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(−)‐Isocamphoric Acid Building Block for Chiral Liquid Crystals
Author(s) -
Lesac Andreja,
MoslavacForjan Davorka,
Bruce Duncan W.,
Šunjić Vitomir
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
helvetica chimica acta
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.74
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1522-2675
pISSN - 0018-019X
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1522-2675(19991006)82:10<1707::aid-hlca1707>3.0.co;2-k
Subject(s) - mesogen , chirality (physics) , chemistry , liquid crystal , phase (matter) , block (permutation group theory) , crystallography , planar chirality , stereochemistry , liquid crystalline , organic chemistry , enantioselective synthesis , optics , chiral symmetry , catalysis , geometry , physics , mathematics , quantum mechanics , quark , nambu–jona lasinio model
The synthesis and liquid‐crystal properties of the novel chiral (−)‐isocamphoric acid ester 8 are reported. Although the new material is not itself mesogenic, it induces chirality in the nematic and smectic‐C phase of an achiral host. A proposed mechanism for the chiral induction according to the `intercalated chirality' model opens the possibility for fine‐tuning the chiroptical properties of the induced chiral mesophases.