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Superfluorinated Ionic Liquid Crystals Based on Supramolecular, Halogen-Bonded Anions.

ABSTRACT: Unconventional ionic liquid crystals in which the liquid crystallinity is enabled by halogen-bonded supramolecular anions [Cn F2?n+1 -I???I???I-Cn F2?n+1 ](-) are reported. The material system is unique in many ways, demonstrating for the first time 1)?ionic, halogen-bonded liquid crystals, and 2)?imidazolium-based ionic liquid crystals in which the occurrence of liquid crystallinity is not driven by the alkyl chains of the cation.

SUBMITTER: Cavallo G

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5021112 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Superfluorinated Ionic Liquid Crystals Based on Supramolecular, Halogen-Bonded Anions.

Cavallo Gabriella G Terraneo Giancarlo G Monfredini Alessandro A Saccone Marco M Priimagi Arri A Pilati Tullio T Resnati Giuseppe G Metrangolo Pierangelo P Bruce Duncan W DW

Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 20160413 21

Unconventional ionic liquid crystals in which the liquid crystallinity is enabled by halogen-bonded supramolecular anions [Cn F2 n+1 -I⋅⋅⋅I⋅⋅⋅I-Cn F2 n+1 ](-) are reported. The material system is unique in many ways, demonstrating for the first time 1) ionic, halogen-bonded liquid crystals, and 2) imidazolium-based ionic liquid crystals in which the occurrence of liquid crystallinity is not driven by the alkyl chains of the cation. ...[more]

PMID: 27073033

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Superfluorinated Ionic Liquid Crystals Based on Supramolecular, Halogen-Bonded Anions.

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Superfluorinated Ionic Liquid Crystals Based on Supramolecular, Halogen-Bonded Anions.

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