Triazolium based ionic liquid crystals: Effect of asymmetric substitution

Stappert, K.; Mudring, A. -V.

doi:10.1039/c4ra14961k

Title: Triazolium based ionic liquid crystals: Effect of asymmetric substitution

Journal Article · Tue Jan 27 00:00:00 EST 2015 · RSC Advances

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/c4ra14961k· OSTI ID:1239144

Stappert, K. ^[1]; Mudring, A. -V. ^[2]

Ruhr-Univ. Bochum, Bochum (Germany)
Ruhr-Univ. Bochum, Bochum (Germany); Ames Lab., Ames, IA (United States)

A new series of ten different asymmetrical 1-dodecyl-3-alkyl-triazolium bromides, [C₁₂C_nTr][Br], has been synthesized and their mesomorphic behavior studied by DSC (differential scanning calorimetry), POM (polarizing optical microscopy) and SAXS (small angle X-ray scattering). The influence of the chain length of the triazolium salts is investigated to explore the effect of asymmetric substitution on the phase behaviour of these compounds. For that reason, the length of one alkyl chain was varied from 14 to 1 carbon atoms (n = 14, 12, 10, 8–4, 2, 1) while the other alkyl chain was kept at 12 carbon. Single crystal X-ray structure analysis of compounds [C₁₂C₁₂Tr][Br] and [C₁₂C₅Tr][Br] reveal that the cations adopt a U-shaped conformation with head-to-head arranged triazolium cores. In contrast, for [C₁₂C₁Tr][Br], a rod like shape of the cation with interdigitated alkyl chains is found. All investigated compounds are thermotropic liquid crystals. Higher ordered smectic phases, smectic C as well as smectic A phases were found depending on the chain length of the cation. Moreover, the clearing point temperature decreases with decreasing chain length with exception for the n-dodecyl-3-alkyltrizoliumbromides with the two shortest alkyl chains, [C₁₂C₂Tr][Br] and [C₁₂C₁Tr][Br], which present higher clearing temperatures (86 and 156 °C) and are structurally distinctly different.

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Research Organization:: Ames Laboratory (AMES), Ames, IA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-07CH11358

OSTI ID:: 1239144

Report Number(s):: IS-J-8632; RSCACL

Journal Information:: RSC Advances, Vol. 5, Issue 22; ISSN 2046-2069

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Country of Publication:: United States

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