화학공학소재연구정보센터
Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, Vol.509, 887-906, 2009
New Liquid Crystalline Compounds Involving Ester-Chalcone Linkages Having 1,3,5-Trisubstituted Pyrazole as a Terminal Group
Mesogens with chalcone central linkage are rare. It has been observed that -CO-CH=CH- linkage is less conducive to mesomorphism compared to -CH=N-(azomethine), -COO- (ester), -N=-(azo) linkages due to the non linearity and angle strain arising from the keto group. But when -CO-CH=CH- linkage is present with other central linkages it becomes condusive to mesomorphism. In the present investigation two homologous series were synthesized having chalcone as a one of the central linkage. The homologous series have been derived from 1,3,5-trisubstituted pyrazole, p-hydroxy acetophenone, and alkoxy acid. Viz. 4(4 '-n-alkoxybenzoloxy) phenyl-propane-3-one(1-phenyl-3-methyl-2-pyrazoline-5-one) [series-I] and 4(4 '-n-alkoxybenzoloxy) phenyl-propane-3-one(1-phenyl(4 ''-methyl)-3-methyl-2-pyrazoline-5-one) [series-II]. The compounds of the both series have been characterized by elemental analyses, FT-IR, (1)H-NMR, and Mass spectrometry methods. Their liquid crystalline properties have been investigated by optical polarizing microscopy and DSC studies. All the derivatives are mesomorphic in nature. C(1) to C(5) of both the series exhibit only nematic phase. C(6) to C(8) in series-I and C(7) & C(8) in series-II exhibit smectic as well as nematic phase. Whereas C(10)-C(16) in series-I and C(8)-C(16) in series-II showing only smectic phase.