Insertion of a difluorooxymethylene bridge into the mesogenic core structure of phenylcyclohexane-based liquid crystals results in a class of materials that exhibits a surprising and unprecedented improvement of essentially all application-relevant properties. A novel synthetic procedure allows the convenient large-scale preparation of a variety of compounds based on α,α-difluoroalkyl ether structures.
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