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Liquid crystals having a type A smectic phase

US4545921A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 29, 1983
Grant dateOct 8, 1985
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Expiry dateDec 29, 2003

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC09K19/32
  • WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to a group of organic compounds of the substituted 2-hydroxyfluorene ester type, which has a smectic A mesomorphous phase. The invention also relates to the process for producing molecules of this group. The compound according to the invention is in accordance with the general chemical formula ##STR1## whereby n can be between 1 and 15 and X=Br or CN. The invention applies to the field of liquid crystals and to display means using such crystals.

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