Electroconductive polymers

An optical active polymerizable monomer containing at least two oxidizable groups and at least two chiral centers of the general formula:

• q[A—C*—(═O)(X)—(CH2)n3—(Y0)p—]—(Z)—m[(Y0)p—(CH2) n3—C(═O)(X)—C*—B]
• wherein,
• —C(═O)(X) represents an activated carboxyl group capable of binding a functional group or a ligand;
• wherein such binding may occur pre- or post- (co)polymerization process, and when —C(═O)(X) represents a free carboxylic group also a salt of such a free carboxylic group;
• X represents a moiety of a molecule capable of reacting with a nucleophile group;
• A and B are the same or different oxidizable group;
• Z represents a two- to six-valence center, resulting in a C2-C6 symmetric or pseudo-symmetric monomer;
• Y0 represents a divalent radical which links the center of said C2-C6 symmetric or pseudo-symmetric monomer to the (CH2)—n3 chain;
• p is an integer selected from 0 or 1;
• n3 is an integer from 0-100;
• q and m each represents an integer from 1-5;
• provided that the sum of q +m is an integer from 2 to 6;
• and
• wherein the sign * signifies that an associated carbon atom is an active optical center.