The first aluminium discotic metallomesogen: hydroxo[5,10,15,20-tetrakis(4-n-dodecylphenyl)porphyrinato]aluminium(III)
Abstract
Hydroxo[5,10,15,20-tetrakis(4-n-dodecylphenyl)porphyrinato] aluminium(III) exhibits a disordered discotic hexagonal columnar (Dhd) phase, the first example of a discotic metallomesogen having an aluminium nucleus.