Abstract
The synthesis of new intermediates to liquid crystals, a series of 6-n-alkoxy-3-pyridinecarboxaldehydes is described. The mesomorphic properties of their precursors, the 6-n-alkoxy-3-pyridinecarboxylic acids are reported. Some derivatives of the carboxaldehydes, the 6,6′-di-n-alkoxy-3,3′-dipyridylmethylenehydrazines and the 6′,6”- di-n-n-alkoxy-3′,3”-dipyridylmethylene-l,4-phenylenediamines, are described and their mesomorphic properties reported. The 1,4-phenylenediamine derivatives show greater mesomorphic stability than the azines, most of the azines being non-mesomorphic while the 1,4-phenylenediamine derivatives show smectic polymorphism with wide mesophase ranges.