Crystals 2019, 9(2), 77; https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst9020077
Thermotropic Liquid-Crystalline Properties of Viologens Containing 4-n-alkylbenzenesulfonatesâ€
Pradip K. Bhowmik *
, Anthony Chang, Jongin Kim, Erenz J. Dizon, Ronald Carlo G. Principe and Haesook Han
, Anthony Chang, Jongin Kim, Erenz J. Dizon, Ronald Carlo G. Principe and Haesook Han
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Nevada Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Box 454003, Las Vegas, NV 89154, USA
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This article is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Ananda M. Sarker (1952–2018): deceased on 30 August 2018.
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Received: 28 December 2018 / Revised: 26 January 2019 / Accepted: 28 January 2019 / Published: 1 February 2019
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Ionic Liquid Crystals)
Abstract
A series of viologens containing 4-n-alkylbenzenesulfonates were synthesized by the metathesis reaction of 4-n-alkylbenzenesulfonic acids or sodium 4-n-alkylbezenesulfonates with the respective viologen dibromide in alcohols. Their chemical structures were characterized by Fourier Transform Infrared, 1H and 13C Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectra and elemental analysis. Their thermotropic liquid-crystalline (LC) properties were examined by differential scanning calorimetry and polarizing optical microscopy. They formed LC phases above their melting transitions and showed isotropic transitions. As expected, all the viologen salts had excellent stabilities in the temperature range of 278–295 °C as determined by thermogravimetric analysis. View Full-TextKeywords:
viologens; 4-n-alkylbenzenesulfonic acids; metathesis reaction; ionic liquid crystals; thermotropic; smectic phase A; differential scanning calorimetry; polarizing optical microscopy; thermogravimetric analysis
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Bhowmik, P.K.; Chang, A.; Kim, J.; Dizon, E.J.; Principe, R.C.G.; Han, H. Thermotropic Liquid-Crystalline Properties of Viologens Containing 4-n-alkylbenzenesulfonates. Crystals 2019, 9, 77.
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