E. Campillos et al., SYNTHESIS AND PROPERTIES OF COPPER(II) AND OXOVANADIUM(IV) COMPLEXES DERIVED FROM POLAR SCHIFFS BASES, Journal of materials chemistry, 6(3), 1996, pp. 349-355
The synthesis and mesogenic behaviour of copper(II) and oxovanadium(IV
) complexes derived from Schiff's bases substituted with polar groups
and of their corresponding ligands are reported. The polar groups stud
ied are F, CF3, CN, and CH2CN in the 3 or 4 position of the aniline mo
iety. The ligands exhibited smectic C, smectic A and nematic phases, w
hereas the complexes showed smectic A and nematic phases, and in some
cases oxovanadium(IV) complexes exhibited a smectic crystal phase.