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CHEMPHYSCHEM
卷 11, 期 17, 页码 3752-3765出版社
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201000444
关键词
charge distribution; density functional calculations; internal dynamics; liquid crystals; mesophases
资金
- Bundesministerium fur Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) [01 RI 05177]
- Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- Ministerium fur Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst des Landes Baden-Wurttemberg
- Fonds der Chemischen Industrie
A series of N-4-(4'-alkoxybiphenyl)-N',N',N '',N ''-tetramethylguanidinium salts was synthesized with varying alkoxy chain lengths and additional N-alkyl substituents, each with a number of different counterions. X-ray crystal-structure analyses of 1b I, 1b PF6, 2a I, and 4a I reveal bilayer structures in the solid state and, for the 1b and 1b PF6 salts, a hydrogen-bond-type connectivity between the guanidinium N-H group and the anion is found. For the N-alkyl homologues 2a I and 4a I the anion is still oriented close to the head group, although at a larger distance. Ion pairs are present also in solution, as demonstrated by H-1 NMR: the N-H chemical shift shows a good linear correlation with the radius, and hence the hardness, of the anion. The intramolecular conformational flexibility of 1b I, 2b I, 3b I, and 4b I was studied by temperature-dependent 1H NMR spectroscopy and discrete activation barriers were determined for rotations about each of the three C-N partial double bonds of the guanidinium core. The relative heights of the individual barriers change between the N-H and the N-alkylguanidinium salts. A fourth barrier is observed for the rotation about the N-biphenyl bond. DFT calculations of charge densities show that the positive charge resides primarily on the central carbon atom. Rotational barriers were calculated for N'-substituted 2-amino-1,3-dimethylimidazolidinium cations as models, and are in qualitatively good agreement with the NMR data. Mesomorphic properties were studied by differential-scanning calorimetry, polarizing optical microscopy, and X-ray diffraction (WAXS/SAXS). All liquid-crystalline guanidinium salts exhibit smectic A mesophases. Clearing temperatures show a linear correlation with the anionic radius. Substitution of the N-H group with methyl, ethyl, or propyl results in decreasing mesophase widths and a concomitant shrinkage of the layer spacings.
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