CPI induction of liquid crystal behaviour in triphenylenes with a mixture of hydrophobic and hydrophilic side chains

2,3,6,7,10,11-Hexasubstituted triphenylenes have been synthesized that cont ain a mixture of hydrophobic (C6H13O) and hydrophilic (CH3OCH2CH2OCH2CH2O) side chains. At one extreme HAT6 (1a) (six hydrophobic chains) shows thermo tropic behaviour and at the other TP6EO2M (1e) (six hydrophilic chains) sho ws lyotropic behaviour. Of the triphenylenes with a mixture of hydrophobic and hydrophilic side chains, only the triphenylene with one hydrophilic sid e chain and five hydrophobic side chains (1b) gives a thermotropic columnar phase. None of the others show liquid crystal behaviour. However, all of t hese triphenylenes form binary 1:1 compounds when mixed with PDQ9 (2a) and with PTP9 (2b). These CPI (complimentary polytopic interaction) stabilized compounds give thermotropic hexagonal columnar phases over wide temperature ranges.