Macrodiscotic materials are liquid crystalline systems composed of an extended planar structure. It is anticipated that the self-ordering of such materials will result in interesting mechanical and electronic properties. Two synthetic strategies for the realisation of macrodiscotic materials are reviewed: firstly, the preparation of molecules which possess a single extended discotic core and secondly, the assembly of rigid, planar macromolecules composed of a random array of fused discotic units. Oxanthrene-based phthalonitrile precursors, prepared by high yielding reactions between catechols and 4,5-dichlorophthalonitrile, are used to explore both strategies for the synthesis of macrodiscotic materials that incorporate phthalocyanine (Pc) as the discotic unit.
Macrodiscotic materials are liquid crystalline systems composed of an extended planar structure. It is anticipated that the self-ordering of such materials will result in interesting mechanical and electronic properties. Two synthetic strategies for the realisation of macrodiscotic materials are reviewed: firstly, the preparation of molecules which possess a single extended discotic core and secondly, the assembly of rigid, planar macromolecules composed of a random array of fused discotic units. Oxanthrene-based phthalonitrile precursors, prepared by high yielding reactions between catechols and 4,5-dichlorophthalonitrile, are used to explore both strategies for the synthesis of macrodiscotic materials that incorporate phthalocyanine (Pc) as the discotic unit.
Macrodiscotic liquid crystals derived from planar phthalocyanine oligomers
作者:Saad Makhseed、Ali Bumajdad、Bader Ghanem、Kadhum Msayib、Neil B McKeown
DOI:10.1016/j.tetlet.2004.04.151
日期:2004.6
A novel unsymmetrically substituted phthalocyanine, which contains an extended planar core and a pair of adjacent peripheral hydroxyl groups is synthesised and used to prepare planar phthalocyanine oligomers. These materials act as macro-discotic liquid crystals giving a Columnar mesophase, which is stable over a large temperature range. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.