Synthese und Eigenschaften kristallin-flüssiger Derivate des Rhodanins

Synthesis and Properties of Liquid Crystalline Derivatives of Rhodanine Substituted benzylidene-rhodanines 3 – 8 were prepared both by condensation of 1 a – f with suitable aldehydes and by acylation of 2a – g with substituted benzoyl chlorides or cinnamoyl chlorid. The mesomorphic properties of the compounds are discussed in respect to molecular structure with the aid of i.r.-, Raman- and u.v./vis-spectra of 3d , 3k , 4 , 5 , 6g , 8a . We have investigated the dielectric and electrooptic behaviour of 31 .