Designer ionic liquid crystals based on congruently shaped guanidinium sulfonates

M Butschies, W Frey, S Laschat

Index: Butschies, Martin; Frey, Wolfgang; Laschat, Sabine Chemistry - A European Journal, 2012 , vol. 18, # 10 p. 3014 - 3022

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Abstract

Abstract Ionic liquid crystals are mesogenic compounds that consist of cations and anions, usually rod-like cations and spherical anions. Herein we report a new method for the synthesis of ionic liquid crystals by using cations and anions of the same molecular shape with oppositely charged head groups. Thus, 4-alkoxyphenylpentamethylguanidinium 4- alkoxyphenylsulfonate ion pairs have been synthesised. 4- ...