Synthesis and Characterization of a Series of Liquid Crystal Monomers Containing a Novel Spacer Group Based on Vinylacetic Acid

…, WR Jackson, GP Simon, KG Watson, S Zheng

Index: Jacobs, Howard A.; Day, Gary M.; Jackson, W. Roy; Simon, George P.; Watson, Keith G.; Zheng, S. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 1992 , vol. 45, # 4 p. 695 - 702

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Abstract

Abstract A series of liquid crystal monomers with side chains involving a vinylacetic acid unit have been prepared, and their thermal and optical properties compared with those of related compounds containing the same mesogenic unit but a conventional polymethylene spacer group based on a terminal alkene.