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We present the synthesised chiral dopant 2-[(2-isopropyl-5-methylcyclohexyl)oxy]-2-oxoethyl 4-{(E)-[4-(decyloxy)phenyl]diazenyl}benzoate (ChD-3501), consisting of azo- and aliphatic fragments together with a chiral centre based on  l -menthol as a reversible light-controllable chiral dopant. To assess the effects of UV–vis irradiation and temperature in the isotropic and liquid crystalline (LC) states, we studied the spectral kinetics of ethanol solution of ChD-3501, as well as induction of the cholesteric helix when it was dissolved in nematic LC (E7) as a chiral dopant. The concentration dependence of the helical pitch of the induced cholesterics was studied by means on Grandjean–Cano method, and the helical twisting power of ChD-3501 in the nematic host E7 was determined. The reversible  trans-cis  isomerisation of chiral dopant ChD-3501 in E7 under UV–vis irradiation was studied, and it has been found that the storage of the  cis -isomer at certain constant temperature also leads to the reversible isomerisation. Possible applications of the studied system are discussed.

Light-controllable chiral dopant based on azo-fragment: synthesis and characterisation