Emergence of Nematic Phase in Purely Smectogenic Alkyl 4-(4-Substituted Benzylideneamino)benzoates by Chain Branching of the Ester Alkyl Group

Abstract

Abstract 2-Methylation of the ester butyl and pentyl groups in the phenyl-substituted compounds and also of the ester propyl, butyl, and pentyl groups in a number of the alkoxy-substituted compounds resulted in the production of nematic liquid crystals.