The Properties of Strings Formed in the Homochiral Solutions of Trifluoroacetylated Amino Alcohols in Cyclohexane

Abstract

The strings formed in the solutions of trifluoroacetylated amino alcohols in cyclohexane were studied. It was found that microscopic strings with the diameter d ∼ 1 μm were woven from tightly coupled rigid submicroscopic strings with the diameter d ∼ 0.1 μm in increments of >100 μm. Therefore, the compound strings are transparent, and they usually look like an unstructured cylinder. Microscopic strings can be tightly combined in strings to 60 μm in diameter. Submicroscopic strings are arranged almost parallel to the axis of a microscopic string. The microscopic string acts as a polarizer: it transmits light polarized across its axis and absorbs light polarized along the axis. The majority of these properties can be explained based on the assumption that a connection between the strings of all hierarchical levels in cyclohexane is stronger than that in solvents with different string morphology.