Hexa-Coordinated Silicon Complexes Derived from Regioisomeric Aminotriphenylethanols and Their use as Dopants for Liquid Crystals

Abstract

Tridentate imine ligands that are obtained from the chiral, regioisomeric amino alcohols 2-amino-1,1,2-triphenyethanol and 2-amino-1,2,2-triphenylethanol serve for the formation of bis-chelated silicon complexes. Whereas the complex based on the former amino alcohol is obtained as a diastereomeric mixture, the complex that is derived from 2-amino-1,2,2-triphenylethanol forms in a completely diastereoselective manner, and its configuration is determined as (A,R,R), according to a crystal structure analysis. The new silicon complexes are found to be efficient dopants for the conversion of nematic liquid crystals into cholesteric phases.

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An interlaboratory capillary zone electrophoresis-UV study of various monoclonal antibodies,instruments, and ε-aminocaproic acid lots

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Phosphaniminato‐Komplexe von Rhenium(VII). Synthesen und Kristallstrukturen von [ReO3(NPR3)] (R = Ph,Et) sowie von [ReO(OSiMe3)3(Me3SiNPEt3)]

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