The first example of a tridentate azamacrocyclic metallomesogen

The introduction of a metal into a mesogenic molecule can result in a complex with interesting electrical and magnetic properties. By reacting the non‐mesogenic cyclic amine shown in the figure with Ni(NO3)2 · 6H2O in absolute THF the first member of a new class of columnar liquid‐crystalline metal complexes with three nitrogen atoms as donor groups has been prepared. magnified image