New 1,3-oxathiane type ionic liquid crystal compounds
Abstract
New pyridinium type thermotropic ionic liquid crystal materials having a 1,3-oxathiane ring in the central core,N-ethyl-4-(5-alkyl-1,3-oxathian-2-yl)pyridinium bromides 8, were synthesized. These compounds exhibited a smectic A phase over a very wide range including room temperature (for example 8c: G –30 SA 21 I).