Abstract 2-Benzyloxytropones showed a monotropic smectic A phase while the corresponding alkoxybenzyl alkoxyphenyl ethers were nonmesogenic. The tropone carbonyl group acting as a dipolar lateral substituent enhanced the smectic thermal stability.
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