Synthesis of a Liquid Crystal
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Hello, I did an experiment in which I added 500 mg of cholesterol to 1.5 mL of dry pyridine. Then I added 1.7 mmol of benzoyl chloride and heated the mixture.
Questions:
1. Explain two reasons why pyridine was used in this experiment.
2. Do spherical molecules exhibit liquid crystalline behavior?
3. Could either a primary or a secondary amine be used in this experiment in place of pyridine? Why of why not?
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The synthesis of a liquid crystal is investigated.
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a) Pyridine is used as (polar) solvent in this experiment.
b) it also acts as a base to remove proton from cholesterol.
2. Yes, the spherical molecules especially the chiral ...
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