ISSN:
0941-1216
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Organic Chemistry
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
The syntheses and the properties of new sulfurligated liquid crystalline sulfones, containing biphenyl units, as well as the influence of lateral nitro groups on their phase behaviour are described. Differential scanning calorimetry, optical polarizing microscopy and X-ray diffraction measurements reveal liquid crystalline properties for most of the synthesized bis(4-alkoxy-biphenyl-3-yl)sulfones (4). The mesomorphic behaviour of these compounds is compared with that of the corresponding nitro compounds 6. The bis(4-alkoxy-6-nitrobiphenyl-3-yl)sulfones (6) are not mesogenic. The results demonstrate that lateral nitro groups introduced into the biphenyl unit, changing the length-breadth relation, depress the thermal stability and lead to the loss of the mesomorphic properties.
Additional Material:
3 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/prac.19983400703
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