Synthesis and Characterization of Cholesterol-Based Liquid Crystals Linked with Perfluorinated Alkyl Chains.

Austin Che, Carson O Zellmann-Parrotta, Homayoun Ghaseminezhad, Jessica Duong, Vance E Williams, Chang-Chun Ling

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Austin CheDepartment of Chemistry, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada.

Carson O Zellmann-ParrottaDepartment of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-9453-5898

Homayoun GhaseminezhadDepartment of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada.

Jessica DuongDepartment of Chemistry, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada.

Vance E WilliamsDepartment of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-1362-3031

Chang-Chun LingDepartment of Chemistry, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada.

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Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada RGPIN/04320-2018.

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Abstract

Two cholesterol-based liquid crystalline materials were synthesized by incorporating perfluorinated acyl chains of different lengths with the help of epichlorohydrin and copper(I)-mediated azide-alkyne 2+3 dipolar cycloaddition chemistries. These materials were characterized by differential scanning calorimetry, cross-polarized optical microscopy and powder X-ray diffraction. The compound with the longer perfluorinated chain exhibited a smectic A (SmA) phase as confirmed by XRD and POM, while the shorter-chain derivative exhibited diffraction peaks suggestive of both simple SmA* ordering as well as lamellar solid phase exhibiting multilayer ordering.

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cholesterolliquid crystalsperfluoroacylsmestic A mesophasesynthesis

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PMID41011622

DOI10.3390/molecules30183731

PMCPMC12472246

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