Patent ID: 7445845

Claim:
A compound comprising Formula I: R 1—R A -[MC]-([R M ] z -[MC]) m —R A —R 2 wherein: each MC is, independently, a conjugated macrocycle; each R A is independently selected from the group consisting of a covalent bond, alkenyls having 2 to about 20 carbon atoms, cumulenyls having 4 to about 14 carbon atoms and alkynyls having 2 to about 20 carbon atoms; each R M is independently selected from the group consisting of alkyls having 1 to about 20 carbon atoms, alkenyls having 2 to about 20 carbon atoms, cumulenyls having 4 to about 14 carbon atoms, alkynyls having 2 to about 20 carbon atoms, aryls having 3 to about 50 carbon atoms, arylalkynyls having 8 to about 24 carbon atoms, arylalkenyls having 8 to about 24 carbon atoms, unsaturated heterocyclos having 4 to about 24 carbon atoms, heteroaryls having 2 to about 50 carbon atoms, unsaturated heterocycloalkenyls, unsaturated heterocycloalkynyls and heteroarylalkynyls; R 1 is selected from the group consisting of H, halo, -protecting groups, organic electron donor groups and inorganic electron donor moieties; and R 2 is selected from the group consisting of H, halo, protecting groups, organic electron-accepting groups and inorganic electron-accepting moieties, wherein at least one of R 1 and R 1 is an inorganic moiety comprising at least one metal atom or metalloid atom, provided said inorganic moiety is not —Pd(Ph 3 ) 2 Br; m is 0 to about 50; and z is 0 or 1.