Journal
LIQUID CRYSTALS
Volume 46, Issue 7, Pages 1156-1166Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/02678292.2019.1566581
Keywords
Lateral substituent; Schiff base ester; mesophase stability; nematic phase; DFT
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Four new groups of 4-((2'-substitutedphenylimino)methyl)phenyl-4-alkoxy benzoates, Ina-d, of Schiff base ester liquid crystals, were prepared and investigated for their mesophase formation and stability. Each group constitutes four homologous series that differ from each other by the lateral attached polar group X in the ortho position for the imine mesogen at terminal benzene ring that alternatively changed from F, Br, NO2 and lateral benzene ring. Within each homologous series, the number (n) of carbons in the alkoxy chain varies between 6, 8, 10 and 12. Molecular structures of the prepared compounds were confirmed via elemental analysis, FT-IR, and H-1 NMR spectroscopy. Mesomorphic properties were investigated by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and the phase identified by polarised light microscopy (PLM). A comparative study was made between the investigated compounds and their previously prepared laterally neat, 4-((4'-phenylimino)methyl)phenyl-4-alkoxy benzoates (IIn); the result revealed that all lateral substituents not only decrease the melting temperature but also the mesophase stability and shown only nematic phase. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations for new lateral derivatives were discussed.
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