title: Halogen-bonded liquid crystals of 4-alkoxystilbazoles with molecular iodine: a very short halogen bond and unusual mesophase stability.
abstract: Complexes of molecular iodine with alkoxystilbazoles are liquid crystals with unusually high mesophase stability, predicated on an intermolecular I···I contact. Attempts to prepare analogous complexes with bromine led to an unexpected electrophilic substitution product.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, UK.
authors.forename: Linda J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: McAllister
authors.forename: Carsten
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Präsang
authors.forename: Joanna P-W
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: Robert J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Thatcher
authors.forename: Adrian C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Whitwood
authors.forename: Bertrand
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Donnio
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: O'Brien
authors.forename: Peter B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Karadakov
authors.forename: Duncan W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Bruce