title: Design and synthesis of a new family of fluorinated liquid crystals.
abstract: A convenient and simple three-step pathway to the new family of CF(2)CF(2)S-bridged alkanes and CF(2)S-, CF(2)O-bridged alkenes and alkynes was elaborated by using catalytic olefination reaction as a key step of the synthetic sequence. The obtained compounds revealed attractive liquid crystalline characteristics.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, Moscow 119992, Russia. nen@acylium.chem.msu.ru
authors.forename: Valentine G
authors.initials: VG
authors.lastname: Nenajdenko
authors.forename: Aleksey A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Goldberg
authors.forename: Vasily M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Muzalevskiy
authors.forename: Elizabeth S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Balenkova
authors.forename: Aleksey V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Shastin