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Three homologous series of semiflexible polyesters constituted by twin spaced p‐oxybenzoyl diads were studied with respect to their mesomorphic behaviour as a function of the relative length of the two different spacers [oligo(oxyethylene) and polymethylene] connected in an alternating fashion in the repeating unit. Within each series the oligo(oxyethylene) segment was maintained constant (n = 2, 3, 4), whereas the polymethylene segment varied in steps of one methylene unit from pentamethylene to decamethylene (m = 5 to 10). Indications are gained of how the parity of both ether and hydrocarbon spacers may affect the phase diagrams of the samples. The parity of the oligo(oxyethylene) segments appears in particular very effective in maximizing the orientational correlation between the mesogenic p‐oxybenzoyl diads.
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