Compound for uses in optical and electrooptical devices

A compound having the following formula:

• wherein
• Q1, Q2 are one or a mixture of π-conjugated aromatic cores;
• R1 and R2 are selected, independently from each other, from the following group:
• H, halogen, methyl, Sn(RR,1)3, B(OH)2, ORR,2, NRR,3RR,4, NO2, COORR,5, CORR,6, SRR,7, —CN, —CCRR,8, —SO3H, —CH═C(CN)2, —CH═C(CN)(COORR,9), —C(CN)═C(CN)2, substituted and unsubstituted ferrocene and derivatives thereof, substituted and unsubstituted pyridine and derivatives thereof, pentafluorophenol, and substituted and unsubstituted fullerene and derivatives thereof;
• with the residues RR,1,-RR,9 selected, independently from each other, from the group consisting of:
• methyl, ethyl, propyl, isopropyl, phenyl, benzyl, and primary, secondary, and tertiary amines;
• V1 and V2 are selected, independently from each other, from the following group:
• CH2, S, O, NH, COO, CO, CONRV,1, and NRV,2CO, with the residues RV,1 and RV,2 selected, independently from each other, from the group consisting of H, methyl, ethyl, propyl, isopropyl, phenyl and benzyl;
• X1 and X2 are selected, independently from each other, from the following group:
• N, and CH;
• Z1 and Z2 are selected, independently from each other, from the following group:
• halogen, methyl, ethyl, propyl, isopropyl, phenyl, benzyl, SRZ,1, ORZ,2, COORZ,3, NRZ,4RZ,5 NO2, —CN, and —SO3H, with the residues RZ,1-RZ,5 selected, independently from each other, from the group consisting of H, methyl, ethyl, propyl, isopropyl, benzyl, primary amines, secondary amines, and tertiary amines;
• L is a hydrocarbon chain with 5-15 carbon atoms in which up to 3 hydrocarbon moieties (—CH2—) can be replaced by one of the following moieties:
• O, NRL,1, S, and/or in which there can be up to 3 double or triple bonds, in which pairs of the type —CH2—CH2— are replaced by —C≡C—, —RL,2C═CRL,3-, or —N═CRL,4-, with the residues RL,1-RL,4 selected, independently from each other, from the group consisting of H, methyl, ethyl, propyl, isopropyl and benzyl;
• W is selected from the group consisting of:
• H, halogen, SRW,1, methyl, ethyl, ORW,2, and COORW,3, with the residues RW,1-RW,3 selected, independently from each other, from the group consisting of H, methyl, ethyl, propyl, isopropyl, phenyl and benzyl;
• S1—S9 are selected, independently from each other, from the group consisting of:
• H, halogen, methyl, ethyl, phenyl, benzyl, ORS,1, SRS,2, COORS,3, C(═O)RS,4, NRS,5RS,6, NO2, and SO3H,
• with the proviso that pairs of S1-S4, S5 and S6, pairs of S7-S9 can be given by bridging conjugated structural elements selected from the group consisting of:
• ortho (CH)2-benzene,
• —(CRS,9)(CRS,10)(CRS,11)—, —(CRS,12)(CRS,13)(CRS,14)(CRS,15)—, and —(CRS,16)(CRS,17)(CRS,18)(CRS,19)(CRS,20)—, in which CRS,N moieties can be replaced by N, NH, O, and/or S,
• with the residues RS,1-RS,20 selected from the group consisting of H, methyl, ethyl, propyl, isopropyl, phenyls and benzyl
• P1, P2 are one or a mixture of π-conjugated aromatic cores
• l is selected to be an integer in the range of 0-10
• m is selected to be an integer in the range of 1-10
• n is selected to be an integer in the range of 0-10
• x is selected to be an integer in the range of 1-10,000
• with the proviso that 1+n is at least 1.