A comparative study of the liquid??crystalline behavior of three homologous series of 1, 2??propanediol derivatives

HA van Doren, R van der Geest…

Index: Doren, Henk A. van; Geest, Ralph van der; Kellogg, Richard M.; Wynberg, Hans Recueil des Travaux Chimiques des Pays-Bas, 1990 , vol. 109, # 3 p. 197 - 203

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Abstract

Abstract Homologous series (R= n-hexyl to n-tetradecyl) of 3-(alkylamino)-, 3-(alkylthio)-and 3-alkoxy-1, 2-propanediols have been synthesized and their thermal behavior studied by thermomicroscopy and differential-scanning calorimetry. The occurrence of liquid-crystalline behavior was found to be strongly dependent on both the alkyl-chain length and the hetero- atom that links the alkyl chain to the 1, 2-propanediol moiety.