W. Wan et al., SYNTHESIS AND MESOMORPHISM OF GAMMA-SUBST ITUTED BETA-DIKETONATE DICARBONYLRHODIUM(I) COMPLEXES, Huaxue xuebao, 56(3), 1998, pp. 278-283
Rodlike organometallic liquid crystals of gamma - substituted beta - d
iketonate dicarbonyl rhodium(I) complexes containing one or two benzen
e rings were synthesized and characterized. The effects of rigid cores
, structure and the ratio of molecular length to width on the liquid c
rystalline properties were also studied. The results show that the mod
el design of nematic organic liquid crystal can also direct the molecu
lar design and synthesis of organometallic liquid crystals.