Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology. Section A. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, Vol.363, 77-84, 2001
Synthesis of liquid crystals with bent-rod structure: Mesogenic thiazole derivatives with long alkoxyl chains
Liquid-crystalline 2,5-diarylethynylthiazole derivatives with bent-rod structure were prepared by a palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction. The 2,5-diarylethynylthiazole derivatives prepared in the present study exhibit the smectic A and nematic phases.
Keywords:bent-rod structure;cross-coupling reaction;2,5-diarylethynylthiazole;liquid crystals;nematic phase