Synthesis and Physico-Chemical Properties for 2-Oxochromen-6-yl 4-(4-Alkoxyphenylazo)benzoates
摘要:
This paper describes the preparation and thermal properties for homologous series of 2-oxochromen-6-yl 4-(4-alkoxyphenylazo)benzoates (compounds 1-n). Compounds 1-n show nematic phase exclusively, where the nematic-isotropic phase transition temperatures are between 293 degrees C for 1-4 and 256 degrees C for 1-8. Interestingly, compound 1-8 exhibits smectic A and re-entrant nematic phases in addition to the nematic one. The smectic A phase are characterized using a small angle X-ray diffraction study, indicating the smectic A phase has a partially bilayer molecular arrangement.
Achiral bent-core azo compounds: effect of different types of linkage groups and their direction of linking on liquid crystalline properties
作者:N. G. Nagaveni、Arun Roy、Veena Prasad
DOI:10.1039/c2jm30709j
日期:——
We report, the design, synthesis and mesomorphic properties of six new homologous series of achiral bent-core compounds. In this study, we have investigated the effect of different types of linkage groups and their direction of linking, on the mesomorphic properties of azo functionalized compounds. The molecular structures of these newly synthesized compounds are characterized by spectroscopic methods. The liquid crystalline properties are studied using polarizing optical microscopy, differential scanning calorimetry, X-ray diffraction and electro-optical studies. We observed a variety of mesophases in these compounds, viz. N, B1, B2, SmA, SmAdPAetc. From our investigations, we found that the type and the direction of the linkage group affects the thermal range or even sometimes the nature of the mesophase itself. We have also carried out photo-induced studies on the B2 mesophase of some of the selected compounds and found that the reversal in the direction of linkage groups does affect the photochromic properties of the compounds.
This paper presents results of our studies of a full homologous series of 4-(4′-alkyloxyphenylazo)benzoyl chlorides. Until now these compounds have been used only as intermediates for more complex materials and their properties were not investigated as acid chlorides are considered unstable and hence useless for applications. We show that they are in fact quite durable and possess liquid-crystalline
Switching Chirophilic Self‐assembly: From
<i>meso</i>
‐structures to Conglomerates in Liquid and Liquid Crystalline Network Phases of Achiral Polycatenar Compounds
The change of the interhelical self-assembly from enantiophilic to enantiophobic takes place by reduction of the alkyl chain length and leads to a phase transition from the achiral double gyroid via a tetragonal phase to a chiral triple networkphase, associated with a transition from an achiral to a mirror symmetry broken liquid.