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Twenty compounds belonging to the class of acylphenyl esters of p-n-alkoxybenzoic acids were synthesized. Their mesomorphic properties were studied using a polarizing microscope. These compounds form a smectic modification starting with the lower homologues. An explanation for this phenomenon is suggested.
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Константинов et al. (1974) studied this question.
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