• DOI:10.1080/02678290903359291
Corpus ID: 95102727

Asymmetric synthesis of a highly soluble ‘trimeric’ analogue of the chiral nematic liquid crystal twist agent Merck S1011

@article{Rego2009AsymmetricSO,
  title={Asymmetric synthesis of a highly soluble ‘trimeric’ analogue of the chiral nematic liquid crystal twist agent Merck S1011},
  author={J. Rego and J. Harvey and Andrew L Mackinnon and Elysse Gatdula},
  journal={Liquid Crystals},
  year={2009},
  volume={37},
  pages={37 - 43}
}

J. Rego, J. Harvey, +1 author Elysse Gatdula

Published 2009

Materials Science

Liquid Crystals

View on Taylor & Francis

Save to Library

Create Alert

Cite

Launch Research Feed

The Sharpless asymmetric dihydroxylation has been utilised to synthesise a new glassy chiral dopant with large helical twisting power (β) and remarkable solubility in nematic liquid crystal hosts. Values of β range between +30.7 and +47.7 μm−1 in five different nematic hosts. A 26% mixture in E7 is homogenous indefinitely and induces a room-temperature blue phase.