Abstract
ABSTRACT With altering molecular dipole moments via lateral fluoro atom and π-conjugation through carbon–carbon triple bond, improved mesomorphic behaviour is achieved for new kind of fluorinated mesogenic compounds containing ethynyl and 1-methyl-1H-benzimidazole moieties, namely, 2-[4-[2-[4-(alkoxy) phenyl]ethynyl]-3-fluorophenyl]-1-methyl-1H-benzimidazole derivatives (nPEF(3)PMx). The compounds nPEF(3)PMx mainly display enantiotropic nematic mesophases with mesophase ranges of 27.1–59.1 °C and 62.7–96.7°C on heating and cooling for nPEF(3)PMH, 59.499.1°C and 96.2–144.6°C for nPEF(3)PMM, and 101.6–109.4°C and 104.9–157.2°C for nPEF(3)PMN (n < 8), respectively. Compared with nonfluorinated reference analogues I, nPEF(3)PMx give obviously lower melting points and much wider or comparable nematic mesophase ranges, meanwhile, they show much lower melting points and higher nematic mesophase stability than reference analogues II because of their reduced molecular dipole moments and enhanced π-conjugation. In addition, the compounds nPEF(3)PMx are composed of benzene ring, ethynyl bridge and benzimidazole mesogenic unit, therefore, they have high birefringence of 0.48–0.62 resulted from their large π-conjugated molecule. The result indicates that nPEF(3)PMx has a potential application in liquid crystal mixture.
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