“…4-(Meth)acryloyloxybenzoic acids form liquid-crystalline polymers upon polymerisation and give birth to a large number of mesomorphic monomers and polymers. 31 Of all monomers of this type, the best studied are the esters of the general formula CH 2 =CRC(O)OYC(O)OYR H (R H = H, 32 Me, 33 OR HH ; R HH = Me, 32 ± 35 , Pr, 34 Bu n , 32 ± 34, 36 n-C 6 H 13 37 and Alk(C 8 7C 16 ) 36 (hereinafter Y = 1,4-C 6 H 4 ). Monomers with more complex structures have been also described, e.g., methacrylates with the mesogenic side groups YC(O)OYOC(O)YOR H (R H = H, Alk); 38 or thermotropic bisacrylates R H XR H (X = (CH 2 ) n ; n = 6 ± 10, 12; R H = CH 2 =CHC(O)O.…”