화학공학소재연구정보센터
Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, Vol.470, 31-37, 2007
Photochemical synthesis of a main-chain LC oligomer from an alpha,omega-dicinnamoyl-functionalized LC monomer: Photoirradiation in the crystalline state
An LC compound 1,4-bis[4-(6-cinnamoyloxyhexyloxy)benzoyloxy]benzene, 1, was Synthesized, having cinnamoyl groups at the each end of the molecule, and was found to show polymorphism in the crystalline state. A rapid cooling from the isotropic melt of 1 to room temperature gave a K1 crystal, while annealing the mesophase of 1 at 95 degrees C afforded a K2 crystal. LW irradiation (>300nm) of both the K1 and K2 crystals at room temperature resulted in the formation of linear LC oligomers with cyclobutane rings in the main chain. H-1 NMR spectroscopy revealed that the cyclobutane units of the oligomer obtained from K1 assumed anti and syn head-to-head configurations, whereas those from K2 predominantly formed an anti head-to-tail structure.