Asymmetric synthesis of a highly soluble ‘trimeric’ analogue of the chiral nematic liquid crystal twist agent Merck S1011

2009/12/21 by James A. Rego, Jamie A.A. Harvey, Andrew L. MacKinnon +1 · 1 citation
Materials Science · Chemistry · #Liquid Crystal Research Advancements #Molecular spectroscopy and chirality #Axial and Atropisomeric Chirality Synthesis

paper · doi:10.1080/02678290903359291

openalex publication_date 2009/12/21 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29

Abstract

The Sharpless asymmetric dihydroxylation has been utilised to synthesise a new glassy chiral dopant with large helical twisting power (β) and remarkable solubility in nematic liquid crystal hosts. Values of β range between +30.7 and +47.7 μm−1 in five different nematic hosts. A 26% mixture in E7 is homogenous indefinitely and induces a room-temperature blue phase.

Citations

• The liquid-crystalline blue phases
• Low-threshold lasing at the edge of a photonic stop band in cholesteric liquid crystals
• Catalytic Asymmetric Dihydroxylation

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