New 2,2′-substituted 6,6′-dimethylbiphenyl derivatives inducing strong helical twisting power in liquid crystals

European Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn , Issue 16, 2005, Pages 3536-3541

  Holzwarth, Richard ^a   Bartsch, Richard ^a   Cherkaoui, Zoubair ^b   Solladié, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b Rolic Technologies Ltd   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Asymmetric synthesis; Biphenyl; Induced cholesteric; Pitch; Screw sense

Indexed keywords

EID: 23944489682     PISSN: 1434193X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.200500100     Document Type: Article

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