TY - JOUR
T1 - Convenient synthesis of a discotic side group liquid crystal polymer
AU - Stewart, David
AU - McHattie, Gillian S.
AU - Imrie, Corrie T.
PY - 1998/1/1
Y1 - 1998/1/1
N2 - The synthesis of a discotic side group liquid crystal polymer based on poly (methyl methacrylate) is reported. This involves the oxidative coupling of 3,3′,4,4′-tetrakis(hexyloxy)biphenyl with 1-hexyloxy-2-methoxybenzene to yield the unsymmetrical triphenylene nucleus, 2-methoxy-3,6,7,10,11-pentakis(hexyloxy)triphenylene. Subsequent demethylation followed by reactions first with 1,11-dibromoundecane and then with the potassium salt of methacrylic acid yielded the polymerisable monomer, 11-[3,6,7,10,11-pentakis(hexyloxy)-2-oxytriphenylene]undecyl methacrylate. This was polymerised in benzene using azoisobutyronitrile as the initiator. The thermal properties of the resulting polymer are described.
AB - The synthesis of a discotic side group liquid crystal polymer based on poly (methyl methacrylate) is reported. This involves the oxidative coupling of 3,3′,4,4′-tetrakis(hexyloxy)biphenyl with 1-hexyloxy-2-methoxybenzene to yield the unsymmetrical triphenylene nucleus, 2-methoxy-3,6,7,10,11-pentakis(hexyloxy)triphenylene. Subsequent demethylation followed by reactions first with 1,11-dibromoundecane and then with the potassium salt of methacrylic acid yielded the polymerisable monomer, 11-[3,6,7,10,11-pentakis(hexyloxy)-2-oxytriphenylene]undecyl methacrylate. This was polymerised in benzene using azoisobutyronitrile as the initiator. The thermal properties of the resulting polymer are described.
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U2 - 10.1039/a705378i
DO - 10.1039/a705378i
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0003277674
SN - 0959-9428
VL - 8
SP - 47
EP - 51
JO - Journal of Materials Chemistry
JF - Journal of Materials Chemistry
IS - 1
ER -