Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2014, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (7): 1433.doi: 10.7503/cjcu20131233

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Syntheses and Properties of Four-ring Liquid Crystals with Ethylene and Internal Alkyne Bridge

CHEN Ran1, AN Zhongwei1,2,*(), CHEN Xinbing1, CHEN Pei1   

  1. 1. Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710119, China
    2. Xi'an Modern Chemistry Research Institute, Xi'an 710065, China
  • Received:2013-12-16 Online:2014-07-10 Published:2014-06-10
  • Contact: AN Zhongwei E-mail:gmecazw@163.com
  • Supported by:
    Supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Shannxi Province, China(No.2012JM2002), the Key Science and Technology Program of Shaanxi Province, China(No.2012K08-09), the State Education for the Research Team of Central Universities, China(NosGK261001108, GK261001009), the State Education Ministry and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, China(NosGK201101003, GK201302036, GK201302037)

Abstract:

Ten four-ring liquid crystals with ethylene and internal alkyne bridge were synthesized via Grignard reaction, Huang Minglong reduction, iodination, “one-pot” Sonogashira cross-coupling reaction with trans-4-alkyl-cyclohexane-carboxylic-acid as the starting substrate. The structures of the compounds were confirmed by infrared spectrometry(IR), nuclear magnetic resonance(NMR) and mass spectra(MS). The differential scanning calorimetry(DSC), polarising optical microscopy(POM) and Abbe refractometer were used to measure their properties. The results show that the compounds possess high clearing point(220—240 ℃), broad nematic phase(59.6—99.6 ℃) and high birefringence(Δn>0.3). These properties match the requirement of liquid crystal optics.

Key words: High clearing point, Alkyne-bridge, Birefringence, Terahertz

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