The effect of carborane, bicyclo[2.2.2]octane and benzene on mesogenic and dielectric properties of laterally fluorinated three-ring mesogens
作者:Adam Januszko、Kristin L. Glab、Piotr Kaszynski、Kaushik Patel、Robert A. Lewis、Georg H. Mehl、Michael D. Wand
DOI:10.1039/b600068a
日期:——
Six series of structurally similar compounds containing 12- and 10-vertex p-carborane (A and B), bicyclo[2.2.2]octane (C), and benzene (D) were prepared and their mesogenic and dielectric properties investigated. Comparative analysis showed that all carborane derivatives form significantly less stable mesophases than their carbocyclic analogs, however they exhibit a relatively high shielding ability for lateral fluorination. Depression of the clearing temperature upon fluorination of series 1, 3, and 5 is approximately constant for each series A–D and correlates with the diameter of the ring (the slope = 14.8 °C Å−1 and R2 = 0.997). Compounds in series 2 (X = F) were used as low concentration additives to a nematic host, 6-CHBT. Dielectric parameters were extrapolated to pure additives and analyzed using the Maier–Meier equation. The Kirkwood factors g and apparent order parameters Sapp that are required to reproduce the extrapolated dielectric values follow the trend in the size of ring . The smallest g (0.47) and the largest Sapp (6.3) are obtained for carborane 2A, and the largest g (0.69) and the smallest Sapp (0.7) are obtained for the terphenyl derivative 2D. The increase of Sapp in the series D→A corresponds to the increasing disorder of the nematic solution with increasing size of ring .
合成了六系列结构相似的化合物,包含有12和10顶点p-碳硼烷(A和B)、双环[2.2.2]辛烷(C)以及苯(D),并研究了它们的液晶性和介电性质。比较分析表明,所有碳硼烷衍生物的液晶相稳定性都明显低于其碳环类似物,但它们展示出较高的侧向氟化屏蔽能力。系列1、3和5的熔点降低值在氟化后大致恒定,对于A至D系列的每个系列,且与环的直径相关(斜率 = 14.8 °C Å−1,R² = 0.997)。系列2中的化合物(X = F)被用作向列相主体6-CHBT中的低浓度添加剂。介电参数被外推到纯添加剂并使用Maier–Meier方程进行分析。复现外推介电值所需的Kirkwood因子g和表观有序参数Sapp遵循环大小的趋势。最小的g(0.47)和最大的Sapp(6.3)获得于碳硼烷2A,最大的g(0.69)和最小的Sapp(0.7)则获得于三联苯衍生物2D。在系列D→A中Sapp的增加对应于随着环尺寸增加而增加的向列相溶液的无序。