抄録
Novel amphiphilic liquid crystals with a chiral tartrate unit were synthesized, and their thermal and liquid crystalline properties were examined. Intermolecular interactions between the liquid crystalline amphiphile and a chiral molecule were estimated. The liquid crystals showed a smectic A phase on heating and cooling. The liquid crystal (L-N) having a hydrogen L(+)-tartrate unit and D(-)-tartric acid formed a liquid crystalline complex. L-N was miscible with L(+)-tartaric acid, however, they did not show the complexation.