Synthesis and study of new rod-like mesogens containing 2-aminothiophene unit |
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Authors: | Zita Puterová Jerzy Romiszewski Jozef Mieczkowski Ewa Gorecka |
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Affiliation: | Department of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Al. ?wirki i Wigury 101, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland |
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Abstract: | We present a synthesis and mesomorphic properties of a new series of rod-like mesogens. All the compounds possess a substituted 2-aminothiophene unit as a main element in the structure attached to a stilbene moiety with a terminal alkyloxy chain (OR1, OR2 where R1=CnH2n+1, R2=CmH2m+1; n, m ranging from 6 to 12). The synthesis of alkyloxybiphenyl substituted 2-aminothiophenes was carried out by the Gewald reaction and the appropriate reaction conditions were investigated. The liquid–crystalline properties were studied via polarizing optical microscopy, differential scanning calorimetry and X-ray diffraction. These materials exhibit nematic and/or smectic A phases. The influence of structural changes (variation in alkyloxy chain length and symmetry of the molecule) on mesogenic behaviour is discussed. Evaluation of UV–vis, fluorescent and electrochemical properties are also included. |
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