitro, cyano, nitrile, isonitrile, sulfinyl, mercapto, sulfo, carboxyl, hydrazino;
• substituted or unsubstituted:
• aryl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, heterocyclyl, heteroaryl, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, amino, monoalkylamino, dialkylamino, monoarylamino, diarylamino, alkoxy, aryloxy, haloalkyl, aralkyl, ester, alkoxycarbonyl, acylamino, alkoxycarbonylamino, aryloxycarbonylamino, sulfonylamino, sulfamoyl, carbamoyl, alkylthio, ureido, phosphoramide, silyl, polymeric;
• or any conjugate or combination thereof, and
• R1, R2, and R3 are each independently hydrogen, deuterium, halogen, hydroxyl, thiol, nitro, cyano, nitrile, isonitrile, sulfinyl, mercapto, sulfo, carboxyl, hydrazino;
• substituted or unsubstituted:
• aryl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, heterocyclyl, heteroaryl, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, amino, monoalkylamino, dialkylamino, monarylamino, diarylamino, alkoxy, aryloxy, haloalkyl, aralkyl, ester, alkoxycarbonyl, acylamino, alkoxycarbonylamino, aryloxycarbonylamino, sulfonylamino, sulfamoyl, carbamoyl, alkylthio, ureido, phosphoramide, silyl, polymeric;
• or any conjugate or combination thereof.