New ferroelectric liquid crystal materials: (+)-4-(5-Alkyl-1,3-dioxan-2-yl)phenyl 4-(2-methylbutoxy)benzoates

Article abstract of DOI:10.1246/bcsj.63.156

(+)-4-(5-Alkyl-1,3-dioxan-2-yl)phenyl 4-(2-methylbutoxy)benzoates (9) and their oxathiane (10) and dithiane (11) analogs have been synthesized. The mesomorphic behavior of these compounds was measured. Compounds 9 exhibited a ferroelectric liquid-crystal