Synthesis and phase behaviour of mesomorphic transition-metal complexes of alcoxydithiobenzoates

Reaction of 4-alkoxydithiobenzoates (n-odtb, where n refers to the number of carbon atoms in the alkoxy chain) with divalent salts of nickel, palladium and zinc leads to complexes of the formula [M(n-odtb)2] where M = Ni, Pd and [Zn2(n-odtb)4] which are mesomorphic. The shortest-chain homologues of...

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Autores: Adams, H., Albeniz, A.C. [0000-0002-4134-1333], Bailey, N.A., Bruce, D.W. [0000-0002-1365-2222], Cherodian, A.S., Dhillon, R., Dunmur, D.A., Espinet, P. [0000-0001-8649-239X], Feijoo, J.L., Lalinde, E. [0000-0001-7402-1742], Maitlis, P.M., Richardson, R.M. [0000-0002-5084-2463], Ungar, G.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:1991
País:España
Institución:Universidad de La Rioja (UR)
Repositorio:RIUR. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de La Rioja
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.dialnet.es:doc/5bbc6916b750603269e814ed
Acceso en línea:https://investigacion.unirioja.es/documentos/5bbc6916b750603269e814ed
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Palabra clave:Alkoxydithiobenzoate
Crystal structure
Liquid crystal
Metallomesogen
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Sumario:Reaction of 4-alkoxydithiobenzoates (n-odtb, where n refers to the number of carbon atoms in the alkoxy chain) with divalent salts of nickel, palladium and zinc leads to complexes of the formula [M(n-odtb)2] where M = Ni, Pd and [Zn2(n-odtb)4] which are mesomorphic. The shortest-chain homologues of the Ni and Pd complexes show a nematic phase while at longer chain lengths, an Sc phase is observed. Most homologues of the zinc complexes show a nematic phase with an Sc phase appearing only for the longest homologues. The gold(III) complexes [AuX 2(n-odtb)] are also mesomorphic and show the SA phase. Single-crystal X-ray structure determinations have been carried out for [Pd(8-odtb)2], [Zn2(4-odtb)4] and [Zn 2(8-odtb)4], showing the first to be planar and the last two dinuclear with pseudo five-co-ordinate zinc atoms.