110560-00-4

Upstream product

• 4128-31-8 rac-octan-2-ol 
• 619-42-1 4-methoxycarbonylphenyl bromide 
• 99-76-3 methyl 4-hydroxylbenzoate 

Downstream Products

• 103576-25-6 4-(1-methyl-butoxy)-benzoic acid 
• 110560-01-5 (+/-)-4-(1-methylheptyloxy)benzoic acid 

Relevant academic research and scientific papers

Light-Promoted Nickel Catalysis: Etherification of Aryl Electrophiles with Alcohols Catalyzed by a NiII-Aryl Complex

A highly effective C?O coupling reaction of (hetero)aryl electrophiles with primary and secondary alcohols is reported. Catalyzed by a NiII-aryl complex under long-wave UV (390–395 nm) irradiation in the presence of a soluble amine base without any additional photosensitizer, the reaction enables the etherification of aryl bromides and aryl chlorides as well as sulfonates with a wide range of primary and secondary aliphatic alcohols, affording synthetically important ethers. Intramolecular C?O coupling is also possible. The reaction appears to proceed via a NiI–NiIII catalytic cycle.

Liquid crystalline properties of unsymmetrical bent-core compounds containing chiral moieties

The synthesis, characterization and mesomorphic properties of new unsymmetrical bent-core compounds containing chiral moieties are reported. These compounds have been derived from either 3-hydroxybenzoic acid or 2,7-dihydroxynaphthalene as the central unit. The chiral group is incorporated either within the bent-core structure as a linking group or is appended in the terminal position. The influence of the position of the chiral moiety on the mesomorphic properties has been investigated. The bent-core compounds containing a chiral group (octan-2-ol) in the terminal chain exhibit a direct transition from chiral calamitic phases such as SmC*, SmC*γ to a polar banana phase with a two-dimensional lattice (ColobP A*) on decreasing temperature. In order to prove this phase sequence, the corresponding compound with a racemic octan-2-ol group at the terminal chain has been synthesized. The preliminary observations and investigations are presented for comparison with the chiral compound. Possible explanations for this unusual phase sequence and the models for the Col obPA* (SmCsPA*) phase are also discussed on the basis of X-ray and electric field experiments. The Royal Society of Chemistry 2005.