Mohamed Alaasar, Marko Prehm and Carsten Tschierske
Chem. Commun., 2013,49, 11062-11064
DOI:
10.1039/C3CC45938A,
Communication
The first bent-core molecules comprising 4-iodoresorcinol as the central core unit and incorporating azobenzene units have been synthesized. A new type of dark conglomerate phase (DC phase) is observed, which remains over a wide temperature range down to room temperature without crystallization.