Synthesis of novel chiral dopants based on optically active p-substituted mandelic acids

A Lesac, S Narančić, M Šepelj, DW Bruce…

Index: Lesac, Andreja; Narancic, Sanja; Sepelj, Maja; Bruce, Duncan W.; Sunjic, Vitomir Tetrahedron Asymmetry, 2003 , vol. 14, # 18 p. 2731 - 2737

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Abstract

Novel esters of optically active p-substituted mandelic acids (+)-1 and (+)-2 were prepared by a convergent synthetic strategy in high enantiomeric excess (99% ee). The esters (+)-1 and (+)-2 induce helical macrostructures in the mesophases of achiral liquid-crystal materials, although neither exhibits mesorphism on its own.