Anomalous Phase Transition in the Dichiral Liquid Crystalline Compound Containing Fluorines (3)

Abstract

In order to study the molecular structural effect to a new optically isotropic phase (IsoX) found in 2-[4-((R)-2-fluorohexyloxy)phenyl]-5-[4-((S)-2-fluoro-2-methyldecanoyloxy)phenyl]pyrimidine, we synthesized its analogous. The analogous having different alkyl side chains exhibited the IsoX phase, whereas their diastereomers and mono-fluorineted derivatives exhibited nomal smectic phases.