Anisotropic heat-curable acrylic terminated monomers

Claim 1

Heat-curable acrylic-terminated monomer capable of forming an anisotropic melt phase of the formula: ##STR16## wherein Ar is a divalent radical comprising at least one aromatic ring, Ar 1 is a divalent radical selected from the group consisting of phenylene, naphthalene, biphenylene and mixtures thereof, R is selected from the group consisting of an alkylene group having from one to four carbon atoms and an oxyalkylene group having from one to four carbon atoms, and R 1 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and methyl, wherein hydrogen atoms present on the aromatic rings in said divalent radicals Ar and Ar 1 may be replaced by substitution selected from the group consisting of an alkyl group having one to four carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having one to four carbon atoms, halogen, phenyl, and mixtures thereof.