ISSN:
0570-0833
Keywords:
Liquid crystals
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Chirality
;
Chemistry
;
General Chemistry
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
Nematic liquid crystals are extremely sensitive to optically active molecules, which, at very low concentration, convert them into cholesteric liquid crystals. The purpose of this report is to review recent applications of liquid crystals to chirality studies. A brief discussion of the structure and properties of liquid crystals is followed by a survey of the methods currently being employed for the determination of the pitch and handedness of cholesteric liquid crystals. Of special interest in the formation of induced-cholestric phases are the twisting powers of optically active compounds and the structural relationships between dopants and nematics. Liquid crystals can be used, inter alia, for the detection of small optical activities and for the determination of thermal racemization barriers and absolute configurations.
Additional Material:
8 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.198403481
