Bis(5-alkoxytropolonato) metallomesogens showed mesogenic properties when the central metal ion was a copper whereas the corresponding zinc complex was not mesogenic. The X-ray diffraction study indicated the mesophases were a smectic B phase and a higher ordered phase such as a crystal B or a smectic G phase.
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