Patent ID: 7585983

Claim:
A 3,4-Alkylenedioxythiophene of the formula (I), wherein A is a C 1 or C 3 -C 5 -alkylene radical which is substituted at any point by a linker L and optionally bears further substituents, L is a methylene group, p is an integer from 1 to 6, M is an n-functional group of the formula (II-a), (II-b) or (II-c-1) to (II-c-6), wherein X 1 , X 2 and X 3 are substituted or unsubstituted structures selected independently from the group consisting of and Z 1 and Z 2 are structures selected independently from the group consisting of wherein R x and R y are each, independently of one another, H, substituted or unsubstituted C 1 -C 22 -alkyl, C 1 -C 22 -haloalkyl, C 1 -C 22 -alkenyl, C 1 -C 22 -alkoxy, C 1 -C 22 -thioalkyl, C 1 -C 22 -iminoalkyl, C 1 -C 22 -alkoxycarbonyl, C 1 -C 22 -alkoxycarbonyloxy, a radical of an aliphatic C 1 -C 22 -alkanecarboxylic acid or of acrylic acid, halogen, pseudohalogen, NO 2 , a carboxyl group or a hydroxy group, h is an integer from 1 to 10, w is an integer from 1 to 5, x, y and z are each, independently of one another, 0 or 1, and n an integer from 1 to 8, where when n is an integer below 8, the group is selected from the group consisting of formulas (II-c-1), (II-c-2), (II-c-3), (II-c-4), (II-c-5) and (II-c-6) and bears a terminal group F′ on the remaining 8-n linkage points denoted by * when n is 1, the group of the formula (II-a) or (II-b) and bears a terminal group F′ at the linkage points denoted by *, wherein F′ is H, substituted or unsubstituted C 1 -C 22 -alkyl, C 1 -C 22 -haloalkyl, C 1 -C 22 -alkenyl, C 1 -C 22 -alkoxy, C 1 -C 22 -thioalkyl, C 1 -C 22 -iminoalkyl, C 1 -C 22 -alkoxycarbonyl, C 1 -C 22 -alkoxycarbonyloxy, a radical of an aliphatic C 1 -C 22 -alkanecarboxylic acid or of acrylic acid, halogen, pseudohalogen, a nitro (NO 2 ) group, a carboxyl group, a sulphonic acid group or sulphonate group or a hydroxy group, B′ is a bridging group of the formula (B) wherein q is 0 or 1, r and s are identical or different and each are 0 or 1, with the proviso that when r is 1, s is 0 and vice versa or both are optionally 0, t is 0 or 1, Sp is a spacer selected from the group consisting of substituted and unsubstituted linear or cyclic C 1 -C 20 -alkylene groups, C 5 -C 20 -arylene groups, C 2 -C 20 -heteroarylene groups in which from one to three heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of N, O and S can additionally be present in the heteroaromatic ring or ring system, C 6 -C 20 -aralkylene groups, C 2 -C 200 -oligoether and polyether groups, m is 0 or 1, and Q is O, S or NH.