Abstractmagnified imageThe 3,6‐bis{(1E)‐2‐[4‐(dodecyloxy)phenyl]ethenyl}pyridazine (1a) was regio‐ and stereoselectively brominated or chlorinated to the (Z,Z)‐compounds 3 and 6, respectively. The conjugated core of these systems represents a mesogen for smectic (and nematic) liquid crystals and, moreover, a chromophore with an absorption at the UV/VIS border. Irradiation and efficient intersystem crossing to the triplet state leads to isomerization reactions (Z,Z)→(E,Z) in solution as well as in the thermotropic LC phases. Since (E,Z)‐configurations are only tolerated to a very small extent by the mesophases, the photoinduced transition S→N→I of 6 can be used as an imaging technique.
Abstractmagnified imageThe 3,6‐bis{(1E)‐2‐[4‐(dodecyloxy)phenyl]ethenyl}pyridazine (1a) was regio‐ and stereoselectively brominated or chlorinated to the (Z,Z)‐compounds 3 and 6, respectively. The conjugated core of these systems represents a mesogen for smectic (and nematic) liquid crystals and, moreover, a chromophore with an absorption at the UV/VIS border. Irradiation and efficient intersystem crossing to the triplet state leads to isomerization reactions (Z,Z)→(E,Z) in solution as well as in the thermotropic LC phases. Since (E,Z)‐configurations are only tolerated to a very small extent by the mesophases, the photoinduced transition S→N→I of 6 can be used as an imaging technique.
Abstractmagnified imageThe 3,6‐bis(1E)‐2‐[4‐(dodecyloxy)phenyl]ethenyl}pyridazine (1a) was regio‐ and stereoselectively brominated or chlorinated to the (Z,Z)‐compounds 3 and 6, respectively. The conjugated core of these systems represents a mesogen for smectic (and nematic) liquid crystals and, moreover, a chromophore with an absorption at the UV/VIS border. Irradiation and efficient intersystem crossing to the triplet state leads to isomerization reactions (Z,Z)→(E,Z) in solution as well as in the thermotropic LC phases. Since (E,Z)‐configurations are only tolerated to a very small extent by the mesophases, the photoinduced transition S→N→I of 6 can be used as an imaging technique.