Molecular gyrotops with a five-membered heteroaromatic ring; Synthesis, temperature-dependent orientation of dipolar rotors inside the crystal, and its birefringence change

Masuda, Toshiyuki*; Arase, Junko*; Inagaki, Yusuke*; Kawahara, Masatoshi*; Yamaguchi, Kentaro*; Ohara, Takashi   ; Nakao, Akiko*; Momma, Hiroyuki*; Kwon, E.*; Setaka, Wataru*

Three-dimensional arrays of dipolar rotors were constructed as single crystals of molecular gyrotops, which are macrocage molecules with a bridged dipolar rotor. In this study, we synthesized novel molecular gyrotops with a five-membered heteroring, i.e., furan-diyl, thiophenediyl, and selenophene-diyl, and investigated the temperature-dependent orientation and rotation of the dipolar rotors inside the crystal.