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Usage

Structure

A trimer of 4-cyanophenol, with each benzene ring connected to three 4-cyanophenoxy groups

Applications

a. Production of liquid crystal materials
b. Potential use in optical devices and electronic displays

Properties

a. Good thermal stability
b. Can be used as a building block in the synthesis of novel organic materials

Research areas

a. Potential use in organic semiconductors
b. Component in organic photovoltaic devices

Upstream product

• 108-73-6 3,5-dihydroxyphenol 
• 1194-02-1 4-fluorobenzonitrile 

Relevant academic research and scientific papers

Bimodal Functionality in a Porous Covalent Triazine Framework by Rational Integration of an Electron-Rich and -Deficient Pore Surface

A porous covalent triazine framework (CTF) consisting of both an electron-deficient central triazine core and electron-rich aromatic building blocks is reported. Taking advantage of the dual nature of the pore surface, bimodal functionality has been achieved. The electron deficiency in the central core has been utilized to address one of the pertinent problems in chemical industries, namely separation of benzene from its cyclic saturated congener, that is, cyclohexane. Also, by virtue of the electron-rich aromatic rings with Lewis basic sites, aqueous-phase chemical sensing of a nitroaromatic compound of highly explosive nature (2,4,6-trinitrophenol; TNP) has been achieved. The present compound supersedes the performance of previously reported COFs in both the aspects. Notably, this reports the first example of pore-surface engineering leading to bimodal functionality in CTFs.

Coordination polymers of silver(i) with the flexible tritopic ligand 1,3,5-Tri(4-cyanophenoxy)benzene: Guest inclusion and luminescent properties

A new flexible tritopic ligand, 1,3,5-tri(4-cyanophenoxy)benzene (1), was synthesised by the reaction of phloroglucinol and para-fluorobenzonitrile. Compound 1 crystallises in the non-centrosymmetric space group Pna21. The reaction of ligand 1 with AgBF4 in the presence of different aromatic guest molecules was found to result in coordination polymers, namely, {[Ag3(1)2(BF4)3(H2O)2]·2C7H8·2CH2Cl2}n (2), {[Ag3(1)2(BF4)3(H2O)2]·2C6H6·2CH2Cl2}n (3). The crystal structures of 2 and 3 reveal that ligand 1 is linked by AgI ions into three-dimensional networks containing channels that are occupied by dichloromethane and aromatic guest molecules. The luminescent properties of crystalline 1 and 3 differ significantly.