TY - JOUR
T1 - Superfluorinated ionic liquid crystals based on supramolecular, halogen-bonded anions
AU - Cavallo, Gabriella
AU - Terraneo, Giancarlo
AU - Monfredini, Alessandro
AU - Saccone, Marco
AU - Priimagi, Arri
AU - Pilati, Tullio
AU - Resnati, Giuseppe
AU - Metrangolo, Pierangelo
AU - Bruce, Duncan W.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 The Authors. Published by Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA.
PY - 2016/5/17
Y1 - 2016/5/17
N2 - Unconventional ionic liquid crystals in which the liquid crystallinity is enabled by halogen-bonded supramolecular anions [CnF2 n+1-I⋯I⋯I-CnF2 n+1]- are reported. The material system is unique in many ways, demonstrating for the first time 1) ionic, halogen-bonded liquid crystals, and 2) imidazolium-based ionic liquid crystals in which the occurrence of liquid crystallinity is not driven by the alkyl chains of the cation. Out of the ordinary: The high directionality of halogen bonds and the fluorophobic effect were exploited in the design and synthesis of a new family of unconventional superfluorinated ionic liquid crystals. The liquid crystallinity of the system is driven by halogen-bonded supramolecular anions [CnF2 n+1-I⋯I⋯I-CnF2 n+1]- which act as rigid rod-like calamitic units.
AB - Unconventional ionic liquid crystals in which the liquid crystallinity is enabled by halogen-bonded supramolecular anions [CnF2 n+1-I⋯I⋯I-CnF2 n+1]- are reported. The material system is unique in many ways, demonstrating for the first time 1) ionic, halogen-bonded liquid crystals, and 2) imidazolium-based ionic liquid crystals in which the occurrence of liquid crystallinity is not driven by the alkyl chains of the cation. Out of the ordinary: The high directionality of halogen bonds and the fluorophobic effect were exploited in the design and synthesis of a new family of unconventional superfluorinated ionic liquid crystals. The liquid crystallinity of the system is driven by halogen-bonded supramolecular anions [CnF2 n+1-I⋯I⋯I-CnF2 n+1]- which act as rigid rod-like calamitic units.
KW - fluorophobic effect
KW - halogen bonding
KW - ionic liquid crystals
KW - self-assembly
KW - supramolecular chemistry
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84979722901&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1002/anie.201601278
DO - 10.1002/anie.201601278
M3 - Article
SN - 1433-7851
VL - 55
SP - 6300
EP - 6304
JO - Angewandte Chemie - International Edition
JF - Angewandte Chemie - International Edition
IS - 21
ER -