Journal
CRYSTALS
Volume 12, Issue 5, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/cryst12050715
Keywords
liquid crystals; ionic liquid crystals; pyridinium salts; 4-pyridone; columnar phase
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This work describes the synthesis and characterization of novel ionic liquid crystals based on pyridinium salts. The stability of the liquid crystals is influenced by the length of the alkyl chains, with longer chains exhibiting two enantiotropic columnar phases. Surprisingly, pyridinium salts with larger counterions do not exhibit liquid crystal properties.
The synthesis and characterization of novel ionic liquid crystals based on pyridinium salts with Br- and PF6- counterions are described in this work. These pyridinium salts were derived from 4-hydroxypyridine, both by N- and O-alkylation. The 3,4,5-tri(alkyloxy)-benzyl mesogenic unit was attached to the nitrogen atom of the pyridinium ring. Alkyl chains with a different number of carbon atoms (6, 8, 10, 12 and 14) were employed in order to show the effect on the stability of mesophase. The POM (polarizing optical microscopy) and XRD (powder X-ray diffraction) studies indicated that bromide salts with shorter chains C-6, C-8 and C-10 do not show mesomorphic properties, while longer chain analogues with C-12 and C-14 exhibit two enantiotropic columnar phases. Surprisingly, the pyridinium salts with the larger size PF6- counterion do not exhibit liquid crystal properties.
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