NOVELTY - N,N'-Disubstituted core-substituted arene-bis(dicarboximide)-based derivatives (I) are new.    USE - For fabricating a semiconductor material (claimed) related components, optical and electronic devices such as light-harvesting arrays, photovoltaic cells, organic field-effect transistors, organic light-emitting diodes, complementary circuits, ring oscillators, D-flipflops and solar cells; as building blocks for constructing supramolecular or giant-molecular systems.    ADVANTAGE - The compounds have satisfactory solubilities in common solvents (e.g. water and common organic solvents) which help to reduce manufacturing costs and offer processing advantages in the fabrication of the semiconducting devices.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - N,N'-Disubstituted core-substituted arene-bis(dicarboximide)-based derivatives of formula (I) are new.    W1 = O or NH;    Q1 = fused ring;or    preferably Q1-(R'a)n = groups of formulae (a1)-(d1);    A1-H1 = CH, CR'a, SiH, SiR'a, N or P;    R'a=CN, NO2, C(O)R'b, C(O)NHR'b, C(O)OR'b, S(O)R'b, S(O)2R'b, S(O)2OH, (CF2)tR'b, (C(CF3)2)tR'b, oxo or 5-14 membered heteroaryl group substituted with 1-5 R'c groups;    R'b = H, 1-20C alkyl, 3-10C cycloalkyl, 6-14C aryl, 7-20C arylalkyl or 3-12 membered cycloheteroalkyl, 5-14 membered heteroaryl (all optionally substituted with 1-5 R'c groups);    R'c = halo, CN, NO2, C(O)H, C(O)-1-20C alkyl, C(O)NH2, C(O)NH-1-20C alkyl, C(O)N(1-20C alkyl)2, C(O)OH, C(O)-O-1-20C alkyl, S(O)H, S(O)-1-20C alkyl, S(O)2H, S(O)2-1-20C alkyl or S(O)2OH;    n = 1-8; and    n = t-1-10    An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for preparing (M1) N,N'-disubstituted core-substituted arene-bis(dicarboximide)-based derivatives of formula (II) involving reacting core-substituted dianhydrides of formula (Ia) with an amine of formula R1NH2, or reacting core-substituted diimides of formula (Ib) with a compound of formula R1-L1G1.    R1 = L1-R2 or L1-Ar1-R2;    L1 = Y1 or (CH2CH2O)p;    Y1 = divalent 1-20C alkyl, divalent 1-20C haloalkyl or covalent bond;    Ar1 = 6-14C aryl or 5-14 membered heteroaryl (both optionally substituted with 1-5 substituents selected from halo, CN, 1-20C alkyl, 2-20C alkenyl, 1-20C alkoxy or 1-20C haloalkyl;    R2 = 1-20C alkyl, 2-20C alkenyl, 2-20C alkynyl, 3-10C cycloalkyl, 6-14C aryl, 3-12 membered cycloheteroalkyl, 5-14 membered heteroaryl (optionally substituted with 1-5 L1-R3 or L1-Ar'2-R3 groups), OR'd, C(O)OR'd, C(O)R'e, C(O)NR'eR'f, C(S)OR'd, C(S)R'e, C(S)NR'eR'f, SR'd, S(O)2OR'd, S(O)2R'e or S(O)2NR'eR'f;    R'd = 1-20C alkyl, 2-20C alkenyl, 2-20C alkynyl, Y1-3-10C cycloalkyl, Y1-6-14C aryl, Y1-3-12 membered cycloheteroalkyl or Y1-5-14 membered heteroaryl (optionally substituted with 1-5 L1-R), H, C(O)R'e, C(O)NR'eR'f, C(S)R'e or C(S)NR'eR'f;    R'e and R'f = T1 or 1-20C alkyl, 2-20C alkenyl, 2-20C alkynyl, Y1-3-10C cycloalkyl, Y1-6-14C aryl, Y1-3-12 membered cycloheteroalkyl or Y1-5-14 membered heteroaryl (all optionally substituted with 1-5 L1-R3);    T1 = H, OH, SH, S(O)2OH, C(O)OH, C(O)NH2, C(S)NH2, O-1-20C alkyl, O-Y1-6-14C aryl, C(O)-1-20C alkyl, C(O)-O-1-20C alkyl, C(S)N(1-20C alkyl)2, C(S)NH-1-20C alkyl, C(O)NH-1-20C alkyl, C(O)N(1-20C alkyl)2, S(O)m-1-20C alkyl, S(O)m-O-1-20C alkyl, C(O)-Y1-6-14C aryl, C(O)-O-Y1-6-14C aryl, C(S)N(-Y1-6-14C aryl)2, C(S)N(1-20C alkyl)-Y1-6-14C aryl, C(S)NH-Y1-6-14C aryl, C(O)NH-Y1-6-14C aryl, C(O)N(1-20C alkyl)-Y1-6-14C aryl, C(O)N(Y1-6-14C aryl)2, S(O)m-Y1-6-14C aryl or S(O)m-O-Y1-6-14C aryl;    Ar2 = 6-14C aryl or 5-14 membered heteroaryl (optionally substituted with 1-5 substituents selected from halo, CN, 1-20C alkyl, 2-20C alkenyl, 1-20C haloalkyl or 1-20C alkoxy);    R3 = 1-20C alkyl, 2-20C alkenyl, 2-20C alkynyl, 3-10C cycloalkyl, 6-14C aryl, 3-12 membered cycloheteroalkyl, 5-14 membered heteroaryl (optionally substituted with 1-5 L1-R4), halo, CN, NO2, oxo, OR'g, SR'g, NR'gR'h, N(O)R'gR'h, S(O)mR'g, S(O)mOR'g, S(O)mNR'gR'h, C(O)R'g, C(O)OR'g, C(O)NR'gR'h, C(S)NR'gR'h, SiH3, SiH(1-20C alkyl)2, SiH2(1-20C alkyl), Si(1-20C alkyl)3;    R'g and R'h = T1 or 1-20C alkyl, 2-20C alkenyl, 2-20C alkynyl, Y1-3-10C cycloalkyl, Y1-6-14C aryl, Y1-3-12 membered cycloheteroalkyl or Y1-5-14 membered heteroaryl (all optionally substituted with 1-5 L1-R4 group);    R4 = halo, CN, NO2, oxo, OH, NH2, NH(1-20C alkyl), N(1-20C alkyl)2, N(1-20C alkyl)-Y1-6-14C aryl, N(-Y1-6-14C aryl)2, S(O)mH, S(O)m1-20C alkyl, S(O)2OH, S(O)m-O-1-20C alkyl, S(O)m-O-Y1-6-14C aryl, CHO, C(O)-1-20C alkyl, C(O)-6-14C aryl, C(O)OH, C(O)-O-1-20C alkyl, C(O)-O-Y1-6-14C aryl, C(O)NH2, C(O)NH-1-20C alkyl, C(O)N(1-20C alkyl)2, C(O)NH-Y1-6-14C aryl, C(O)N(1-20C alkyl)-Y1-6-14C aryl, C(O)N(-Y1-6-14C aryl)2, C(S)NH2, C(S)NH-1-20C alkyl, C(S)N(1-20C alkyl)2, C(S)N(-Y1-6-14C aryl)2, C(S)N(1-20C alkyl)-Y1-6-14C aryl, C(S)NH-Y1-6-14C aryl, S(O)mNH2, S(O)mNH(1-20C alkyl), S(O)mN(1-20C alkyl)2, S(O)mNH(-Y1-6-14C aryl), S(O)mN(1-20C alkyl)-Y1-6-14C aryl, S(O)mN(-Y1-6-14C aryl)2, SiH3, SiH(1-20C alkyl)2, SiH2(1-20C alkyl), Si(1-20C alkyl)3, 1-20C alkyl, 2-20C alkenyl, 2-20C alkynyl, 1-20C alkoxy, 1-20C haloalkyl, 3-10C cycloalkyl, 6-14C aryl, 3-12 membered cycloheteroalkyl or 5-14 membered heteroaryl;    m = 0-2;    p = 0-20;and    L1G1 = Cl, Br, I, N3, OTs, OMs, NO2, SCN or CN.