Self-association and columnar liquid crystalline phase of cationic alkyl-substituted-bipyridine benzenedithiolato gold(iii) complexes
作者:Tomohiro Ogawa、Misaki Sakamoto、Hirotaka Honda、Takeshi Matsumoto、Atsushi Kobayashi、Masako Kato、Ho-Chol Chang
DOI:10.1039/c3dt51444g
日期:——
The introduction of a Au(III) ion into a mesogenic core, [M(Bdt)(Cnbpy)]+ (Bdt = 1,2-benzenedithiolato and Cnbpy = 4,4′-di-alkyl-2,2′-bipyridine (n = 13 (4,4′-di-tridecyl-2,2′-bipyridine (C13bpy)) and 8,10 (4,4′-di-(3-octyltridecyl)-2,2′-bipyridine (C8,10bpy)))), leads to the formation of ionic molecular assemblies in crystalline and mesophases. Successive syntheses of precursor complexes, [AuCl2(Cnbpy)]PF6 (n = 13 (1) and 8,10 (2)), followed by the target complexes, [Au(Bdt)(Cnbpy)]PF6 (n = 13 (3) and 8,10 (4)), were achieved. The crystallographic analysis of 3 revealed that the central cationic cores form a characteristic one-dimensional columnar structure, which is an essential property for the formation of columnar structures in the liquid crystalline phase. The central cores of the [Au(Bdt)(C13bpy)]+ cations in 3 stack alternatively so as to cancel out their dipole moments and the counteranions lie between the cationic columns. Furthermore, the introduction of the branched alkyl tails in 4 induces the formation of a rectangular columnar liquid crystalline phase (Colr) with C2/m symmetry, and it melts to an isotropic liquid at 69 °C. The Colr phase of 4 is partially similar in its liquid crystalline structure to the neutral [Pt(Bdt)(C8,10bpy)] liquid crystal in a hexagonal columnar phase reported previously, while complex 4 shows a lower clearing point than that of the Pt analogue. Based on these results, the present study demonstrates the designability of the liquid crystalline structures of the [M(Bdt)(C8,10bpy)] skeleton together with their assembled structures and physico-chemical properties.
将 Au(III) 离子引入介晶核心,[M(Bdt)(Cnbpy)]+ (Bdt =
1,2-苯二硫醇和 Cnbpy = 4,4'-二烷基-
2,2'-联吡啶(n = 13 (4,4'-二-
十三烷基-
2,2'-联吡啶 (C13bpy)) 和 8,10 (4,4'-二-(3-辛基
十三烷基)-
2,2'-联吡啶 (C8 ,10bpy)))), 导致在结晶相和中间相中离子分子组装体的形成。连续合成前体配合物 [AuCl2(Cnbpy)]PF6 (n = 13 (1) 和 8,10 (2)),然后合成目标配合物 [Au(Bdt)(Cnbpy)]PF6 (n = 13 ( 3) 和 8,10 (4)) 均已实现。 3的晶体学分析表明,中心阳离子核形成特征性的一维柱状结构,这是在液晶相中形成柱状结构的基本性质。 [Au(Bdt)(C13bpy)]+ 阳离子的中心核交替排列,以抵消它们的偶极矩,而抗衡阴离子位于阳离子柱之间。此外,4中支链烷基尾部的引入诱导形成具有C2/m对称性的矩形柱状液晶相(Colr),并在69℃熔化为各向同性液体。 4的Colr相的液晶结构与之前报道的六方柱状相中性[Pt(Bdt)(C8,10bpy)]液晶部分相似,而配合物4显示出比Pt更低的清亮点类似物。基于这些结果,本研究证明了[M(Bdt)(C8,10bpy)]骨架的液晶结构及其组装结构和物理
化学性质的可设计性。