Abstract
2,3,6,7,10,11-Hexasubstituted triphenylenes have been synthesized that contain a mixture of hydrophobic (C6H13O) and hydrophilic (CH3OCH2CH2OCH2CH2O) side chains. At one extreme HAT6 (1a) (six hydrophobic chains) shows thermotropic behaviour and at the other TP6EO2M (1e) (six hydrophilic chains) shows lyotropic behaviour. Of the triphenylenes with a mixture of hydrophobic and hydrophilic side chains, only the triphenylene with one hydrophilic side chain and five hydrophobic side chains (1b) gives a thermotropic columnar phase. None of the others show liquid crystal behaviour. However, all of these triphenylenes form binary 1:1 compounds when mixed with PDQ9 (2a) and with PTP9 (2b). These CPI (complimentary polytopic interaction) stabilized compounds give thermotropic hexagonal columnar phases over wide temperature ranges.
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