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Synthesis and Liquid Crystalline Behaviour of Benzoic Acid Derivatives Containing Methoxyazobenzene

BAI Bing-Lian, LI Min
  

  1. Key Laboratory for Automobile Materials of Ministry of Education, College of Materials Sciences and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
  • Received:2005-12-16 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:2006-09-10 Published:2006-09-10
  • Contact: LI Min

Abstract: A novel type of H-bonded liquid crystals, namely 3,4,5-{4-[(4-methoxy-phenyl)-azo]-phen-oxy}-alkoxy-benzoic acid(Dn, n=3,6,10), was synthesized and characterized. The FT IR spectra of D10 in the range of 1670—1650 cm-1 at different temperatures were examined. The results show that the carboxyl acid groups in D10 are associated to form intermolecular double hydrogen bonding between —C=O and —OH groups in crystalline up to the isotropic phase. The benzoic acid derivatives exhibiting nematic phase were obtained through molecular design by preventing segregation and modulating intermolecular interactions effectively.

Key words: Hydrogen bonds, Methoxyazobenzene, Supramolecule, Benzoic acid derivative

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