RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 The 2-isocyanoazulene-gold(I) fragment as a versatile element for organometallic dyes and liquid crystals A1 Domingo de la Rubia, Estela de A1 Barcenilla Castellano, María A1 Martín Álvarez, José Miguel A1 Miguel García, Jesús Ángel A1 Coco Cea, Silverio K1 Liquid crystals K1 2303 Química Inorgánica AB This manuscript reports the synthesis and liquid crystal behavior of isocyanoazulene gold(I) complexes [AuX (CN-Az)] (Az = azulene; X = halide, perhalophenyl or alkynyl) and [μ-4,4′-C6F4C6F4{Au(CN-Az)}2]. The comparison of the X-ray structures of homologous compounds, reveals that the introduction of a long substituent in the system produces a loss of molecular planarity that induces a decrease in the melting temperatures. The free 2-isocyanoazulene is not a liquid crystal itself, but its gold complexes bearing a C10 hydrocarbon chain display a SmA mesophase, whose formation is driven by nanosegregation between molten chains and aromatic parts. The free isocyanide is strongly colored and displays fluorescence in solution associated with the azulene fragment, which is largely diminished upon coordination to the gold fragment. PB Elsevier SN 0143-7208 YR 2020 FD 2020 LK http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/42648 UL http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/42648 LA eng NO Dyes and Pigments Volume 176, 2020, 108195 NO Producción Científica DS UVaDOC RD 27-dic-2024