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New Family of Enantiomerically Pure Liquid Crystals Containing a Chiral Biphenyl Core
Author(s) -
Solladié Guy,
Hugelé Philippe,
Bartsch Richard,
Skoulios Antoine
Publication year - 1996
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.199615331
Subject(s) - biphenyl , chirality (physics) , core (optical fiber) , liquid crystal , crystallography , aryl , materials science , liquid crystalline , axial chirality , stereochemistry , chemistry , enantioselective synthesis , organic chemistry , chiral symmetry , catalysis , physics , composite material , optoelectronics , alkyl , quantum mechanics , nambu–jona lasinio model , quark
Cholesteric mesophases are formed by compounds of type 1 with axial chirality. The key to this behavior is the rigid twisted biphenyl core; the planes of the two aryl rings form an angle of 56° (R R′ 4‐C 8 H 17 OC 6 H 4 CO 2 ).