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Carbohydrate‐Based Liquid Crystals: Mesogenic 1‐ O ‐Alkyl Derivatives of 2,5‐Anhydrohexitols
Author(s) -
Köll Peter,
Oelting Michael
Publication year - 1986
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.198603681
Subject(s) - thermotropic crystal , mesogen , liquid crystal , alkyl , chemistry , carbohydrate , organic chemistry , stereochemistry , materials science , liquid crystalline , polymer , optoelectronics
Structural elements of sugars and fatty alcohols are present in the title compounds, which form thermotropic liquid crystals (for n≥6). This is substantiated by two series with L ‐ ido and D ‐ gluco configuration. The value of n was varied from 5 to 17.