Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2009, 10(11), 4772-4788; doi:10.3390/ijms10114772
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Synthesis, Characterization and Texture Observations of Calamitic Liquid Crystalline Compounds

Maher A. Qaddoura 1 email and Kevin D. Belfield 1,2,* email
1 Department of Chemistry; University of Central Florida, P.O. Box 162366, Orlando, FL 32816- 2366, USA 2 CREOL, The College of Optics and Photonics, University of Central Florida, P.O. Box 162366, Orlando, FL 32816-2366, USA
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Received: 1 September 2009; in revised form: 1 October 2009 / Accepted: 19 October 2009 / Published: 4 November 2009
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Liquid Crystals)
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Abstract: Several divinylic mesogenic monomers were synthesized based on coupling the monomer 4-(4-pentenyloxy)benzoic acid with chlorohydroquinone, 2,5-dihydroxyacetophenone, methylhydroquinone or 2-methoxyhydroquinone. This resulted in novel mesogens of phenylene esters with different lateral substituent groups. The effect of the lateral substituent group on the thermotropic phase behavior for these liquid crystalline compounds was investigated using DSC and optical polarized microscopy. All the mesogens proved to have a wide nematic liquid crystalline range. Only the phenylene ester, which has a methoxy lateral substituent, exhibited both nematic and smectic phases. Structural confirmation of all new derivatives was accomplished by 1H- and 13C-NMR spectroscopic analysis, along with CH elemental analysis.
Keywords: liquid crystalline texture; nematic phase; smectic phase

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Qaddoura, M.A.; Belfield, K.D. Synthesis, Characterization and Texture Observations of Calamitic Liquid Crystalline Compounds. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2009, 10, 4772-4788.

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Qaddoura MA, Belfield KD. Synthesis, Characterization and Texture Observations of Calamitic Liquid Crystalline Compounds. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2009; 10(11):4772-4788.

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Qaddoura, Maher A.; Belfield, Kevin D. 2009. "Synthesis, Characterization and Texture Observations of Calamitic Liquid Crystalline Compounds." Int. J. Mol. Sci. 10, no. 11: 4772-4788.

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