Chromatographic study of electron acceptor–donor properties of 4-(trans-4’-n-alkylcyclohexyl) benzoates

Abstract

A new approach of characterizing the specific properties of 4-(trans-4’-n-alkylcyclohexyl) benzoates, based on the interaction of the acidic and basic testing substances, for their form Crystalline, Smectic B and Nematic have been proposed. The testing substances selected for our study have been considered in the light of the results obtained in the previous research and the data available in the literature for other liquid crystals with different structures. The DN values denoting the electron donor number in the Gutmann scale and the AN* values indicating the acceptor number in the Riddle-Fowkes scale have been chosen in the estimation of the electron acceptor parameter KA and electron donor parameter KD values. The temperature-dependent quotients of KA to KD are employed for the assessment of the electron donor-acceptor properties of 4-(trans-4’-n-alkylcyclohexyl) benzoates. The 4-(trans-4’-n-alkyl cyclohexyl) benzoates tested have the affinity to act as a donor of electrons concerning electron acceptor of the testing substance. The sizes and shapes effects of the testing substances (or penetrants) and the LCs tested (or solvents while in mesophases) are taken into account. The inverse gas chromatography tests were supported by the Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship modelling technique to determine which part (or group) of liquid crystals tested was dominant in the interaction with the testing substances.