Synthesis and supramolecular chemistry of novel liquid crystalline crown ether-substituted phthalocyanines: Toward molecular wires and molecular ionoelectronics

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/ja00145a004

The synthesis of the metal-free and the dihydroxysilicon derivatives of tetrakis[4′,5′-bis(decoxy)benzo-18-crown-6]phthalocyanine is described. The metal-free phthalocyanine is liquid crystalline and exhibits a crystalline phase to mesophase transition at