ESI Table S1. Computed heavy atom bond lengths for NPB along with experimentally measured values for related molecules: 1-aminonaphthalene, aniline and benzidine. Values are in angstroms (Å). (Halls et al., Structure and infrared (IR) assignments of the OLED material: NPB, 2001) ----------------------------------------------------------- NPB 1-aminonaphthalene Bond B3LYP/6-31G(d) Exp(a) ----------------------------------------------------------- R1 1.3829 1.3541 R2 1.4124 1.4137 R3 1.3757 1.3526 R4 1.4204 1.4103 R5 1.4213 1.4016 R6 1.3758 1.3424 R7 1.4151 1.4006 R8 1.3772 1.3650 R9 1.4210 1.4101 R10 1.4347 1.4125 R11 1.4353 1.4273 R12 1.4310 1.4708 ---------------------------------------------------------- NPB aniline Bond B3LYP/6-31G(d) Exp(b) Exp(c) Exp(d) ---------------------------------------------------------- R13 1.4222 1.4020 1.3984 1.3746 R14 1.4044 1.3970 1.3854 1.3790 R15 1.3941 1.3940 1.3664 1.3750 R16 1.3960 1.3960 1.3912 1.3683 R17 1.3969 1.3960 1.3869 1.3614 R18 1.3929 1.3940 1.3795 1.3765 R19 1.4047 1.3970 1.4030 1.3860 ---------------------------------------------------------- NPB benzidine Bond B3LYP/6-31G(d) Exp(e) Exp(f) Exp(g) ---------------------------------------------------------- R20 1.4176 1.4225 1.4000 1.4063 R21 1.4035 1.3770 1.3870 1.3800 R22 1.3916 1.3717 1.3863 1.3660 R23 1.4048 1.3914 1.3918 1.3953 R24 1.4071 1.4013 1.4082 1.3842 R25 1.3893 1.3619 1.3805 1.3876 R26 1.4066 1.3818 1.3860 1.3768 R27 1.4810 1.4727 1.4831 1.4929 ---------------------------------------------------------- (a) R.Basaran, S.Q. Dou and A. Weiss, Struct. Chem., 1993, 4, 219. (b) D.G. Lister, J.K. Tyler, J.H. Hog and N.W. Larsen, J. Mol. Struc., 1974, 23, 253. (c) M. Fukuyo, K. Hirotsu and T. Higuchi, Acta Crystallogr. Sect. B, 1982, 38, 640. (d) K.A. Abboud, L.A. Villanueva and J.M. Boncella, Acta Crystallogr. Sect. C (Cr.Str.Comm.), 1993, 49, 1848. (e) O. Ermer and A. Eling, J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans., 1994, 2, 925. (f) K. Yakushi, N. Tachikawa, I. Ikemoto and H. Kuroda, Acta Crystallogr. Sect. B, 1975, 31, 738. (g) N. Tachikawa, K. Yakushi and H. Kuroda, Acta Crstallogr. Sect. B, 1974, 30, 2770.