Prediction of lyotropic mesomorphism in tetranuclear palladium mesogen-linear alkane binary systems

The molecular parameters of the components of 154 binary systems containing members of the homologous series of tetrapalladium organometallic discoida l compounds and linear alkanes were calculated by the method of computer si mulation. The calculation results were compared with the experimental data on lyotropic polymorphism in these systems and its dependence on the ratio between the number of carbon atoms in mesogen lateral substituents and the number of carbon atoms in alkane solvents. Lyotropic mesomorphism in tetran uclear palladium mesogen-linear alkane systems can be predicted from the ra tio between the anisometric parameters of molecules constituting the system (classifying parameter a).