New Liquid Crystal Materials With Chiral 2-Methylbutyl Group: (+)-2-Methylbutyl 4-(5-alkyl-1,3-dioxan-2-yl) Cinnamate and Benzoate
- 1 July 1993
- journal article
- liquid crystals
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals
- Vol. 231 (1) , 175-182
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10587259308032503
Abstract
New liquid crystal materials with chiral 2-methylbutyl group: (+)-2-methylbutyl 4-(5-alkyl-1,3-dioxan-2-yl) cinnamate and benzoate were synthesized. The mesomorphic behavior of these compounds were measured, and compared with those of the corresponding 1,3-oxathiane and 1,3-dithiane compounds. Though compounds (7) exhibited a liquid crystal phase, compounds (8) did not. The difference in the chemical structure between (7) and (8) is the existence of CH˭CH in the former. So that, CH˭CH seems to contribute to exhibit the liquid crystal phase in compound (7). Transition temperatures of the isotropic to the liquid crystal phase decrease in the order: 1,3-dithiane > 1,3-dioxane > 1,3-oxathiane. This result seems to originate in wider molecular width of 1,3-oxathiane compounds and larger dispersion force of 1,3-dithianes.Keywords
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