Liquid-crystalline heterodimesogens and ABA-heterotrimesogens comprising a bent 3,5-diphenyl-1,2,4-oxadiazole central unit

• Govindaswamy Shanker,
• Marko Prehm and
• Carsten Tschierske

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 472–485, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.54

• crystals; 1,2,4-oxadiazoles; trimesogen; Introduction Liquid-crystalline (LC) dimers of low-molar-mass compounds formed by the coupling of two mesogenic segments are of contemporary interest [1][2][3][4]. These compounds exhibit fascinating properties, often different from the single mesogens, and they