Novel liquid crystalline compounds possessing a strong dipole at its center

Abstract

We synthesized liquid crystalline compounds which have a bent rod structure and two trifluoromethyl groups at its central carbon atom. The behaivors and properties were investigated by polarized light microscopy, DSC and powder X-ray diffraction. It is expected that the molecules are aligned in a direction in the liquid crystal phase by the strong dipole-dipole interaction between molecules.