Chiral liquid‐crystalline 3,6‐disubstituted cyclohex‐2‐enones and their derivatives and the FLC compositions based upon them

Abstract

Abstract— The synthesis and chemical transformations of the 3,6‐disubstituted cyclohex‐2‐enones into new chiral liquid‐crystalline lateral substituted derivatives of biphenyl, terphenyl, or quaterphenyl are presented. The mesomorphic properties of the prepared compounds and physical and electro‐optical parameters of FLC compositions based upon them are discussed here, emphasizing structure‐property relations.