Dimethylmercury in mixtures of thermotropic nematogens

Abstract

The geometry of dimethylmercury was studied in several mixtures of the liquid crystals ZLI 1167 and phase 4. The variation of the geometry is not very large but systematic changes can be detected as a function of the liquid crystal composition. The anisotropics, δsgrave], of the ¹H, ¹³C and ¹⁹⁹Hg shielding tensors were investigated by applying two methods based on mixing liquid crystals with opposite diamagnetic anisotropies and by applying various referencing methods. Apart from these, the anisotropy, δJ _HgC, of the ¹⁹⁹Hg–¹³C spin–spin coupling tensor was studied in four mixtures of these liquid crystals, and was found to vary with the solvent.