Selectively Functionalized Rylene Imides and Diimides

A compound of formula II:

• wherein:
• R7 and R8 independently are selected from H, halogen, —CN, a C1-10 alkyl group, a C1-10 alkoxy group, and a C1-10 haloalkyl group;
• or alternatively,
• R7 and R8 together can be:
• R10 is selected from SiR3, SiOR3, a C1-40 alkyl group, a C1-40 haloalkyl group, a C6-14 aryl group, a 5-14 membered heteroaryl group, a C3-14 cycloalkyl group, and a 3-14 membered cycloheteroalkyl group, wherein R, at each occurrence, independently is selected from a C1-40 alkyl group and a C1-40 haloalkyl group, and each of the C6-14 aryl group, the 5-14 membered heteroaryl group, the C3-14 cycloalkyl group, and the 3-14 membered cycloheteroalkyl group optionally can be substituted with 1-10 substituents independently selected from a halogen, —CN, a C1-10 alkyl group, a C1-10 alkoxy group, and a C1-10 haloalkyl group;
• R11 and R12 independently are selected from H, a C1-40 alkyl group, a C2-40 alkenyl group, a C1-40 haloalkyl group, and an organic group comprising 1-4 cyclic moieties,
• wherein:
• each of the C1-40 alkyl group, the C2-40 alkenyl group, and the C1-40 haloalkyl group optionally is substituted with 1-10 substituents independently selected from a halogen, —CN, NO2, OH, —NH2, —NH(C1-40 alkyl), —N(C1-40 alkyl)2, —S(O)2OH, —CHO, —C(O)—C1-40 alkyl, —C(O)OH, —C(O)—OC1-40 alkyl, —C(O)NH2, —C(O)NH—C1-40 alkyl, —C(O)N(C1-40 alkyl)2, —OC1-40 alkyl, —SiH3, —SiH(C1-40 alkyl)2, —SiH2(C1-40 alkyl), and —Si(C1-40 alkyl)3;
• each of the C1-40 alkyl group, the C2-40 alkenyl group, the C1-40 haloalkyl group, and the organic group is bonded either directly or via an optional linker to the imide nitrogen atom;
• and
• each of the 1-4 cyclic moieties in the organic group is the same or different, is bonded either directly or via an optional linker to each other, and optionally is substituted with 1-5 substituents independently selected from a halogen, oxo, —CN, NO2, OH, ═C(CN)2, —NH2, —NH(C1-40 alkyl), —N(C1-40 alkyl)2, —S(O)2OH, —CHO, —C(O)OH, —C(O)—C1-40 alkyl, —C(O)—OC1-40 alkyl, —C(O)NH2, —C(O)NH—C1-40 alkyl, —C(O)N(C1-40 alkyl)2, —SiH3, —SiH(C1-40 alkyl)2, —SiH2(C1-40 alkyl), —Si(C1-40 alkyl)3, —O—C1-40 alkyl, —O—C1-40 alkenyl, —O—C1-40 haloalkyl, a C1-40 alkyl group, a C1-40 alkenyl group, and a C1-40 haloalkyl group;
• R13 and R14 independently are selected from H, halogen, —CN, a C1-10 alkyl group, a C1-10 alkoxy group, and a C1-10 haloalkyl group;
• and
• m is 0, 1, 2, or 3.