Study of hydrogen bonding in liquid crystalline solvent by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy

J Phys Chem A. 2006 Nov 30;110(47):12887-90. doi: 10.1021/jp063987l.

Abstract

A hydrogen-bonded complex between an aromatic acid and an enantiopure chiral amine has been dissolved in a nematic solvent, giving rise to a cholesteric medium. Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) experiments have been performed at various temperatures on both sides of the cholesteric-isotropic transition. Liquid crystalline order provides significant enhancement to the strength of interaction, inducing a discontinuous jump in concentration of the complex at the cholesteric-isotropic transition.