Issue 38, 2013
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Chemical Communications

Halogen-bonded liquid crystals of 4-alkoxystilbazoles with molecular iodine: a very short halogen bond and unusual mesophase stability†

Linda J. McAllister,a   Carsten Präsang,a   Joanna P.-W. Wong,a   Robert J. Thatcher,a   Adrian C. Whitwood,a   Bertrand Donnio,b   Peter O'Brien,a   Peter B. Karadakova  and  Duncan W. Bruce*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, UK
E-mail: duncan.bruce@york.ac.uk

b CNRS-Université de Strasbourg (UMR 7504), Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg, 23 rue du Loess BP 43, 67034 STRASBOURG Cedex 2, France

Abstract

Complexes of molecular iodine with alkoxystilbazoles are liquid crystals with unusually high mesophase stability, predicated on an intermolecular I⋯I contact. Attempts to prepare analogous complexes with bromine led to an unexpected electrophilic substitution product.

Graphical abstract: Halogen-bonded liquid crystals of 4-alkoxystilbazoles with molecular iodine: a very short halogen bond and unusual mesophase stability

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3CC41227J
Article type
Communication
Submitted
15 Feb 2013
Accepted
20 Mar 2013
First published
02 Apr 2013

Chem. Commun., 2013,49, 3946-3948

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Halogen-bonded liquid crystals of 4-alkoxystilbazoles with molecular iodine: a very short halogen bond and unusual mesophase stability

L. J. McAllister, C. Präsang, J. P.-W. Wong, R. J. Thatcher, A. C. Whitwood, B. Donnio, P. O'Brien, P. B. Karadakov and D. W. Bruce, Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 3946 DOI: 10.1039/C3CC41227J

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