European journal of organic chemistry

A Convenient Synthetic Route to Tetrahydropyran??Based Liquid Crystals

P Kirsch, D Maillard

Index: Kirsch, Peer; Maillard, David European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2006 , # 15 p. 3326 - 3331

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Citation Number: 13

Abstract

Abstract The tetrahydropyran moiety has been identified as a highly advantageous addition to the toolbox for the design of nematic liquid crystals for LCD applications. A new synthetic procedure based on the Lewis acid catalysed ring opening of oxetanes by lithium iminoenolates followed by reductive dehydroxylation of the resulting hemiketal provides a convenient preparative access to this class of materials.(© Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. ...