Journal
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
Volume 11, Issue 21, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/app112110347
Keywords
ionic liquids; liquid crystals; fluorinated salts; heterocyclic; mesogens
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- University of Palermo [FFR2019]
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This study discusses the synthesis and characterization of a new class of 1,2,4-oxadiazolylpyridinium as a cationic scaffold for fluorinated ionic liquid crystals. A series of 12 fluorinated heterocyclic salts based on a 1,2,4-oxadiazole moiety, connected to an N-alkylpyridinium unit and a perfluoroheptyl chain, with different alkyl chain lengths and counterions, have been synthesized. The thermotropic properties of these salts, particularly the existence of an enantiotropic mesomorphic smectic liquid crystalline phase for six bis(trifluoromethane)sulfonimide salts, have been investigated.
The synthesis and characterization of a new class of 1,2,4-oxadiazolylpyridinium as a cationic scaffold for fluorinated ionic liquid crystals is herein described. A series of 12 fluorinated heterocyclic salts based on a 1,2,4-oxadiazole moiety, connected through its C(5) or C(3) to an N-alkylpyridinium unit and a perfluoroheptyl chain, differing in the length of the alkyl chain and counterions, has been synthesized. As counterions iodide, bromide and bis(trifluoromethane)sulfonimide have been considered. The synthesis, structure, and liquid crystalline properties of these compounds are discussed on the basis of the tuned structural variables. The thermotropic properties of this series of salts have been investigated by differential scanning calorimetry and polarized optical microscopy. The results showed the existence of an enantiotropic mesomorphic smectic liquid crystalline phase for six bis(trifluoromethane)sulfonimide salts.
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