Use of intermolecular hydrogen bonding for the induction of liquid crystallinity in the side chain of polysiloxanes

U Kumar, T Kato, JMJ Frechet

Index: Kumar, Uday; Kato, Takashi; Frechet, Jean M. J. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1992 , vol. 114, # 17 p. 6630 - 6639

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Abstract: A new type of liquid crystalline side chain polysiloxane has been built through self- assembly via intermolecular hydrogen bonding between H-bond donor and acceptor moieties. Poly (methylsi1oxanes) and poly (methy1-co-dimethylsiloxanes) with side chains containing 4-alkoxybenzoic acid pendant groups attached through aliphatic spacers were synthesized for use as H-bond donor polymers. trans-4-[(4-Methoxybenzoyl) oxy]-4'- ...