An organic compound composed of two benzene rings connected by an azoxy group (containing both azo and oxo linkages); a foundational liquid crystal material.
From azoxy- + benzene. This compound was among the first synthesized molecules found to exhibit liquid crystalline properties in the 1880s, making it historically significant.
Azoxybenzene is scientifically important because when chemists discovered it behaves as a liquid crystal, it launched the entire field of liquid crystal technology—without this discovery, there would be no LCD displays.
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