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W-shaped liquid crystalline dimers†
Martin Horčic,Jiří Svoboda,Arnošt Seidler,Václav Kozmík,Vladimíra Novotná,Damian Pociecha,Ewa Gorecka
RSC Advances Pub Date : 04/13/2016 00:00:00 , DOI:10.1039/C6RA06268G
Abstract

We present a completely new structural type of W-shape dimers based on naphthalene-2,7-diol and 7-hydroxynaphthalene-2-carboxylic acid. First, bent-core monomers with a terminal hydroxyl group were designed and their mesomorphic properties established. Various modifications of the W-shape dimers were synthesised when two fully developed bent-core monomers were joined together with an isophthalic acid moiety, which introduced the additional inner molecular bend. The W-shape dimers demonstrated that their mesomorphic properties are more complex and versatile in comparison with the corresponding bent-core systems. Contrary to the corresponding monomers, most dimers are enantiotropic and reveal rich polymorphism. Even dimers created from non-mesogenic monomers exhibit mesophases, so the stabilising effect of the dimerisation process can be emphasised.

Graphical abstract: W-shaped liquid crystalline dimers
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