Synthesis and Mesomorphic Properties of Tropon-4-yl 4-n-Alkoxybenzoates: Roles of a Tropone Ring as a Polar Terminal Group

Journal of Oleo Science

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 349-353

  Kubo, Kanji ^a   Mori, Akira ^a   Ujiie, Seiji ^b   Tschierske, Carsten ^c  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

bilayer structure; liquid crystal; smectic A phase; tropolone; tropone

Indexed keywords

EID: 56649121555     PISSN: 13458957     EISSN: 13473352     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5650/jos.53.349     Document Type: Article

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