Antiaromatic twinned triphenylene discotics showing nematic phases and 2-dimensional pi-overlap in the solid state.
Construction of formally antiaromatic discotic twins based on dehydroannulene cores linked through non-adjacent positions on triphenylenes gives stable molecules with intriguing molecular and supramolecular properties and, unlike the majority of discotic triphenylenes and similar materials, the twins form nematic mesophases on heating.
Zhang
Liang
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School of Chemistry, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK.
Gopee
Hemant
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Hughes
David L
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Cammidge
Andrew N
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