Synthesis and liquid crystal properties of certain 5,5″-disubstituted 2,2′:5′,2″-terthienyls

Article abstract of DOI:10.1080/10587259508037316

A preliminary account of the synthesis and liquid crystal properties of representative members of an homologous series of 5-alkanoyl-5″-alkyl-2,2′:5′,2″-terthienyls and the analogous 5,5″-di-alkyl-2,2′:5′,2″-terthienyls is given. The disposition of the three thiophene rings renders the molecular geometry sufficiently anisotropic that suitably substituted compounds are mesomorphic, and the liquid crystal transition temperatures of corresponding members of the two series are compared. The related 5,5′-disubstituted 2,2′-bithienyl derivatives are not mesomorphic.

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The Synthesis and Liquid Crystal
Properties of Certain 5,5″-Disubstituted
2,2′:5′,2″-Terthienyls
D. J. Byron a , A. S. Matharu a , R. C. Wilson a & G. Wright a
a Department of Chemistry and Physics , The Nottingham Trent
University , Clifton Lane, Nottingham, NG11 8NS
Published online: 23 Sep 2006.
To cite this article: D. J. Byron , A. S. Matharu , R. C. Wilson & G. Wright (1995) The Synthesis and
Liquid Crystal Properties of Certain 5,5″-Disubstituted 2,2′:5′,2″-Terthienyls, Molecular Crystals
and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology. Section A. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, 264:1,
227-230, DOI: 10.1080/10587259508037316
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