A liquid crystal like difluoroterphenyl chiral dopant was synthesized to match the dimensions of a host chiral dopant mixture. The melting point of the chiral dopants was decreased by increasing the length of the alkyl chain. The melting point of the chiral dopants also decreased when fluorine was on the same ring as the ester i.e. at 2 '', 3 '' position. These dopants were formulated with terphenyl host mixture and liquid crystal properties were assessed. New dopants, when added to the host mixture, maintain SmA(1) but the SmC2 phase was reduced markedly. There was a decrease in spontaneous polarisation when fluorine was on the same ring as the ester i.e. at 2 '', 3 '' position. As the molecular weight of the chiral dopant increased (pentyl -> heptyl -> nonyl), spontaneous polarisation decreased. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Synthesis of 4-Alkyl-2′′, 3′′ difluoro terphenyl nitrile using coupling reactions
作者:Zohra N. Kayani、Robert A. Lewis、Shahzad Naseem
DOI:10.1016/j.molliq.2012.08.012
日期:2012.11
Study of chirality in liquid crystals is one of the most interesting areas of liquid crystal science. Liquid crystalline terphenyls with two lateral fluoro substituent and alkyl substituent in the 4- have been synthesised. Convergent approach was applied which involved the use of arylboronic acids and aryl halides in palladium-catalysed cross-couplingreactions. All the diifluoroterphenyls generate
A liquid crystal like difluoroterphenyl chiral dopant was synthesized to match the dimensions of a host chiral dopant mixture. The melting point of the chiral dopants was decreased by increasing the length of the alkyl chain. The melting point of the chiral dopants also decreased when fluorine was on the same ring as the ester i.e. at 2 '', 3 '' position. These dopants were formulated with terphenyl host mixture and liquid crystal properties were assessed. New dopants, when added to the host mixture, maintain SmA(1) but the SmC2 phase was reduced markedly. There was a decrease in spontaneous polarisation when fluorine was on the same ring as the ester i.e. at 2 '', 3 '' position. As the molecular weight of the chiral dopant increased (pentyl -> heptyl -> nonyl), spontaneous polarisation decreased. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.