PB14 Construction of chiral mesophases from achiral benzoic acid derivatives

Abstract

Chiral propeller-patterned textures were generated spontaneously from achiral benzoic acid derivatives possessing diethyleneoxide tails. In order to investigate the origins of spontaneous chiral induction, we prepared several types of benzoic acids with modified tails. In addition, we have carried out a supramolecular approach to generate chiral propeller-patterned textures. Several H-bond acceptors, bipyridyl and pyrazine for example, were mixed with the benzoic acid derivatives and their phase behaviors were examined.