A quick-and-easy route to unsymmetrically substituted derivatives of triphenylene: Preparation of polymeric discotic liquid crystals

Neville Boden, Richard J. Bushby, Andrew N. Cammidge

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Abstract

Unsymmetrically substituted triphenylenes can be obtained by the iron(III) chloride mediated oxidative coupling of a 3,3′,4,4′-tetraalkoxybiphenyl with a 1,2-dialkoxybenzene thus opening up a practicable route to polymeric discotic liquid crystals.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)465-466
Number of pages2
JournalChemical Communications
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1994

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