3-Arylcyclohex-2-en-1-ones and 3, 6-Diarylcyclohex-2-en-1-ones. New Liquid Crystalline Compounds.

…, DA Dunmur, LD Farrand, NJ Hindley, CM Marson

Index: Brettle, Roger; Dunmur, David A.; Farrand, Louise D.; Hindley, Nigel J.; Marson, Charles M. Chemistry Letters, 1993 , # 10 p. 1663 - 1666

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Abstract

The cyclohex-2-en-1-one unit flanked by one or more aryl rings is shown to provide a new system which can exhibit liquid crystal properties; these new mesogens contain a chiral centre which is both adjacent to a lateral dipolar carbonyl group and is also located in the central core.