Synthesis of organic liquid crystals containing selectively fluorinated cyclopropanes

Zeguo Fang, Nawaf Al-Maharik, Peer Kirsch, Matthias Bremer, Alexandra M. Z. Slawin and David O’Hagan
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 674–680. https://doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.16.65

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Synthesis of organic liquid crystals containing selectively fluorinated cyclopropanes
Zeguo Fang, Nawaf Al-Maharik, Peer Kirsch, Matthias Bremer, Alexandra M. Z. Slawin and David O’Hagan
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 674–680. https://doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.16.65

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Fang, Z.; Al-Maharik, N.; Kirsch, P.; Bremer, M.; Slawin, A. M. Z.; O’Hagan, D. Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 674–680. doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.65

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