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Chiral liquid crystalline compounds from D-(+)-glucose
Ho,Ho, Wai Ming,Wong,Wong, Henry N. C.,Navailles,Navailles, Laurence,Destrade,Destrade, Christian,Nguyen,Nguyen, Huu Tinh,Isaert,Isaert, Noel
, p. 7373 - 7388 (2007/10/02)
D-(+)-Glucose was used as a starting material to prepare four potentially useful chiral liquid crystalline molecules 2, 3, 4 and 5 having multiple chiral centers in their rigid cores. It is clear that 2 indeed incorporates properties essential for ferroelectric liquid crystals, i.e., a chiral smectic C phase with an induced spontaneous polarization of about 23 nC/cm2. Compound 3, on the other hand, shows only a nematic phase, while 4 merely shows a sharp melting point and 5 is an oil.
