Several new series with the general formula [graphic] in which R2 is a lateral unbranched or branched chain of up to considerable length, were prepared. The compounds exhibit nematic properties. With the aid of molecular statistical theories and other arguments, we discuss the conformations of the lateral substituents which probably lie more or less parallel to the long molecular axis.
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