title: New pi-delocalized persistent radicals.
abstract: Progress in the theoretical and experimental investigation of heterocyclic radicals suitable for incorporation into the structure of a liquid crystalline molecule is described. Five classes of heterocyclic systems are discussed, including their methods of preparation, stability and further functionalization to form potentially mesogenic materials.
authors.affiliation: Organic Materials Research Group, Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235, USA. piotr.kaszynski@vanderbilt.edu
authors.forename: Piotr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kaszynski
mesh_terms: D005609:Free Radicals / Q000737:chemistry*; D007700:Kinetics; D000432:Methanol / Q000737:chemistry; D013816:Thermodynamics
chemical_list: D005609:Free Radicals; D000432:Methanol