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Fluorination‐Induced Evolution of Columnar Packing in Fluorous Triphenylenes and Benzotriphenylenes
Author(s) -
Rippy Kerry C.,
DeWeerd Nicholas J.,
Kuvychko Igor V.,
Chen YuSheng,
Strauss Steven H.,
Boltalina Olga V.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
chempluschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.801
H-Index - 61
ISSN - 2192-6506
DOI - 10.1002/cplu.201800572
Subject(s) - triphenylene , cover (algebra) , discotic liquid crystal , materials science , crystallography , liquid crystal , chemistry , engineering , optoelectronics , mechanical engineering
Invited for this month's cover are the groups of Steven Strauss/Olga Boltalina at Colorado State University, and Yu‐Sheng Chen at the NSF's ChemMatCARS. The cover picture shows the evolution of fluorous triphenylene crystal packing motifs against the backdrop of the Very Large Array near Magdalena in New Mexico, where scientists study the evolution of the universe. The stepwise structural evolution in columnar packing observed was possible because of the development of a one‐step selective synthesis for triphenylene(C 4 F 8 ) nderivatives ( n = 1–3). These compounds are expected to find application in liquid crystal displays and organic electronics. Read the full text of the article at 10.1002/cplu.201800451 .