Liquid crystalline substances

Abstract

Abstract New liquid-crystalline esters of the 4-[(4-alkyl-cyclohexyl)-methyl]-benzoic acids or cyclohexanecarboxylic acids which are suitable for electro-optical displays have the general formula ##STR1## wherein R 1 =C n H 2n+1 R 2 =H, ##STR2## wherein n=an integer from 1 to 10, m=an integer from 1 to 10, S=an integer from 1 to 10. The aforementioned esters are produced by converting the corresponding 4-alkylcyclohexanecarboxylic acid chloride according to Friedel-Crafts with benzene, reduction of the corresponding ketones to 4-alkyl-cyclohexyl-methyl-benzene, Friedel-Crafts acylation with acetyl chloride and oxidation with bromine to the 4-[(4-alkyl-cyclohexyl)-methyl]-benzoic acids, which are esterified according to conventional methods with substituted cyclohexanols or phenols or are hydrogenated with hydrogen and Raney-Nickel under high-pressure to 4-[(4-alkyl-cyclohexyl)-methyl]-cyclohexanecarboxylic acids, and then are esterified according to conventional procedures with substituted cyclohexanols or phenols.

Inventors

• 👤 Dietrich Demus
• 👤 Roger Frach
• 👤 Hans-Joachim Deutscher
• 👤 Horst Zaschke

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