Control of intermolecular porphyrin π–π interactions: low-melting liquid-crystal porphyrins with calamitic mesophases
- 1 January 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Chemical Communications
- No. 22,p. 2505-2506
- https://doi.org/10.1039/cc9960002505
Abstract
By control of intermolecular π–π interactions using ‘flyover’ chains, calamitic nematic mesophases are observed in 5,15-disubstituted zinc porphyrins with greatly reduced melting and clearing points.Keywords
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