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SUBMITTER: Kress KC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3326613 | biostudies-literature | 2012
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kress Katharina C KC Kaller Martin M Axenov Kirill V KV Tussetschläger Stefan S Laschat Sabine S
Beilstein journal of organic chemistry 20120309
4-Cyano-1,1'-biphenyl derivatives bearing ω-hydroxyalkyl substituents were reacted with methyl 3-chloro-3-oxopropionate or cyanoacetic acid, giving liquid-crystalline linear malonates and cyanoacetates. These compounds formed monotropic nematic phases at 62 °C down to ambient temperature upon cooling from the isotropic liquid. The mesomorphic properties were investigated by differential scanning calorimetry, polarizing optical microscopy and X-ray diffraction (WAXS). ...[more]