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The synthesis and crystal structure of a liquid‐crystalline ester of 4‐carboxyphenylferrocene
Author(s) -
Loubser Christa,
Imrie Christopher,
van Rooyen Petrus H.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.19930050109
Subject(s) - ferrocene , materials science , liquid crystal , liquid crystalline , crystal structure , crystallography , crystal (programming language) , optoelectronics , chemistry , electrochemistry , electrode , computer science , programming language
Incorporation of ferrocene into a liquid crystal (see Figure) results in a material which offers the potential combination of the properties of an enantiotropic liquid crystal with NLO or magnetic activity. The compound demonstrates that monosubstituted ferrocene can be used to stabilize liquid crystal phases. Its LC properties and its X‐ray structure are discussed.