The synthesis and mesomorphism of di-, tetra- and hexa-catenar liquid crystals based on 2,2′-bipyridine
作者:Kathryn E. Rowe、Duncan W. Bruce
DOI:10.1039/a706400d
日期:——
2,2â²-Bipyridines are known to coordinate to a wide variety of metal centres. In this paper, liquid-crystalline two-chained (dicatenar), four-chained (tetracatenar) and six-chained (hexacatenar) bipyridines are synthesised and their mesomorphism is described. For the tetracatenar bipyridines, a full homologous series, from tetramethoxy to tetratetradecyloxy, was synthesised, and the phase diagram showed a classic progression from nematic and smectic C phases at short chain length, through a cubic phase to a columnar phase.
2,2'-联吡啶已知可与多种金属中心配位。本文合成了液晶态的二链(二联)、四链(四联)和六链(六联)联吡啶,并描述了它们的介晶性质。对于四联联吡啶,合成了一系列完整的同系物,从四甲氧基到四十四烷氧基,相图显示了从短链长度的向列相和近晶C相,经过立方相到柱状相的经典演化过程。