Synthesis and Mesomorphic Investigations of Liquid Crystalline Compounds Having a Benzothiazole Ring

Abstract

Two homologous series of calamitic liquid crystals containing a benzothiazole ring and two different linkages have been prepared, and their liquid crystalline properties are studied and compared with each other and those of similar structure. The mesogens with only the cinnamate linking group showed better thermal properties than those with an ester. Nematic and smectic phases were observed. All the compounds of both the series were characterized by elemental analysis, FT-IR, mass spectrometry, ¹H-NMR, and ¹³C-NMR. Phase transition temperatures and the thermal parameters were obtained from differential scanning calorimetery (DSC). The textural observations were performed using hot-stage Polarizing Optical Microscopy (POM).

Keywords:

• 6-Fluorobenzothiazole
• azomesogens
• cinnamate
• enantiotropic
• nematic
• SmA

Acknowledgment

We thank Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizer Company Ltd. (G.N.F.C.), Bharuch for providing facilities of elemental analysis, Atul Industries Ltd. Atul. for DSC analysis, and we also thank SAIF Chandigarh for providing facilities of FT-IR, ¹H-NMR,¹³C-NMR, and Mass spectral analysis.