Transition Metals Complexed to Ordered Mesophases: Palladium-Azo Complexes

Mauro Ghedini, Marcello Longeri, Roberto Bartolino

Molecular crystals and liquid crystals · 1982 · 74 citations · 5 references

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Abstract

Abstract The synthesis and characterization of palladium (II) complexes with liquid crystal azobenzene ligands is reported. The new organometallic compounds, having a [sgrave] metal-carbon bond and a metal-metal chloro bridge, display ordered mesophases. The temperatures of the K-N phase transition, in the region of 200°C, are some 130° higher than those for the related free ligands.

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