Merritt, Marcy2019-12-112019-12-112019-08https://hdl.handle.net/11299/208943University of Minnesota M.S. thesis. August 2019. Major: Chemistry. Advisor: Paul Kiprof. 1 computer file (PDF); iv, 42 pages.A series of aldehyde ligands were synthesized to increase yield and decrease resource use and waste production. Boron diphenyl complexes were then separately added to each of the ligands greatly increasing and shifting their intensity and fluorescence wavelength. The complexes were characterized via NMR and GCMS. The stability of these luminescent boron complexes and ability to be vacuum sublimated onto a glass surface makes them suitable for OLED application.enboron diphenylfluorescenceNMROLEDThesis or Dissertation