Citation: Xiu-Mei Xie, Hongyang Zhang, Shao-Xuan Gong, Hong-Xia Sun, Yu-Ting Liu, Xue-Ling Chen, Shuming Chen, Tian-Yu Gao, Wai-Yeung Wong, Zhen Zhang, Da-Gang Yu. Carbonylation of C(sp³)–H bonds with CO₂: Facile synthesis of 2,4-quinolinediones and related luminescent materials[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2026, 37(3): 112003. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2025.112003 shu

Carbonylation of C(sp³)–H bonds with CO₂: Facile synthesis of 2,4-quinolinediones and related luminescent materials

Xiu-Mei Xie ^{a, b} ,
Hongyang Zhang ^{c, d, *,} ,
Shao-Xuan Gong ^a ,
Hong-Xia Sun ^a ,
Yu-Ting Liu ^a ,
Xue-Ling Chen ^a ,
Shuming Chen ^e ,
Tian-Yu Gao ^b ,
Wai-Yeung Wong ^{c, d, *,} ,
Zhen Zhang ^{a, *,} ,
Da-Gang Yu ^{b, *,}

a.
Natural Products Chem-Bio Innovation Center & College of Food and Biological Engineering, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610106, China
b.
Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry & Technology of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China
c.
Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology and Research Institute for Smart Energy, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong 999077, China
d.
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen 518057, China
e.
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China

hongyang.zhang@polyu.edu.hk

wai-yeung.wong@polyu.edu.hk

zhangzhen1@cdu.edu.cn

dgyu@scu.edu.cn

Received Date: 8 July 2025
Revised Date: 13 October 2025
Accepted Date: 21 October 2025
Available Online: 22 October 2025

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A novel method for carbonylation of tertiary C(sp³)–H bonds in 2-aminophenyl-alkyl methanones with CO₂ has been developed, enabling the synthesis of 2,4-quinolinediones featuring quaternary carbon centres. Building on this approach, a promising iridium(Ⅲ) complex involving carbon from CO₂ was designed and synthesized. This complex, exhibiting a high photoluminescent quantum yield, was successfully applied in organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), achieving a high maximum luminance up to 12,010 cd/m² and a maximum external quantum efficiency (EQE) of 13.95%.
- Carbon dioxide,
- Carbonylation,
- 2,4-Quinolinedione,
- Organic light-emitting diodes,
- N-Heterocyclic carbene
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