1992 Volume 41 Issue 10 Pages 1021-1024
The chemistry of the metal complexes with long alkyl side chains is briefly reviewed. The introduction of long alkyl side chains to the metal complexes appends some new properties, such as extremely high solubility towards organic solvents, tendency to aggregate, ability to form liquid crystals, etc. The methods to introduce long alkyl side chains to the metal complexes together with the methods to characterize these complexes are briefly described.