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New esters of the type have been synthetized and their mesomorphic behavior studied by optical methods, X-ray diffraction and differential scanning calorimetry. Smectic and/or nematic phases have been observed for all the homologs. A complex polymorphism has been found for the smectic phases in some cases.
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Fanelli et al. (1982) studied this question.
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