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Kurt Ladenburg

Bio: Kurt Ladenburg is an academic researcher. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 1 publications receiving 16 citations.

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TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of the length of the alkyl chain substituted on the azobenzene unit and the photochemical isomerization of the unit on the properties of the mesophases of the compounds or a host cholesteric liquid crystal forming stable glass when using them as a dopant was studied.
Abstract: We synthesized dimesogenic liquid crystals with both cholesterol and azobenzene groups by esterification of 10,12-docosadiynedioic acid or docosanedioic acid with 4-alkyl-4‘-hydroxyazobenzene (or 4-hydroxyazobenzene) and cholesterol and studied the thermal, optical, and glass-forming properties. Especially, we focused on the effect of the length of the alkyl chain substituted on the azobenzene unit and the photochemical isomerization of the azobenzene unit on the properties of the mesophases of the compounds or a host cholesteric liquid crystal forming stable glass when using them as a dopant. Two compounds without an alkyl chain on the azobenzene unit show a cholesteric phase, while five compounds with an alkyl chain from butyl to hexadecyl show only a smectic phase. The cholesteric reflection bands of the compounds without an alkyl chain on the azobenzene unit shifted toward shorter wavelengths upon photoisomerization of the azobenzene unit from the trans to cis form. Further photoirradiation induced an...

90 citations

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Erich Hecker1
TL;DR: The Ester der 2′-, 3′-and 4′-Nitro-azobenzol-carbonsaure-(4)-chlorid is ein leicht zugangliches Reagens auf Alkohole as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: Die Ester der 2′-, 3′- und 4′-Nitro-azobenzol-carbonsaure-(4) und der Azobenzol-carbonsaure-(4) wurden dargestellt und ihre physikalischen und chemischen Eigenschaften vergleichend untersucht. Es wurde gefunden, das sich die Ester der 4′-Nitro-azobenzol-carbonsaure-(4) gegenuber den Estern der ubrigen Azobenzol-carbonsauren-(4) durch gute Kristallisationsfahigkeit und auffallig hohen Schmelzpunkt auszeichnen. Die Ester sind auserdem intensiv farbig und verseifbar. 4′-Nitro-azobenzol-carbonsaure-(4)-chlorid ist ein leicht zugangliches Reagens auf Alkohole.

77 citations

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TL;DR: Column chromatography on a hydroxyalkoxypropyl derivative of Sephadex LH-20 and on Anasil B has been applied to the resolution of a complex marine sterol mixture in combination with argentation thin-layer chromatography and gas chromatography.

24 citations