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Novel unsymmetrical triphenylene discotic liquid crystals: First synthesis of 1,2,3,6,7,10,11-heptaalkoxytriphenylenes

  • Sandeep Kumar
  • , M. Manickam
  • Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences

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Abstract

Oxidation of 2-hydroxy-3,6,7,10,11-pentaalkoxytriphenylene yields the pentaalkoxytriphenylene-1,2-quinone; reductive acetylation of this o-quinone furnishes the diacetate that can be directly alkylated to 1,2,3,6,7,10,11-heptaalkoxytriphenylene derivatives showing columnar Dh phases.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1427-1428
Number of pages2
JournalChemical Communications
Issue number14
DOIs
StatePublished - 21 Jul 1998
Externally publishedYes

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