Supramolecular chirality of columnar mesophases consisting of H-bonded complexes of melamine and polycatenar benzoic acids†
Abstract
The present work describes a series of H-bonded complexes consisting of a melamine derivative and polycatenar acids that show columnar liquid crystalline behaviour. Chirality has been transferred from the molecular blocks (either the acids, A3* and A4*, or the melamine, T2*) to the columnar organization. Particular effort and attention has been paid to structural characterization by