R. Deschenaux et al., FERROCENE-CONTAINING LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE DENDRIMERS - A NOVEL FAMILY OF MESOMORPHIC MACROMOLECULES, Chemical communications, (16), 1997, pp. 1577-1578
The synthesis and liquid-crystalline properties of a first-generation
dendritic core substituted with six mesomorphic ferrocene units are re
ported; the investigated compound exhibited a broad enantiotropic smec
tic A phase (polarized optical microscopy, DSC, and XRD studies) and g
ood thermal stability (thermogravimetry).