Journal of the Chinese Chemical Society

Smectic Bimetallomesogens: Synthesis and Mesomorphic Properties in Oxygen??Bridged Dicopper and Divanadyl Complexes

YF Leu, CK Lai

Index: Leu, Yi-Fun; Lai, Chung K. Journal of the Chinese Chemical Society, 1997 , vol. 44, # 2 p. 89 - 91

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Abstract

Abstract The synthesis and mesomorphic properties of a homologous series of N-(3- hydroxypropyl)-4-alkoxylsalicylaldimine, N-(3-hydroxypropyl)-4-(4′-alkoxybenzoxy) salicylaldimine, and their dicopper (II) and di-oxovanadium (VI) complexes are reported. Copper complexes exhibited monotropic smectic A phases; however, vanadyl complexes showed no mesomorphism. A systematic comparison revealed that the meso-genie ...