MACROCYCLIC LIQUID-CRYSTALS FROM FUNCTIONALIZED THIOETHER CROWNS - THE SINGLE-CRYSTAL X-RAY STRUCTURES OF CIS-R(2)[14]ANES(4) AND TRANS-R(2)[14]ANES(4) (R=O(2)CC(6)H(4)OME-4)
Aj. Blake et al., MACROCYCLIC LIQUID-CRYSTALS FROM FUNCTIONALIZED THIOETHER CROWNS - THE SINGLE-CRYSTAL X-RAY STRUCTURES OF CIS-R(2)[14]ANES(4) AND TRANS-R(2)[14]ANES(4) (R=O(2)CC(6)H(4)OME-4), Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, (21), 1994, pp. 2471-2473
The syntheses of cis and trans oligobenzoate ester derivatives R(2)[14
]aneS(4) are described; the structures of the cis and trans derivative
s for R = O(2)CC(6)H(4)OMe-4 are dominated by intermolecular packing b
etween benzoate ester units, while the cis and trans derivatives for R
= O2CC6H4(O2CC6H4OC8H17-4)-4 both show nematic mesophases.