Patent ID: 7365230

Claim:
A compound having the formula: wherein n is an integer; R 1 is selected from aryl, heteroaryl, fluoroaryl substituted with 1 or more fluorine atoms, fluoroheteroaryl substituted with 1 or more fluorine atoms, and a crosslinkable group attached to aryl, heteroaryl, fluoroaryl, or fluoroheteroaryl substituted with 1 or more fluorine atoms, wherein said crosslinkable group does not include a vinyl group; R 2 is selected from H, aryl, alkyl, fluoroalkyl, Cl, Br, I, heteroaryl, fluoroaryl substituted with 1 or more fluorine atoms, fluoroheteroaryl substituted with 1 or more fluorine atoms; a crosslinkable group attached to aryl, heteroaryl, fluoroaryl substituted with 1 or more fluorine atoms or fluoroheteroaryl substituted with 1 or more fluorine atoms, a crosslinkable group, and an arylamino group of formula (II), wherein R 4 is selected from aryl, H, R 1 , alkyl, and fluoroalkyl; R 7 is selected from aryl, heteroaryl, fluoroaryl substituted with 1 or more fluorine atoms, fluoroheteroaryl substituted with 1 or more fluorine atoms, and a crosslinkable group attached to aryl, heteroaryl, fluoroaryl substituted with 1 or more fluorine atoms or fluoroheteroaryl substituted with 1 or more fluorine atoms; R 3 is selected from H and R 1 ; E is selected from O, S, (SiR 5 R 6 ) m wherein m is an integer of 1 to 20, (CR 5 R 6 ) m wherein m is an integer of 1 to 20, and combinations the thereof, wherein R 5 and R 6 are each independently selected from H, F, alkyl, aryl, alkoxy, aryloxy, fluoroalkyl, fluoroaryl, fluoroalkoxy, fluoroaryloxy, a crosslinkable group, and a crosslinkable group attached to alkyl, aryl, alkoxy, aryloxy, fluoroalkyl, fluoroaryl, fluoroalkoxy, or fluoroaryloxy, and wherein when E is (CR 5 R 6 ) m , and n is greater than 1 and m is 1, at least one of R 5 and R 6 is not hydrogen or a hydrocarbon and; wherein the compound bears at least one crosslinkable group.