Issue 45, 2013
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RSC Advances

Effective cholesteric liquid crystal inducers based on axially chiral alleno-acetylenes†

Sander J. Wezenberg,a   Fiammetta Ferroni,b   Silvia Pieraccini,b   W. Bernd Schweizer,a   Alberta Ferrarini,c   Gian Piero Spada‡b  and  François Diederich*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Laboratorium für Organische Chemie, ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg, HCI, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
E-mail: diederich@org.chem.ethz.ch
Fax: +41 44-632-1109

b Alma Mater Studorium–Università di Bologna, Dipartimento di Chimica “G. Ciamician”, Via San Giacomo 11, I-40126 Bologna, Italy

c Università di Padova, Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, via Marzolo 1, I-35131 Padova, Italy

Abstract

Axially chiral alleno-acetylenes, modified with lateral aryl groups via short and convenient synthetic pathways, are presented as efficient chiral dopants for producing cholesteric liquid crystals.

Graphical abstract: Effective cholesteric liquid crystal inducers based on axially chiral alleno-acetylenes

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3RA44883E
Article type
Communication
Submitted
18 Jul 2013
Accepted
26 Sep 2013
First published
01 Oct 2013

RSC Adv., 2013,3, 22845-22848

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Effective cholesteric liquid crystal inducers based on axially chiral alleno-acetylenes

S. J. Wezenberg, F. Ferroni, S. Pieraccini, W. B. Schweizer, A. Ferrarini, G. P. Spada and F. Diederich, RSC Adv., 2013, 3, 22845 DOI: 10.1039/C3RA44883E

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