Photostable Anthraquinone Pleochroic Dyes

Abstract
Pleochroic anthraquinone dyes have been prepared with order parameters of up to 0.70 when dissolved in liquid crystals. Over 100 dyes have been synthesised, in which a variety of substituents have been incorporated into the 1,4, and 5 positions on the anthraquinone nucleus, affording red, purple, blue and green dyes. Several dyes showed significantly higher stability than most other high order parameter azo-dyes. Some dyes showed solubility and order parameter sufficiently high to allow their employment in liquid crystal displays.

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