Abstract
The compound C24H31N3 at higher temperatures shows a smectic liquid crystal phase followed by a nematic phase. The crystals belong to space group P21/c, with a = 13.0422(6), b = 17.7464(11) and c = 9.5950(5) Å, β = 107.170(1)°, Z = 4. The structure has been solved by the direct method program system SIMPEL83 and refined to an R-value of 0.041. Molecules are packed in associated pairs running parallel to the a axis. An X-ray study at higher temperatures shows that the smectic phase is also built ap from similar pairs of molecules.