Summary of the invention
The purpose of this invention is to provide a kind of substituted biphenyl carboxylic acid esters liquid crystalline cpd that contains fluorine atom and cyano group, its structural formula is
This compound has the advantage that chemical property is stable, clearing point is high, liquid crystal range is wide, is the moiety of potential liquid crystal display material.
This compound is made by organic synthesis technology.The main points of the method for synthetic this compound are:
1) with the ethanol-water solution be mixed solvent, wherein the alcoholic acid volume percent is 70%~95%; Adding soluble alkali metal oxyhydroxide makes the potential of hydrogen of solution reach pH>10, in solvent, add cyclohexane halide (so-called " halo " means that fluorine replaces, chlorine replaces, bromine replaces or iodine replaces) and parazon carboxylic acid, the ratio of both amount of substances is 2~5: 1, and the massfraction of parazon carboxylic acid in solution is 5%~30%.Under this condition, make both that condensation reaction take place.Temperature of reaction is 50~80 ℃.
2) after condensation reaction finishes, react, remove the by product that generates in the step 1), make 4 ' pure-cyclohexyloxy-4-biphenyl carboxylic acids by hydrolysis reaction with the ethanol-water mixed solvent solution of soluble alkali metal oxyhydroxide and the mixed solution of previous step reaction gained.The ratio of the amount of substance of employed parazon carboxylic acid is 2~5: 1 in used solubility oxyhydroxide and the step 1), the pH of reaction system>12, and temperature of reaction is 50~80 ℃, the alcoholic acid volume percent is 60%~80% in the mixed solvent.
3) with DCC (N, the N-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide) is dewatering agent, DMAP (N, the N-Dimethylamino pyridine) is catalyzer, anhydrous tetrahydro furan is a solvent, impel 4 '-cyclohexyloxy-4-biphenyl carboxylic acids and 2-fluoro-4-4-hydroxy-benzonitrile by dehydration condensation, generate target compound 4 '-cyclohexyloxy-4-biphenyl carboxylic acids-3-fluoro-4-cyanobenzene ester.The ratio of the amount of substance of DCC, 4 '-cyclohexyloxy-4-biphenyl carboxylic acids, 2-fluoro-4-4-hydroxy-benzonitrile, DMAP is 1~1.5: 1~2: 1: 0.01~0.02, and the initial mass mark of 2-fluoro-4-4-hydroxy-benzonitrile in solution is 5%~20%.Temperature of reaction is 0~30 ℃.
To help to understand the present invention by following experiment, but following experiment does not limit content of the present invention.
Implement 1
1) 0.02mol parazon carboxylic acid and 0.1mol potassium hydroxide are dissolved in 100ml 95% (volume fraction) ethanol, speed with about 1ml/min dropwise adds the 0.05mol bromocyclohexane, back flow reaction 108h, 70% (volume fraction) ethanolic soln meter 28ml that adds 0.1mol potassium hydroxide again continues backflow 2h.Add entry 100ml, concentrated hydrochloric acid 50ml, behind the heating 15min, cold filtration with distilled water wash, drying, with 95% (volume fraction) ethyl alcohol recrystallization, obtains 4 '-cyclohexyloxy-4-biphenyl carboxylic acids again, is the white plates crystal, productive rate 51%.
2) in there-necked flask, add 0.01mol 4 '-cyclohexyloxy-4-biphenyl carboxylic acids and 20ml anhydrous tetrahydro furan, after stirring is dissolved it fully, DCC (the N that adds 0.01mol, the N-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide), after waiting to become turbid, with 0.01mol 2-fluoro-4-4-hydroxy-benzonitrile and a small amount of DMAP[4-(N, the N-dimethylamino) pyridine] be dissolved in wiring solution-forming in the 20ml anhydrous tetrahydro furan, slowly splash in the flask, about 10 ℃, stir 24h, after reaction finishes, remove by filter by product N, the N-dicyclohexylurea (DCU), adding distil water is precipitated out product in filtrate, dry back gets pure product 1.05g by column chromatography for separation, productive rate about 25%.
Implement 2
1) 0.05mol parazon carboxylic acid and 0.40mol potassium hydroxide are dissolved in 200ml 95% (volume fraction) ethanol, dropwise add 0.20mol iodocyclohexane, back flow reaction 120h with the speed of about 1ml/min.70% (volume fraction) ethanolic soln meter 40ml that adds 0.30mol potassium hydroxide afterwards continues backflow 2h.Add entry 200ml, concentrated hydrochloric acid 40ml mixes, and behind the heating 20min, cold filtration with distilled water wash, drying, with 95% (volume fraction) ethyl alcohol recrystallization, obtains 4 '-cyclohexyloxy-4-biphenyl carboxylic acids again, is the white plates crystal, productive rate 48%.
2) in there-necked flask, add 0.015mol 4 '-cyclohexyloxy-4-biphenyl carboxylic acids and 50ml anhydrous tetrahydro furan, after stirring is dissolved it fully, DCC (the N that adds 0.02mol, the N-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide), after waiting to become turbid, with 0.015mol 2-fluoro-4-4-hydroxy-benzonitrile and a small amount of DMAP[4-(N, the N-dimethylamino) pyridine] be dissolved in wiring solution-forming in the 35ml anhydrous tetrahydro furan fully, slowly splash in the flask, about 20 ℃, stir 24h, after reaction finishes, remove by filter by product N, the N-dicyclohexylurea (DCU), adding distil water is precipitated out product in filtrate, dry back gets pure product 1.42g by column chromatography for separation, productive rate about 23%.
By IR,
1H NMR method characterizes institute's synthetic compound, to confirm its structure.
IR (infrared spectra):
Cyano group (1, the stretching vibration of C ≡ N key, 2235cm
-1)
Phenyl ring (2, the stretching vibration of phenyl ring carbon skeleton, 1601,1493cm
-1)
Carbonyl (3, C=O stretching vibration, 1739cm
-1)
Carbon oxygen singly-bound (4, C-O-C stretching vibration, 1255,1154cm
-1)
1H NMR (proton nmr spectra):
Proton 1: δ=7.07 * 10
-6, 2H
Proton 2,6: δ=7.73 * 10
-6, 3H
Proton 3: δ=7.88 * 10
-6, 2H
Proton 4: δ=8.19 * 10
-6, 2H
Proton 5: δ=7.46 * 10
-6, 1H
Proton 7: δ=8.07 * 10
-6, 1H
Proton 8: δ=1.38~2.51 * 10
-6, 10H
Proton 10: δ=4.43 * 10
-6, 1H
The structure of confirming institute's synthetic compound thus is consistent with expection.
The transformation behavior of finding institute's synthetic compound by differential calorimetric scanning analysis is:
K?100?N?256?I?252?N?69?K
The transformation behavior that meets thermotropic liquid crystal.
By orthogonal polarizing microscope institute's synthetic sample is observed, sample presents tabular crystal under the normal temperature under polarizing microscope, with the speed heating of sample with 5 ℃/min, the sample fusion enters liquid crystal state during to about 100 ℃, occurs a large amount of drops in the visual field, occurs numerous blackstreaks in the drop, the cross frosting phenomenon appears in infall, present typical striped texture, and flow rapidly, show that sample exists with nematic phase at present.Reheat to 256 ℃, schlieren texture reduce rapidly to disappear, and the visual field presents a slice black, shows that sample has been converted into isotropic liquid.During cooling, white schlieren texture occurs at 252 ℃ earlier in the visual field, become crystal again 69 ℃ of crystallizations again.This explanation 4 '-cyclohexyloxy-4-biphenyl carboxylic acids-3-fluoro-4-cyanobenzene ester is a kind of change thermotropic liquid crystal.
More than be suitable as the ideal moiety of liquid crystal composite used in the liquid-crystal display, be suitable in the used liquid crystal composite material of liquid-crystal displays such as TN, STN, TFT about the test result of liquid crystal property explanation 4 '-cyclohexyloxy-4-biphenyl carboxylic acids-3-fluoro-4-cyanobenzene ester.