Multifunctionalized thiol conductor compound and method for making same

A multifunctionalized thiol conductor compound having formula I:

• wherein:
• A is a substitutable core;
• L is absent or present and when present is an alkyl group, a fluorinated alkyl group, a branched alkyl group, an ethylene oxide group, a fluorinated ethylene oxide group, a cycloalkyl group, a fluorinated cycloalkyl group, a phenyl group, or a fluorinated phenyl group;
• Rf is F, CF3, CF2CF3, (CH2)NCF3 wherein N is >1, C6F5, a branched C3-C4 fluoroalkyl group, —(CF2CF2O)m—CF2CF3 wherein m=1, 2 or 3, —(CF2O) p/(CF2CF2O) q-CF2CF3 wherein 1≤p≤10, 13q≤10, and the (CF2O) and (CF2CF2O) units are randomly copolymerized, or an aryl substituted with at least one fluorine, and at least one electron-withdrawing group;
• M+ is a monovalent cation;
• L1 are each independently absent or present and when present are each independently an alkyl group, a fluorinated alkyl group, a branched alkyl group, an ethylene oxide group, a fluorinated ethylene oxide group, a cycloalkyl group, a fluorinated cycloalkyl group, a phenyl group, or a fluorinated phenyl group;
• L2 are each independently absent or present and when present are each independently an alkyl group, a fluorinated alkyl group, a branched alkyl group, an ethylene oxide group, a fluorinated ethylene oxide group, a cycloalkyl group, a fluorinated cycloalkyl group, a phenyl group, or a fluorinated phenyl group;
• L3 are each independently absent or present and when present are each independently an alkyl group, a fluorinated alkyl group, a branched alkyl group, an ethylene oxide group, a fluorinated ethylene oxide group, a cycloalkyl group, a fluorinated cycloalkyl group, a phenyl group, or a fluorinated phenyl group;
• L4 are each independently absent or present and when present are each independently an alkyl group, a fluorinated alkyl group, a branched alkyl group;
• R1 are each independently absent or present and when present are each independently an ether, a thioether, an ester, an amide, a carbamic acid derivative, urea, a secondary amine, or a tertiary amine;
• R2 are each independently absent or present and when present are each independently an ether, a thioether, an ester, an amide, a carbamic acid derivative, urea, a secondary amine, or a tertiary amine;
• and
• n>1.