The thioether spacer in liquid crystalline polysiloxanes with cyano- and nitrobiphenyl mesogens

Autor: Jean Claude Milano, Jean-Louis Vernet, Bernard Gallot, Jean Michel Robert
Rok vydání: 1999
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Zdroj: Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics. 200:1580-1586
ISSN: 1521-3935
1022-1352
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1521-3935(19990701)200:7<1580::aid-macp1580>3.0.co;2-a
Popis: Six new side-chain liquid crystalline polysiloxanes with thioether type spacers bearing cyanobiphenyl or nitrobiphenyl moieties at the termini were prepared by hydrosilylation of α-thioether groups containing olefins in the presence of hexachloroplatinic acid. The rates of grafting are higher than 90% on condition that the α-olefin does not contain sulfur atoms in allylic position. All the obtained polysiloxanes present the SmAd mesophase. Sulfur permits one to obtain long spacers without resulting in of crystallization.
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