The influence of intraannular templates on the liquid crystallinity of shape-persistent macrocycles

• Joscha Vollmeyer,
• Ute Baumeister and
• Sigurd Höger

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 910–920, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.89

• planar. Keywords: discotic liquid crystals; shape-persistent macrocycles; templates; X-ray scattering; Introduction The supramolecular chemistry of shape-persistent macrocycles has enormously expanded during the past several years [1][2][3][4][5][6]. It covers the non-covalent interaction between the

• naphthylene corners allow an efficient surrounding of the macrocycles with an alkyl fringe, according to the general design principle for discotic liquid crystals [47]. In addition to the macrocycles with intraannular bridges, we also synthesized and investigated a corresponding compound with an empty

Triphenylene discotic liquid crystal trimers synthesized by Co₂(CO)₈-catalyzed terminal alkyne [2 + 2 + 2] cycloaddition

• Bin Han,
• Ping Hu,
• Bi-Qin Wang,
• Carl Redshaw and
• Ke-Qing Zhao

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 2852–2861, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.321

• mesomorphism. Keywords: Co2(CO)8 catalyzed cycloaddition; columnar mesophase; discotic liquid crystal; triphenylene; oligomer; Introduction Discotic liquid crystals (DLCs) with nematic phase have been commercially utilized in the liquid crystal display industry as optical compensating films for widening the

Synthesis and structure of trans-bis(1,4-dimesityl-3-methyl-1,2,3-triazol-5-ylidene)palladium(II) dichloride and diacetate. Suzuki–Miyaura coupling of polybromoarenes with high catalytic turnover efficiencies

• Jeelani Basha Shaik,
• Venkatachalam Ramkumar,
• Babu Varghese and
• Sethuraman Sankararaman

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 698–704, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.79

• find application in the areas of molecular electronics, organic discotic liquid crystals and OLEDs [24][25]. One of the ways to approach the synthesis of these interesting compounds is to carry out multiple C–C coupling reactions with suitable polybromoarene derivatives. In multiple C–C coupling

Efficient electroorganic synthesis of 2,3,6,7,10,11-hexahydroxytriphenylene derivatives

• Carolin Regenbrecht and
• Siegfried R. Waldvogel

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 1721–1724, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.196

• common structural motif. The use of triphenylenes in discotic liquid crystals [1][2] as building blocks in supramolecular chemistry [3][4] as well as in solid-state chemistry [5] is well documented. Furthermore, triphenylenes are applied as components of functional polymers [6][7] and fluorescent labels

Liquid-crystalline nanoparticles: Hybrid design and mesophase structures

• Gareth L. Nealon,
• Romain Greget,
• Cristina Dominguez,
• Zsuzsanna T. Nagy,
• Daniel Guillon,
• Jean-Louis Gallani and
• Bertrand Donnio

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 349–370, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.39

• triphenylene discotic liquid crystals without disruption of the nature of the mesophase. Furthermore, thin films of Au@236,6 displayed 2-D hexagonal ordering on TEM grids, with interparticle distances less than twice the length of the organic moieties suggesting that the ligands at the surface were

Self-assembled ordered structures in thin films of HAT5 discotic liquid crystal

• Piero Morales,
• Jan Lagerwall,
• Paolo Vacca,
• Sabine Laschat and
• Giusy Scalia

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, No. 51, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.51

• compared to the bulk situation, where the same material crystallizes into a polymorphic structure at 68 °C. Keywords: AFM; discotic liquid crystals; hexapentyloxytriphenylene; self-organization; thin films; Introduction Discotic liquid crystals are an interesting type of organic semiconductors that allow

• discotic liquid crystals in micrometer-sized regions of uniform planar alignment. The self-organizing nature of discotics is thus a powerful and promising tool for creating controlled nanometric or micrometric structures. Experimental HAT5 was dissolved in toluene at different concentrations and deposited

Saddle-shaped tetraphenylenes with peripheral gallic esters displaying columnar mesophases

• Eugen Wuckert,
• Constanze Hägele,
• Frank Giesselmann,
• Angelika Baro and
• Sabine Laschat

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2009, 5, No. 57, doi:10.3762/bjoc.5.57

• was detected. Keywords: columnar mesophases; discotic liquid crystals; tetraphenylene; Introduction Columnar liquid crystals have received increasing interest during the last decade due to their 1D charge transport and self-healing properties, which make them particularly promising candidates for

Novel banana-discotic hybrid architectures

• Hari Krishna Bisoyi,
• H. T. Srinivasa and
• Sandeep Kumar

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2009, 5, No. 52, doi:10.3762/bjoc.5.52

• , smectic and columnar phases. On the other hand, the unique geometry of the columnar mesophase formed by discotic liquid crystals is of great importance not only as models for the study of one-dimensional charge and energy migration in organized systems but also as functional materials for device

Shape- persistent macrocycle with intraannular alkyl groups: some structural limits of discotic liquid crystals with an inverted structure

• Sigurd Höger,
• Jill Weber,
• Andreas Leppert and
• Volker Enkelmann

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2008, 4, No. 1, doi:10.1186/1860-5397-4-1

• defined surfaces [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]. Furthermore, shape-persistent macrocycles are interesting mesogens for discotic liquid crystalline materials [9][10][11][12]. The common design principle of conventional discotic liquid crystals (LCs) is a more or less rigid core (disk-like or macrocyclic) with

• parameter to fine tune the thermal behavior of discotic liquid crystals with an inverted structure. This parameter is absent in conventional discotic liquid crystals. As expected, longer adaptable alkyl substituents (compared to 1) decrease the melting point of the macrocycles but at the same time also

• /conts/retrieving.html, or from the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre, 12 Union Road, Cambridge CB2 1EZ, UK; fax: (+44)1223-336033; or email: deposit@ccdc.cam.ac.uk. a) Design principle for common discotic liquid crystals; b) Design principle for discotic liquid crystals with an inverted structure