Six asymmetric bent-core liquid crystals with different aromatic rings containing azo linkage were synthesized. Their chemical structures were confirmed by
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H NMR and HRMS spectra and the liquid crystalline property was studied with polarizing optical microscopy and differential scanning calorimeter. All of the synthesized compounds exhibit liquid crystalline phases and the compound containing three aromatic rings has nematic phase at low temperature. The absorption spectra of the azo-benzene groups display a high-intensity -
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transition at about 330~360 nm and a low-intensity n-
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transition at around 430~450 nm. The result that the three ring compounds have longer -
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transition absorption waves than those of the four and five ring compounds may be caused by the bent shape of the molecules.
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