Toward boronate ester mesogenic structures

M Belloni, M Manickam, ZH Wang…

Index: Belloni, Maura; Manickam; Wang, Zehn-He; Preece, Jon A. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, 2003 , vol. 399, p. 93 - 114

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Abstract

This article describes efforts toward the development of a new core for calamitic mesogens based upon the introduction of an extended heteroaromatic boron-containing ring. A series of tri-catenar mesogenic boronate ester derivatives of the 2-phenyl-1, 3, 2-benzodioxaborole has been synthesized and characterized. The flat central core appeared to be a suitable feature for these derivatives to support anisotropic alignment. Additionally, these ...