A. Nagata et al., SYNTHESIS AND MESOMORPHIC BEHAVIOR OF [5,10,15,20-TETRAKIS(4-N-DODECYLPHENYL)PORPHINATO] MOLYBDENUM(V), Inorganica Chimica Acta, 238(1-2), 1995, pp. 169-171
etrakis(4-n-dodecylphenyl)porphinato]molybdenum(V) was synthesised and
found to exhibit a mesophase of lamellar type. This is the first disc
otic metallomesogen possessing two different axial groups. The effect
of the axial ligands on the mesomorphic properties was preliminarily d
iscussed in comparison with the results of the hydroxoaluminum analogu
e.