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Preparation of troponoid liquid crystals with a flexible oxymethylene linking unit
Mori, Akira,Taya, Hisashi,Takeshita, Hitoshi,Ujiie, Seiji
, p. 595 - 597 (2007/10/03)
2-Benzyloxytropones, which have a saturated oxymethylene (-CH2O-) linking unit, show a monotropic smectic A phase while the corresponding alkoxybenzyl alkoxyphenyl ethers have poor mesogenic properties. The tropone carbonyl group acting as a dipolar lateral substituent enhances the smectic thermal stability.
