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Synthesis of aromatic liquid crystals with asymmetric diester based on rod-like multi-ring system by two-step esterification method
Zheng, Min-Yan,Wei, Yong-Sheng,Geng, Wei,Gu, Yuan-Zi
, p. 19 - 27 (2016/07/14)
A novel method of two-step esterifications was developed to synthesize compounds with asymmetric double ester groups. By using this method, six rod-like double ester compounds were prepared with p-hydroxy benzaldehyde, p-hydroxy benzoic acid bicyclohexyl carboxylic acid, cyclohexyl benzoic acid and biphenyl carboxylic acid substituted by n-propyl and n-pentyl as main reactants. The structures and properties of target compounds were confirmed by IR, MS, 1H NMR, elemental analysis, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and hot stage polarizing optical microscope (HS-POM). Typical yields of the target molecules were more than 70%. All the molecules have mesophases with the textures of nematic type, indicating a rod-like molecule with a longer rigid skeleton can keep its mesophases. There was no clearing point observed for any of the derivatives before they decomposed so that the temperature ranges of the mesophases could not be determined. The energy differences between frontier molecular orbitals (HOMO-LUMO) (Eg) of the compounds were calculated by cyclic voltammetry (CV). The terminal ring system has an obvious influence on the energy levels and the energy gaps (Eg).
Multirings aromatic aldehyde liquid crystal with azo linkage and their photosensitivity in mesophase
Zheng, Min-Yan,Wei, Yong-Sheng,Gu, Yuan-Zi,Wang, Shan
, p. 151 - 164 (2014/07/07)
Ten new rod-like aromatic aldehyde liquid crystalline molecules with azo linkage were synthesized, in which bi(trans-cyclohexyl), cyclohexyl phenyl, and biphenyl carboxylic acid mesogenic cores with terminal ethyl, n-propyl, n-butyl, and n-pentyl substituents were esterified with azo benzoic aldehyde. These molecules were designed in an attempt to construct a series of new azo liquid crystalline molecules to investigate the influence of ultraviolet (UV) light on their mesophase. All compounds have been characterized on the basis of their spectral data, differential scanning calorimeter (DSC), and hot stage polarizing optical microscope (HS-POM). All these compounds exhibited liquid crystalline phase that belonged to nematic and photosensitive properties. Their temperature ranges of mesophase are from 101°C to 150°C. Under irradiated 365 nm UV light, they showed photosensitivity in the solvent of methanol. Observed under HS-POM, the UV light also did change the textures of these compounds. The result showed that terminal ethyl is enough for these molecules to exhibit wider temperature range of mesophase, and these new molecules have photosensitivities observed under illumination of UV light not only in solution but also in mesophase due to the change of their structures from trans isomer to cis one.
Synthesis and Properties of Phenyl Cyclohexyl Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals
Yongmao, Sun,Hongping, Yu,Humin, Zhao,Liangyu, Wang
, p. 87 - 97 (2007/10/02)
In this work, twelve compounds: S(+)-4-4'-(4''-trans-n-alkylcyclohexyl)benzoates; S(+)-4-4'-(4''-trans-n-alkylcyclohexyl)benzoates, where alkyl = C5-C10 were synthesized.The effect of the alkyl c