Series of new compounds prepared by condensing the sodium salt of 4-[(4-methoxy- benzylidene)-amino]-phenol with chloroacetanilides carrying various substituents in different positions has been synthesised and characterised by UV–VIS, FTIR, MS, 1H and 13C NMR spectrometry. The effect of type and position of different substituents on thermal and on mesomorphic behaviour has been investigated by polarizing optical microscopy and ...
