Abstract
A liquid crystalline compound, 4-(tetradecyloxy)-N-(4-hexyloxyphenyl)-2-hydroxybenzalimine (THPHBI) has been
synthesized and characterised. Phase transition temperatures of 4-(tetradecyloxy)-N-(4-hexyloxyphenyl)-2-
hydroxybenzalimine were determined by polarizing microscopy, differential scanning calorimetry and inverse gas
chromatography technique (IGC).
The retention diagrams of n-butyl acetate (nBA), iso-butyl acetate (IBA), benzene (B), toluene (T) and ethylbenzene (EB)
were plotted between 40 and 160 o
C by IGC. Specific retention volume, 0 Vg , weight fraction activity coefficient, ∞ Ω1 , Flory
Huggins polymer-solvent interaction parameter, ∞
12 χ , equation of state polymer-solvent interaction parameter, ∗
12 χ and
effective exchange energy parameter, Xeff were determined for studied solvents. Then, the exchange enthalpy parameter,
X12 and entropy parameter Q12 were determined by using a relation for the enthalpy interaction parameter, ∗
h χ of the
equation of state theory, which was arranged for the IGC.
Keywords
Inverse gas chromatography, Phase transition temperature, Liquid crystal, Interaction parameter, Equation of state parameters.
Citation
F. CAKAR, C. YORUR, O. CANKURTARAN, B. BILGIN ERAN, F. KARAMAN, Synthesis, characterization and retention behavior of 4-(tetradecyloxy)-N-(4-hexyloxyphenyl)-2- hydroxybenzalimine, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 2, 6, June 2008, pp.374-378 (2008).
Submitted at: April 16, 2008
Accepted at: June 5, 2008