Directed ortho and Remote Metalation–Suzuki–Miyaura Cross Coupling Route to Azafluorenol Core Liquid Crystals

Autor: Ross D. Jansen-van Vuuren, Victor Snieckus, Ping-Shan Lai, Robert P. Lemieux
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 86:17543-17549
ISSN: 1520-6904
0022-3263
Popis: Two new smectic C* mesogens containing a hexyloxy side chain and an azafluorenone (3a) or azafluorenol (3b) core were synthesized using a combined directed ortho metalation-directed remote metalation-Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling strategy. 3b was formed in 10 steps and 25% overall yield based on starting benzamide 1a. 3a forms a nematic phase, while 3b forms a smectic A phase. The large temperature range of the smectic phase for the azafluorenol 3b is indicative of mesophase stabilization by intermolecular hydrogen bonding between the hydroxyl group and pyridine nitrogen of neighboring 3b molecules.
Databáze: OpenAIRE