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Hexa‐ O ‐alkanoyl‐ scyllo ‐inositols, the First Alicyclic, Saturated, Discotic Liquid Crystals
Author(s) -
Kohne Bernd,
Praefcke Klaus
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.198400821
Subject(s) - degree of unsaturation , planarity testing , hexa , mesophase , alicyclic compound , molecule , cyclopentane , discotic liquid crystal , crystallography , chemistry , thermotropic crystal , stereochemistry , materials science , liquid crystalline , organic chemistry , polymer , phase (matter)
The “nucleus” of liquid crystals having a disc‐shaped molecular structure has almost always involved the use of a benzene ring. Since the title compounds 1 have broad mesophase regions, it would appear to rest less on the unsaturation than on the space filling, planarity and rigidity of the molecule.