This thesis describes the synthesis and the characterization of new molecules including an organophosphorous unit, the phosphole ring. Some molecules have been used to build devices like organic light emitting diodes or organic photovoltaic cells.The first chapter describes the state of the art of the phosphole chemistry in organic materials between 2010 and 2013. The second chapter describes molecules having a tuneable twist angle allowing a fine control of the properties of the molecules like the HOMO-LUMO gap. One of those molecules has been used to build a white organic light emitting diode. The third chapter of this thesis presents an interesting three dimensional structure, the 1,1'-biphosphole. Beside this three dimensional structure, the molecules possess an original conjugation mode, the σ-π conjugation which allows a decrease of the HOMO-LUMO gap. One molecule from this chapter was used as absorber in organic photovoltaic cell. In the second part of this chapter, the 1,1'-biphosphole structure shows an interesting reactivity toward nucleophilic attack in order to functionalize the phosphorus center. This reactivity has been used to make new molecules and offer the opportunity to attach a wide range of substituents to the phosphorus atom in order to tune the properties of the molecules. The fourth chapter deals with the coordination chemistry of the phosphole in order to realize new ortho-metalated complexes. New Ir(III) and Rh(III) complexes have been synthesized and characterized.
