Download PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... Ring fluorinated thiophenes were synthesized via a Balz–Schiemann fluorination approach and were successfully employed in the synthesis of liquid crystals using regioselective electrophilic bromination and regioselective Suzuki coupling chemistry. ... We considered that mesogens 1–3 should ...