Liquid crystals based on hypervalent sulfur fluorides: pentafluorosulfuranyl as polar terminal group

P Kirsch, M Bremer, M Heckmeier…

Index: Kirsch, Peer; Bremer, Matthias; Heckmeier, Michael; Tarumi, Kazuaki Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 1999 , vol. 38, # 13-14 p. 1989 - 1992

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Abstract

Abstract The somewhat “exotic” pentafluorosulfuranyl functionality is one of the strongest electron-withdrawing groups with a purely inductive effect. Owing to its chemical stability and the resulting high dipole moment of its aromatic derivatives, this group was crucial to the design and synthesis of a new class of highly polar liquid crystals (such as 1) for application in active matrix displays. A computational model was developed with the aim to ...