Mono-, oligo- and polymers of thienothiazole

1. A monomeric, oligomeric or polymeric compound according to formula I1:

wherein

R is in case of multiple occurrence independently of one another H, halogen, aryl optionally substituted with one or more groups L, heteroaryl optionally substituted with one or more groups L, P-Sp-, P*-Sp-, or straight chain, branched or cyclic alkyl with 1 to 20 C-atoms which is optionally mono- or polysubstituted by F, Cl, Br, I or CN, and wherein one or more non-adjacent CH 2 groups are optionally replaced, in each case independently from one another, by —O—, —S—, —NH—, NR 0 —, —SiR 0 R 00 —, —CO—, —COO—, —OCO—, —O—CO—O—, —S—CO—, —CO—S—, —CX 1 ═CX 2 — or —C≡C— in such a manner that O and/or S atoms are not linked directly to one another;

L is in each case independently F, Cl, Br, I, CN, and straight chain, branched or cyclic alkyl having 1 to 20 C atoms, which is unsubstituted, mono- or poly-substituted by F, Cl, Br, I, —CN or —OH, and in which one or more non-adjacent CH 2 groups are optionally replaced, in each case independently from one another, by —O—, —S—, —NH—, —NR 0 —, —SiR 0 R 00 , —CO—, —COO—, OCO—, —OCO—O, —S—CO—, —CO—S—, —CH═CH— or —C≡C— in such a manner that O and/or S atoms are not linked directly to one another;

X 1 and X 2 are independently of each other H, F, Cl or CN;

P is a polymerizable group selected from CH 2 ═CW 1 —COO—, CH 2 ═CW 1 —CO—,

CH 2 ═CW 2 —(O) k1 —, CH 3 —CH═CH—O—, (CH 2 ═CH) 2 CH—OCO—, (CH 2 ═CH—CH 2 ) 2 CH—OCO—, (CH 2 ═CH) 2 CH—O—, (CH 2 ═CH—CH 2 ) 2 N—, (CH 2 ═CH—CH 2 ) 2 N—CO—, HO—CW 2 W 3 —, HS—CW 2 W 3 —, HW 2 N—, HO—CW 2 W 3 —NH—, CH 2 ═CW 1 —CO—NH—, CH 2 ═CH—(COO) k1 -Phe-(O) k2 —, CH 2 ═CH—(CO) k1 -Phe-(O) k2 —, Phe-CH═CH—, HOOC—, OCN—, or W 4 W 5 W 6 Si—;

W 1 is H, Cl, CN, CF 3 , phenyl or alkyl with 1 to 5 C-atoms;

W 2 and W 3 are each independently H or alkyl with 1 to 5 C-atoms;

W 4 , W 5 and W 6 are each independently Cl, oxaalkyl with 1 to 5 C-atoms, or oxacarbonylalkyl with 1 to 5 C-atoms;

W 7 and W 8 are each independently H, Cl or alkyl with 1 to 5 C-atoms;

Phe is 1,4-phenylene which is optionally substituted by one or more groups L;

k 1 and k 2 are each independently 0 or 1;

P* is a group that can be converted to or substituted by a polymerizable group P;

Sp is a single bond or a group Sp′-X;

Sp′ is alkylene with up to 20 C atoms which may be unsubstituted, mono- or poly-substituted by F, Cl, Br, I or CN, it being also possible for one or more non-adjacent CH 2 groups to be replaced, in each case independently from one another, by —O—, —S—, —NH—, —NR 0 —, —SiR 0 R 00 , —CO—, —COO—, —OCO—, —OCO—O—, —S—CO—, —CO—S—, —CH═CH— or —C≡C— in such a manner that O and/or S atoms are not linked directly to one another;

X is —O—, —S—, —CO—, —COO—, —OCO—, —O—COO—, —CO—NR 0 —, —NR 0 —CO—, —CO—NR 0 —CO—, —OCH 2 —, —CH 2 O—, —SCH 2 —, —CH 2 S—, —CF 2 O—, —OCF 2 —, —CF 2 S—, —SCF 2 —, —CF 2 CH 2 —, —CH 2 CF 2 —, —CF 2 CF 2 —, —CH═N—, —N═CH—, —N═N—, —CH═CR 0 —, —CX 1 ═CX 2 —, —CC—, —CH═CH—COO—, —OCO—CH═CH— or a single bond;

A, B and D are independently of each other, and in case of multiple occurrence independently of one another, —CX 1 ═CX 2 —, —C≡C—, or an arylene or heteroarylene group that is optionally substituted with one or more groups R;

E is thieno[2,3d]thiazole-4,6-diyl or thieno[2,3d]thiazole-6,4-diyl which is optionally substituted in 2-position with R;

a, b, c, d, e are independently of each other 0, 1, 2 or 3, with at least one of c and e being 1;

n is an integer ≧1;

R 1 and R 2 are independently of each other)Sn(R 0 ) 3 , —B(OR′)(OR″), —CH 2 Cl, —CHO, —CH═CH 2 , —SiR 0 R 00 R 000 , H, halogen, aryl optionally substituted with one or more groups L, heteroaryl optionally substituted with one or more groups L, P-Sp-, P*-Sp-, or straight chain, branched or cyclic alkyl with 1 to 20 C-atoms which is optionally mono- or polysubstituted by F, Cl, Br, I or CN, and wherein one or more non-adjacent CH 2 groups are optionally replaced, in each case independently from one another, by —O—, —S—, —NH—, —NR 0 —, —SiR 0 R 00 —, —CO—, —COO—, —OCO—, —O—CO—O—, —S—CO—, —CO—S—, —CX 1 ═CX 2 — or —C≡C— in such a manner that O and/or S atoms are not linked directly to one another;

R 0 , R 00 , R 000 are independently of each other, H, aryl or alkyl with 1 to 12 C-atoms; and

R′ and R″ are independently of each other H or alkyl with 1 to 12 C-atoms, or OR′ and OR″ together with the boron atom form a cyclic group having 2 to 20 C atoms;

wherein recurring units are identical or different; and

with the provisos that:

(a) homopolymers of 2-nonyl-thieno[3,4-d]thiazole-6,4-diyl are excluded; and

(b) n is an integer from 2 to 5000, or

n is 1 and one or both of R 1 and R 2 are halogen, —Sn(R 0 ) 3 , —B(OR′)(OR″), —CH 2 Cl, —CHO, —CH═CH 2 or —SiR 0 R 00 R 000 , or

n is 1 to 15 and one or both of R 1 and R 2 are P-Sp-.

2. A compound according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of A, B, and D is

Y 1 and Y 2 are each CH, CR or N, and X is S or O.

3. A compound according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of A, B, and D is thiophene-2,5-diyl which is optionally substituted by one or two groups R different from H, or phenylene-1,4-diyl which is optionally substituted by one, two, three or four groups R different from H.

4. A compound according to claim 1 , wherein b is 1 and B is —CX 1 ═CX 2 —, —C≡C— or a single bond.

5. A compound according to claim 1 , wherein R is C 1 -C 20 -alkyl, C 1 -C 20 -alkoxy, C 2 -C 20 -alkenyl, C 2 -C 20 -alkynyl, C 1 -C 20 -thioalkyl, C 1 -C 20 -silyl, C 1 -C 20 -ester, C 1 -C 20 -amino, C 1 -C 20 -fluoroalkyl, optionally substituted aryl, or optionally substituted heteroaryl.

6. A compound according to claim 1 , wherein n is an integer from 2 to 5000.

7. A compound according to claim 1 , wherein n is 1 and one or both of R 1 and R 2 are halogen, —Sn(R 0 ) 3 , —B(OR′)(OR″), —CH 2 Cl, —CHO, —CH═CH 2 or —SiR 0 R 00 R 000 .

8. A compound according to claim 1 , wherein n is 1 to 15 and one or both of R 1 and R 2 are P-Sp-.

9. A compound according to claim 1 , wherein the structure

is selected from the following formulae:

wherein * represents the points of attachment to groups R 1 and R 2 .

10. A polymerizable liquid crystal material comprising one or more compounds according to claim 1 comprising at least one polymerizable group, and optionally comprising one or more further polymerizable compounds, wherein at least one of said compounds according to claim 1 and said further polymerizable compounds is mesogenic or liquid crystalline.

11. An anisotropic polymer film with charge transport properties, wherein said polymer film is obtainable from a polymerizable liquid crystal material according to claim 10 that is aligned in its liquid crystal phase into macroscopically uniform orientation and polymerized or crosslinked to fix the oriented state.

12. A side chain liquid crystal polymer obtained by polymerisation of one or more compounds according to claim 1 or a polymerizable material comprising one or more compounds according to claim 1 , or obtained by grafting said one or more compounds or polymerizable material to a polymer backbone in a polymeranaloguous reaction, optionally with one or more additional mesogenic or non-mesogenic comonomers.

13. An optical, electrooptical or electronic components or devices, organic field effect transistors (OFET), integrated circuitry (IC), thin film transistors (TFT), flat panel displays, radio frequency identification (RFID) tags, electroluminescent or photoluminescent devices or components, organic light emitting diodes (OLED), backlights of displays, photovoltaic or sensor devices, charge injection layers, Schottky diodes, planarizing layers, antistatic films, conducting substrates or patterns, electrode materials in batteries, photoconductors, electrophotographic applications, electrophotographic recording, organic memory devices, alignment layers, cosmetic or pharmaceutical compositions, biosensors, or biochips, comprising a charge-transport, semiconducting, electrically conducting, photoconducting or light-emitting material, wherein said material comprises a compound according to claim 1 .

14. A semiconducting, electroluminescent or charge transport material, component or device comprising at least one compound according to claim 1 , a polymerizable material comprising said at least one compound, or a polymer obtained from said at least one compound.

15. An optical, electrooptical or electronic device, FET, integrated circuit (IC), TFT, OLED or alignment layer comprising a material, component or device according to claim 14 .

16. A TFT or TFT array for flat panel displays, radio frequency identification (RFID) tag, electroluminescent display or backlight, comprising a material, component, or device according to claim 14 .

17. A security marking or device comprising an RFID tag according to claim 16 .

18. A compound according to claim 1 , a polymerizable material comprising said compound, or a polymer obtained from said at least one compound which is oxidatively or reductively doped to form a conducting ionic species.

19. A charge injection layer, planarizing layer, antistatic film or conducting substrate or pattern for electronic applications or flat panel displays, comprising a compound, material or polymer according to claim 18 .

20. A TFT or TFT array for flat panel displays, radio frequency identification (RFID) tag, electroluminescent display or backlight, comprising an FET, IC, TFT or OLED according to claim 15 .

21. A security marking or device comprising a FET according to claim 15 .

22. A compound according to claim 1 , wherein n is an integer from 100 to 1000.

23. A compound according to claim 1 , wherein a and/or b are 1, d is 0, c is 1 or 2, and e is O.

24. A compound according to claim 9 , wherein said structure is of formula I1a and I1f, R′ is H, and R″ is different from H.

25. A compound according to claim 1 , wherein

arylene or heteroarylene groups for groups A, B and D are selected from 1,4-phenylene, 2,5-pyridine, 2,5-pyrimidine, p,p′-biphenyl, naphthalene-2,6-diyl, thiophene-2,5-diyl, selenophene-2,5-diyl, thiophene-2,5-diyl or selenophene-2,5-diyl, fluorene-2,7-diyl, 2,2′-dithiophene, 2,2′-dithiophene, thieno[2,3-b]thiophene-2,5-diyl, thieno[3,2-b]thiophene-2,5-diyl, fluorinated benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b′]dithiophene, 2,5-thiazole, 2,5-thiadiazole, thieno[3,4-d]thiazole-4,6-diyl, thieno[3,4-d]thiazole-6,4-diyl, 2,5-oxazole and 2,5-oxadiazole, all of which are unsubstituted or mono- or polysubstituted by L;

optionally substituted aryl and optionally substituted heteroaryl groups for groups R, R 1 and R 2 are selected from phenyl, fluorinated phenyl, pyridine, pyrimidine, biphenyl, naphthalene, fluorene, benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b′]dithiophene, thieno[3,2-b]thiophene, 2,2-dithiophene, thiazole, thieno[2,3d]thiazole and oxazole, all of which are unsubstituted or mono- or polysubstituted by L; and

P* is —OH or —O—Si—R 0 R 00 R 000 .

26. A compound according to claim 25 , wherein P is CH 2 ═CH—COO—, CH 2 ═C(CH 3 )—COO—, CH 2 ═CH—, CH 2 ═CH—O—, (CH 2 ═CH) 2 CH—OCO—, (CH 2 ═CH) 2 CH—O—,

27. A compound according to claim 25 , wherein X is —O—, —S—, —OCH 2 —, —CH 2 O—, —SCH 2 —, —CH 2 S—, —CF 2 O—, —OCF 2 —, —CF 2 S—, —SCF 2 —, —CH 2 CH 2 —, —CF 2 CH 2 —, —CH 2 CF 2 —, —CF 2 CF 2 —, —CH═N—, —N═CH—, —N═N—, —CH═CR 0 —, —CX 1 ═CX 2 —, —C≡C— or a single bond.

28. A compound according to claim 25 , wherein Sp′ is —(CH 2 ) p —, —(CH 2 CH 2 O) q —CH 2 CH 2 —, —CH 2 CH 2 —S—CH 2 CH 2 — or —CH 2 CH 2 —NH—CH 2 CH 2 — or —(SiR 0 R 00 ) p —, p is an integer from 2 to 12, and q is an integer from 1 to 3.

29. A compound according to claim 25 , wherein Sp′ is ethylene, propylene, butylene, pentylene, hexylene, heptylene, octylene, nonylene, decylene, undecylene, dodecylene, octadecylene, ethyleneoxyethylene, methyleneoxybutylene, ethylene-thioethylene, ethylene-N-methyl-iminoethylene, 1-methylalkylene, ethenylene, propenylene or butenylene.