Design and characterization of novel supramolecular liquid crystals involving multiple hydrogen bonds
Titel:
Design and characterization of novel supramolecular liquid crystals involving multiple hydrogen bonds
Auteur:
Li, Min Guo, Chaowei Wu, Yuqing
Verschenen in:
Liquid crystals
Paginering:
Jaargang 29 (2002) nr. 8 pagina's 1031-1037
Jaar:
2002-08-01
Inhoud:
A novel type of liquid crystalline system, namely 5-[4-(4-methoxyphenylazo)phenyloxyalkyloxy]isophthalic acidhydrazides (Dn, n = 3, 6, 10) was designed and synthesized. The FTIR spectra of the Dn compounds were examined in the range 4000-1000 cm-1 at different temperatures. The results showed that the stretching vibration frequencies of the NH and C=O groups, and the NH2 deformation shifted to lower frequencies with decrease of temperature, while out-of-plane NH bending shifted slightly to higher frequency. Intermolecular hydrogen bonding between NH, NH2 and C=O groups is proposed and the schematic supramolecular Dn structure is given. This may explain the higher Dn transitional temperatures and their smectic phase behaviour compared with that of 5-[4-(4-methoxyphenylazo)phenyloxyalkyloxy]isophthalic acid diethyl esters.