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  • Title: Imidazolium camphorsulfonamides: chiral catanionic liquid crystals with tunable thermal properties.
    Author: Rettenmeier E, Tokarev A, Blanc C, Dieudonné P, Guari Y, Hesemann P.
    Journal: J Colloid Interface Sci; 2011 Apr 15; 356(2):639-46. PubMed ID: 21300368.
    Abstract:
    We report the synthesis of novel chiral catanionic liquid crystals bearing camphorsulfonamide substructures. The phase behaviour of these long-chain substituted imidazolium sulphates and sulfonates was investigated using X-ray diffraction (XRD), polarizing optical microscopy (POM) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). We observed that the phase behaviour clearly depends on the substitution of both cation and anion. The chiral camphorsulfonamide substructures have an unfavourable influence on the formation of liquid crystalline (LC-) phases. Contrary to N,N'-di-alkyl-imidazolium salts, the formation of LC phases was only observed when both cation and anion are substituted with long alkyl chains (C(12) or C(16)). Furthermore, the phase transition temperatures depend on the chain length of the alkyl groups, as higher phase transition temperatures were observed for compounds bearing longer alkyl chains. However, no macroscopic evidence for the formation of chiral mesophases was obtained.
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