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Liquid crystalline metal complexes of MnI are reported which comprise an aromatic imine bound in an orthometallated fashion to a Mn(CO)4 moiety; these are unique examples of calamitic thermotropic liquid crystals containing a metal with a simple octahedral coordination environment.
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