Synthesis and properties of new optically active γ-lactones as chiral dopants for ferroelectric liquid crystals
- 1 January 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications
- No. 5,p. 311-312
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c39910000311
Abstract
Optically active α-aryl-γ-alkyl-γ-lactones were synthesized through the reaction of chiral 1,2-epoxyalkanes with the carbanion derived from 4-methoxyphenylacetonitrile or 4-methoxyphenylacetic acid and shown to be good chiral dopants for ferroelectric liquid crystals.Keywords
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