Engineering of an iron-terpyridine complex with supramolecular gels and mesomorphic properties

• Localización: New journal of chemistry, ISSN 1144-0546, Vol. 30, Nº 2, 2006, págs. 135-139
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • A new iron–terpyridine complex based on a 3,5-diacylaminotoluene platform bearing two phenyl rings appended with aliphatic chains provides robust and transparent organo-gels and liquid-crystalline materials. The LC mesophase was characterized by small-angle X-ray diffraction, and is described as a columnar phase with a rectangular lattice symmetry. Based on the measured parameters, a molecular packing model is suggested in which two complexes aggregate together to form a pseudo elliptical plateau; the latter then pile up to form the columns.