Nitroarenes – the simple way to liquid crystalline fluoroalkyl–aryl ethers

Abstract

An inexpensive and simple method of synthesis of highly fluorinated alkyl–aryl ethers with nitro- and cyano-group at the para-position was described. Obtained ethers were converted to liquid-crystalline biphenyls, tolanes, esters and pyrimidines.

Keywords:

• aromatic nucleophilic substitution
• smectic liquid crystals

Acknowledgement

This work was supported by grant N 204 029 31/0512.