title: Liquid-crystalline terpyridines.
abstract: 5,5"-Disubstitution of the terpyridine core leads to the first inherently liquid-crystalline terpyridines. Mesophases characteristic of bent-core and calamitic systems may be obtained depending on the core structure employed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York, UK. vk503@york.ac.uk
authors.forename: Valery N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Kozhevnikov
authors.forename: Adrian C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Whitwood
authors.forename: Duncan W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Bruce
mesh_terms: D003460:Crystallization; D050866:Liquid Crystals / Q000737:chemistry*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010316:Particle Size; D011725:Pyridines / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D011725:Pyridines