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Mirror Symmetry Breaking and Network Formation in Achiral Polycatenars with Thioether Tail
Alaasar, Mohamed,Darweesh, Ahmed F.,Cai, Xiaoqian,Liu, Feng,Tschierske, Carsten
, p. 14921 - 14930 (2021/10/14)
Mirror symmetry breaking in systems composed of achiral molecules is of importance for the design of functional materials for technological applications as well as for the understanding of the mechanisms of spontaneous emergence of chirality. Herein, we report the design and molecular self-assembly of two series of rod-like achiral polycatenar molecules derived from a π-conjugated 5,5’-diphenyl-2,2’-bithiophene core with a fork-like triple alkoxylated end and a variable single alkylthio chain at the other end. In both series of liquid crystalline materials, differing in the chain length at the trialkoxylated end, helical self-assembly of the π-conjugated rods in networks occurs, leading to wide temperature ranges (>200 K) of bicontinuous cubic network phases, in some cases being stable even around ambient temperatures. The achiral bicontinuous cubic Ia (Formula presented.) d phase (gyroid) is replaced upon alkylthio chain elongation by a spontaneous mirror symmetry broken bicontinuous cubic phase (I23) and a chiral isotropic liquid phase (Iso1[*]). Further chain elongation results in removing the I23 phase and the re-appearance of the Ia (Formula presented.) d phase with different pitch lengths. In the second series an additional tetragonal phase separates the two cubic phase types.
Alkyl- or arylthiolation of aryl iodide via cleavage of the S-S bond of disulfide compound by nickel catalyst and zinc
Taniguchi, Nobukazu
, p. 6904 - 6906 (2007/10/03)
Various aryl sulfides can be synthesized by nickel-catalyzed alkyl- or arylthiolation of aryl iodide with a disulfide compound. This reaction produces Ni(0) from NiBr2-bpy by the reduction with zinc, and this generated complex works as an activating species to convert ArI into ArSR under neutral conditions. Furthermore, this system enables the use of two RS groups in (RS)2.