Binuclear cyclopalladated cyclophanes: towards a new family of metallomesogens

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Bernhard Neumann, Torsten Hegmann, Carsten Tschierske, Bernhard Neumann and Raik Wolf


Abstract

Macrocyclic liquid crystals consisting of a biphenyl rigid core and a 2-phenylpyrimidine unit are fused by cyclopalladation giving a novel type of metallomesogens with nematic and smectic mesophases.


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