The convenient synthesis of a liquid-crystalline polyacrylate with a tetramethylene spacer

Whitcombe, M.J., Davis, F.J., Gilbert, A. and Mitchell, G.R. (1991) The convenient synthesis of a liquid-crystalline polyacrylate with a tetramethylene spacer. Polymer Communications, 32 (12). pp. 380-381. ISSN 0263-6476

Abstract/Summary

A protecting group approach to the synthesis of a liquid crystalline polyacrylate containing a tetramethylene spacer unit is described. This approach prevents the formation of side products obtained when a more direct synthetic pathway is used. The resulting material shows behaviour typical of a nematic liquid crystal polymer.