Abstract
ABSTRACT Liquid-crystalline mechanically interlocked molecules have been prepared from a clickable pillar[5]arene-containing [2]rotaxane building block incorporating ethynylated stoppers and dendritic mesogenic subunits of generation 0, 1 and 2 under copper-catalysed alkyne-azide cycloaddition conditions. The liquid-crystalline properties of the resulting pillar[5]arene-based rotaxanes bearing 4, 8 and 16 peripheral cyanobiphenyl units have been investigated and compared to those of corresponding model compounds lacking the macrocyclic component.
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