Chemical Research in Chinese Universities ›› 2004, Vol. 20 ›› Issue (1): 20-23.

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Synthesis and Liquid Crystal Properties of Transition Metal Complexes of Meso-tetra(4-n-myristyloxyphenyl) porphyrin

LIU Wei, SHI Yu-hua, SHI Tong-shun   

  1. College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130023, P. R. China
  • Received:2002-11-22 Online:2004-02-24 Published:2011-08-06
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    Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.59783001).

Abstract: Transition metal complexes of meso-tetra(4-myristyloxyphenyl)porphyrin TMPPM'[M'=Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn; TMPP=mesotetra(4-myristyloxyphenyl)porphyrin] have been synthesized and characterized by means of elemental analyses, UV-Vis spectra, infrared photoacoustic spectra, 1H NMR spectra, molar conductance and differential scanning calorimetry(DSC). The ligand and the Zn complex show liquid crystalline behavior. According to the DSC thermogram of the Zn complex, it exhibits a lower phase transition temperature -7.453 ℃ and a wide mesophase temperature span, 77 ℃.

Key words: Transition metal complex, meso-Tetra(4-n-myristyloxyphenyl)porphyrin, Differential scanning calorimetry, Liquid crystal