The synthesis and mesomorphic properties of 2, 2′, 3-tri-and 2, 2′, 3, 3′-tetra-fluoro-1, 1′∶ 4′, 1 ″-terphenyls for high dielectric biaxiality ferroelectric liquid …

ME Glendenning, JW Goodby, M Hird…

Index: Glendenning, Margaret E.; Goodby, John W.; Hird, Michael; Toyne, Kenneth J. Journal of the Chemical Society. Perkin Transactions 2, 1999 , # 3 p. 481 - 491

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Abstract

Liquid crystalline 1, 1′∶ 4′, 1 ″-terphenyls with three and four lateral fluoro substituents and alkyl or alkoxy substituents in the 4-and 4′-positions have been synthesised. Synthetic strategies employed were convergent and involved the use of arylboronic acids and aryl halides in palladium-catalysed cross-coupling reactions. These syntheses are of particular interest because issues of selective metallation (at positions ortho to a fluoro substituent) ...