Metal amide complexes and methods of use thereof

A metal complex having a structure of:

• wherein:
• (i) M is Pt, Pd, or Au;
• (ii) each {circle around (A)} is independently a substituted aryl, an unsubstituted aryl, a substituted heteroaryl, an unsubstituted heteroaryl, a substituted polyaryl, an unsubstituted polyaryl, a substituted heteropolyaryl, an unsubstituted heteropolyaryl, a substituted cyclic ring, or an unsubstituted cyclic ring;
• (iii) R1 is
• (iv) R2 and R3 are independently a substituted alkyl, an unsubstituted alkyl, a substituted aryl, an unsubstituted aryl, a substituted heteroaryl, an unsubstituted heteroaryl, a substituted polyaryl, an unsubstituted polyaryl, a substituted heteropolyaryl, an unsubstituted heteropolyaryl, a substituted cyclic ring, or an unsubstituted cyclic ring, or
• R2 and R3 together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached form a fused ring system;
• and
• (v) the substituent(s), when present, are independently a deuterium, a substituted C1-C12 alkyl, an unsubstituted C1-C12 alkyl, a substituted C1-C12 alkenyl, an unsubstituted C1-C12 alkenyl, a substituted C1-C12 alkynyl, an unsubstituted C1-C12 alkynyl, a substituted aryl (e.g., phenyl), an unsubstituted aryl (e.g., phenyl), a substituted heteroaryl, an unsubstituted heteroaryl, a substituted polyaryl, an unsubstituted polyaryl, a substituted heteropolyaryl, an unsubstituted heteropolyaryl, an amino, an amido, a carbonyl, an alkoxy, a cyano, an isocyano, a nitro, hydroxyl, a halide, an oxo, a silyl, a sulfinyl, a sulfonyl, a sulfonic acid, a phosphonium, a phosphanyl, a phosphoryl, a phosphonyl, or a thiol.