Synthesis and comparative study of the heterocyclic rings on liquid crystalline properties of 2,5-aryl-1,3,4-oxa(thia)diazole derivatives containing furan and thiophene units |
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| Authors: | Jie Han Feng-Yan Zhang Juan-Yu Wang Yan-Mei Wang Mei-Li Pang Ji-Ben Meng |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Chemistry , Nankai University , Tianjin, 300071, China hanjie@nankai.edu.cn;3. Department of Chemistry , Nankai University , Tianjin, 300071, China |
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| Abstract: | A series of heterocyclic liquid crystalline compounds containing 1,3,4-oxadiazole/thiadiazole, furan and thiophene units were synthesised and characterised by means of electrospray ionisation-mass spectrometry (ESI-MS), high-resolution mass spectroscopy (HRMS), 1H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and 13C NMR. The thermal behaviours were investigated by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and polarised optical microscopy (POM). The effect of the 1,3,4-oxadiazole, 1,3,4-thiadiazole, furan, thiophene and benzene rings on the liquid crystalline properties was discussed briefly in context with the geometrical and electronic factors. The results showed that the tendency to form mesophases follows the sequence: 1,4-disustituted benzene >2,5-disubstituted thiophene >2,5-disustituted furan and 1,3,4-thiadiazole >1,3,4-oxadiazole. |
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| Keywords: | heterocycle liquid crystals structure-property relation synthesis |
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