Patent ID: 7700794

Claim:
A compound having the formula: wherein Rf is a fluorous group selected from the group consisting of a perfluorocarbon, a fluorohydrocarbon, a fluorinated ether or a fluorinated amine having a plurality of carbon-fluorine bonds and having a molecular weight less than 2500, n is an integer between 1 and 6, m is 1, 2 or 3, Ra is an alkyl group or a halo-alkyl group and X is a halide, —N 3 , —CN, RO—, NH 2 O—, NHRO—, NR 2 O—, RCO 2 —, ROCO 2 —, RNCO 2 —, RS—, RC(S)O—, RCS 2 —, RSC(O)S—, RSCS 2 — RSCO 2 —, ROC(S)O—, ROCS 2 —, RSO 2 —, RSO 3 —, ROSO 2 —, ROSO 3 —, RPO 3 —, ROPO 3 —, an N-imidazolyl group, an N-triazolyl group, an N-benzotriazolyl group, a benzotriazolyloxy group, an imidazolyloxy group, an N-imidazolinone group, an N-imidazolone group, an N-imidazolinethione group, an N-succinimidyl group, an N-phthalimidyl group, an N-succinimidyloxy group, an N-phthalimidyloxy group, —ON═C(CN)R, or a 2-pyridyloxy group, wherein R is an alkyl group, a haloalkyl group, an aryl group, a halo-aryl group, an alkyl-aryl group, a cyano-aryl group, or a nitro-aryl group.