Abstract
Steroids are an important source of chiral mesophases. The melting behavior and mesomorphic properties of homologous series of steroidal derivatives have been extracted from the literature, tabulated, and discussed. The tables provide the reader with an evaluated compilation of the type of mesophases found for the individual compounds, including their transition temperatures. Where the literature gives more than one set of data for a specific substance, one has been chosen as the main reference, but all alternatives are listed in the footnotes. The data can be used for statistical analysis to show the specific role of substructures within the steroidal framework.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 291-333 |
| Number of pages | 43 |
| Journal | Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1997 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Chiral liquid crystals
- Lipids
- Mesophases
- Steroids
- Structure-property relationship
- Transition temperatures
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Chemistry(all)
- Physics and Astronomy(all)
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry