title: Efficient Syntheses of Star-Branched, Multifunctional Mesogens.
abstract: Star-branched molecular architectures lend themselves to convergent synthesis strategies for creating materials that combine three or more functional modalities, but these approaches require a core moiety with several reactive groups that are orthogonal to one another. The direct synthesis of three-arm, star-branched mesogens has been investigated via the Passerini three-component reaction to demonstrate how multicomponent reactions circumvent the need to identify and synthesize specialized branched core molecules.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3400, United States.
authors.forename: Shuang
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Song
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3400, United States.
authors.forename: Jonathan G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Rudick