Synthesis, Characterization of Cu(II) and Ni(II) Liquid Crystal Complexes of an Unsymmetrical β-Diketone Containing a Terminal Double Bond
摘要:
The unsymmetrical beta-diketone-type ligand [H(DK-11-12)] containing a terminal double bond derived from 4-dodecyloxyacetophenone (A) and methyl 4-undecenyloxybenzoate (B) and its complexes [M(DK-11-12)(2)] (M = Cu, Ni) were synthesized and characterized by elemental analyses, molar conductivity, IR, electronic spectra, H-1 NMR and magnetic susceptibility measurements. The ligand functions as an uninegative bidentate and bonds through the two oxygen atoms of the cis-enol moiety. The two complexes are nonelectrolytes and have square-planar geometry. The mesogenic behaviors of the beta-diketone-type ligand and the complexes were determined via a combination of observation on a hot-stage polarized microscope and DSC measurements. The ligand has no liquid crystallinity. The complexes are liquid crystals whose mesogenic textures are a type of broken-fan. The transition processes of the complexes were tentatively proposed to be K-->S-->I.