- Organic thermotropic nematic compounds
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A new family of organic thermotropic nematic compounds comprising N-(para-substituted alkoxy-benzylidene)-anilines having also a para-n-butyl substituent on the aniline ring. These compounds have the following structural formula: STR1 wherein R is a straight chain alkyl group containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms and R' is n-butyl. Synthesis involves combining the desired p-substituted benzaldehyde and p-n-butyl aniline in equimolar proportions in anhydrous ethyl alcohol with glacial acetic acid as catalyst. The resulting homologous series of compounds are useful as materials which undergo a change in optical properties under the influence of externally applied energy, preferred members of which, either individually or in binary mixtures, have melting points near room temperature, a broad nematic mesomorphic temperature range within an overall range of about 0° to about 70° C., low viscosity in the nematic phase, good stability, and substantially no color.
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- PROPERTIES OF A HOMOLOGOUS SERIES OF 0-HYDROXY SUBSTITUTED ANILS AND SOME BINARY MIXTURES.
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In an earlier report,**(**1**) an 0-hydroxy substituted analog (OHMBBA) of the room temperature nematic N-(p-methoxybenzylidene)-p-n-butylaniline (MBBA) was prepared, and intramolecular hydrogen bonding was found to stabilize the compound against cleavage of the anil linkage. To examine the properties of this class of compounds, the synthesis of several such 0-hydroxy substituted compounds was undertaken, and their liquid crystalline properties determined. Two broad temperature range binary systems were also examined consisting of OHMBBA mixed with N-(p-ethoxybenzylidene)-p-n-butylaniline (EBBA), and OHMBBA mixed with N-(p-methoxybenzylidene)-p-n-pentylaniline (MPBA) and their phase diagrams determined. The dynamic scattering behavior of one of these binaries - 50-50 OHMBBA-EBBA - was examined.
- Hirata,Waxman,Teucher,Labes
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p. 343 - 348
(2007/10/05)
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