Odd-Carbon Alkyl-Substituent Effect on Liquid Crystalline Properties of Discotic Hexa-Peri-Hexabenzocoronene Molecule

2011 ◽  
Vol 239-242 ◽  
pp. 3358-3361 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xu Ying Liu ◽  
Yu Jiang ◽  
Wen Guang Wang ◽  
Jia Ling Pu

Hexa-peri-Hexabenzocoronene (HBC), as the smaller graphene fragment consisting of 13 fused benzene rings, possesses a strong tendency to stack together via π-electronic interaction. In this paper, the 1,2-(4-bromomethyl-1-yl) acetylene was alkylated by Grignard reagent to form corresponding 1,2-bis(p-pentadecanylphenyl)acetylene. Cobalt(0)-catalyzed cyclotrimerization was carried out to give hexaphenylbenzene analogue. This step was followed by intramolecular cyclodehydrogenation to yield the desired product HBC-C15. The identity and purity of the new compound was confirmed by UV-vis spectrometer and 1H NMR spectrum. Its thermal behavior and self-assembly were studied by differential scanning calorimetry and polarizing optical microscopy.

2003 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 231-242 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carmen Racles ◽  
Vasile Cozan ◽  
Maria Cazacu

New siloxane-containing polyesters with arylidene mesogenic moieties were prepared by copolycondensation reactions between bis(hydroxybuthyl)siloxanes, 2,6-bis(4-hydroxybenzylidene)cyclohexanone, and diacid chlorides such as sebacoyl and terephthaloyl. The polymer structure was confirmed by IR and 1H-NMR spectroscopy. They were characterized by gel permeation chromatography and ultraviolet analyses. The thermotropic liquid crystalline behavior was investigated by differential scanning calorimetry and polarized optical microscopy.


Author(s):  
Bari Muhamd Islamallah

Our study deals with   preparation   of two types of imine compounds differ in the type of terminal group, where one of them has a terminal carboxyl group COOH while the other contains methoxyOCH3 as a terminal group. In the first part of this research it was Identification by spectroscopy methods using infrared IR and nuclear magnetic resonance H NMR spectrum, besides elemental analysis shows the exact chemical structure of the expected synthesized compounds. In the second part was the study of liquid-crystalline behavior by polarized optical microscopy POM and differential scanning calorimetry DSC that showed a liquid crystal phase in the compounds that has odd number of carbon atoms in the terminal chain compounds in the first series, while the second series compounds showed liquid crystal phase in the   compounds that containing even number of atoms of carbon in the terminal chain. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3376373


e-Polymers ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shahram Mehdipour-Ataei ◽  
Leila Akbarian-Feizi

AbstractA diamine monomer containing ester, amide and ether functional groups was prepared and its polymerization reaction with different diisocyanates to give main chain poly(ester amide ether urea)s was investigated. The monomer was synthesized via reaction of terephthaloyl chloride with 4-hydroxybenzoic acid and subsequent reaction of the resulted diacid with 1,8-diamino-3,6-dioxaoctane. The polymers were characterized by FT-IR and 1H-NMR spectroscopic method and elemental analysis. The resulting polymers exhibited excellent solubility in polar solvents. Crystallinity of the resulted polymers was evaluated by wide-angle X-ray diffraction (WXRD) method, and they exhibited semi-crystalline patterns. The glass transition temperatures (Tg) of the polymers determined by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and dynamic mechanical thermal analysis (DMTA) were in the range of 88-112 °C. The temperatures for 10% weight loss (T10) from their thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) curves were found to be in the range of 297-312 °C in air. Also the prepared polyureas showed liquid crystalline character.


2012 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 371-378 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katharina C Kress ◽  
Martin Kaller ◽  
Kirill V Axenov ◽  
Stefan Tussetschläger ◽  
Sabine Laschat

4-Cyano-1,1'-biphenyl derivatives bearing ω-hydroxyalkyl substituents were reacted with methyl 3-chloro-3-oxopropionate or cyanoacetic acid, giving liquid-crystalline linear malonates and cyanoacetates. These compounds formed monotropic nematic phases at 62 °C down to ambient temperature upon cooling from the isotropic liquid. The mesomorphic properties were investigated by differential scanning calorimetry, polarizing optical microscopy and X-ray diffraction (WAXS).


1990 ◽  
Vol 45 (7) ◽  
pp. 1084-1090 ◽  
Author(s):  
Klaus Praefcke ◽  
Bernd Kohne ◽  
Andreas Eckert ◽  
Joachim Hempel

Six S,S-dialkyl acetals 2a-f of inosose (1), tripodal in structure, have been synthesized, characterized and investigated by optical microscopy and differential scanning calorimetry (d.s.c.). The four S,S-acetals 2c-f with sufficiently long alkyl chains are thermotropic liquid crystalline; 2 e and 2 f are even dithermomesomorphic. Each of these four inosose derivatives 2c-f exhibits monotropically a most likely cubic mesophase (MI); in addition 2e and 2f show enantiotropically a hexagonal mesophase (Hx) with a non-covalent, supramolecular H-bridge architecture. Whereas the nature of the optically isotropic mesophase MI needs further clarification the stable high temperature mesophase Hx of 2 e and 2 f has been established by a miscibility test using a sugar S,S-dialkyl acetal also tripodal in structure and with a Hx phase proved by X-ray diffraction, but in contrast to 2 with an acyclic hydrophilic part. Similarities of structural features between the Hx-phases of 2e and 2f as well as of other thermotropic and lyotropic liquid crystal systems are discussed briefly.


Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (16) ◽  
pp. 4653
Author(s):  
Jakub Herman ◽  
Piotr Harmata ◽  
Michał Czerwiński ◽  
Olga Strzeżysz ◽  
Marta Pytlarczyk ◽  
...  

The synthesis and characterization of new deuterated liquid crystal (LC) compounds based on phenyl tolane core is described in this paper. The work presents an alternative molecular approach to the conventional LC design. Correlations between molecular structure and mesomorphic and optical properties for compounds which are alkyl-hydrogen terminated and alkyl-deuterium, have been drawn. The compounds are characterized by mass spectrometry (electron ionization) analysis and infrared spectroscopy. They show enantiotropic nematic behavior in a broad temperature range, confirmed by a polarizing thermomicroscopy and differential scanning calorimetry. Detailed synthetic procedures are attached. Synthesized compounds show a significantly reduced absorption in the near-infrared (NIR) and medium-wavelength infrared (MWIR) radiation range, and stand as promising components of medium to highly birefringent liquid crystalline mixtures.


1979 ◽  
Vol 57 (4) ◽  
pp. 458-465 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert J. Cushley ◽  
Bruce J. Forrest ◽  
Anne Gillis ◽  
Jenifer Tribe

Phospholipid bilayers containing branched chain molecules, phytol (1), vitamin E (2), and phytanic acid (3), have been investigated by 31P nmr, esr, and differential scanning calorimetry (dsc).A 31P lanthanide induced shift study indicated varying permeabilities to Pr3+ in the order phytanic acid > vitamin E > phytol > egg yolk lecithin alone; the half-lives (in days) were 0.002, 0.14, 0.83, and 6.5, respectively. The activation energy for Pr3+ permeation through the egg yolk lecithin–phytol membrane was found to be 84.9 ± 0.8 kJ.The following esr order parameters, S3, were obtained using the extrinsic spin label, 5-doxylpalmitic acid, in oriented mixed multibilayers: S3 (1) = 0.29, S3 (2) = 0.50, and S3 (3) = 0.02.Differential scanning calorimetry revealed a lowering of the gel–liquid crystalline phase transition temperature, Tc, as the concentration of incorporated isoprenoid compound increases, with eventual disappearance of the endotherm. Specific entropy, s, calculated for dipalmitoyl lecithin +25 mol% 3 is 126 J kg−1 K−1 compared to s = 114.2 J kg−1 K−1 for 1and s = 85 J kg−1 K−1 for 2.


2019 ◽  
Vol 43 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 67-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adil A Awad ◽  
Al-Ameen Bariz OmarAli ◽  
Ahmed Jasim M Al-Karawi ◽  
Zyad Hussein J Al-Qaisi ◽  
Samer Ghanim Majeed

{1-[4-( n-Alkoxy)]-2-(4’-decyloxy)benzylidene}hydrazines ( n-alkoxy = O(CH2) nH, n = 1–9, 12, 16 or 18), an asymmetrical series of 1,2-disubstituted hydrazines, were prepared in a simple two-step procedure as a part of our continuing work in evaluating hydrophobic azine compounds as photoluminescent liquid crystalline materials. The compounds were characterized spectroscopically and their liquid crystalline behaviour and luminescent properties were evaluated using polarized light optical microscopy, differential scanning calorimetry and X-ray powder diffraction techniques. The studies revealed that all of these compounds are liquid crystalline materials exhibiting photoluminescent properties in the crystalline and liquid crystal states.


1997 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 425 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary M. Day ◽  
Owen T. Howell ◽  
Michael R. Metzler ◽  
Paul D. Woodgate

Several series of stilbene derivatives for possible use as smart additives in polymers used as packaging films have been prepared and characterized. Differential scanning calorimetry was performed on some of the stilbenes in order to determine any liquid crystal properties. Those compounds which had multiple phase transitions were also shown to have two liquid crystalline phases according to optical microscopy.


2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Ruiqi Wang ◽  
Bing Zhou ◽  
Zichen Wang

Lignin was oxidized by NaOCl, and the main product of the reaction was named lignin-derived polycarboxylic acids (LPCAs). The effect of the reaction conditions was studied. With the mix ratio [n(NaOCl)/m(lignin)] increasing, the content of carboxyl of LPCAs increased. When the reaction temperature or the reaction time increased, the content of carboxyl decreased in different degrees. After the oxidation by NaOCl, the content of hydroxyl and methoxyl of lignin decreased, and the molecular weight of lignin decreased as well. The FT-IR and 1H-NMR spectrum of lignin suggested that the benzene rings of lignin were disrupted after the oxidation. A possible mechanism of the oxidation of lignin by sodium hypochlorite is supposed to briefly demonstrate the reason that the benzene rings were disrupted and the content of carboxyl increased. Finally, an application example shows that LPCAs can strengthen the mechanical properties of waterborne polyurethane elastomers.


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