3-Arylcyclohex-2-en-1-ones and 3,6-Diarylcyclohex-2-en-1-ones. New Liquid Crystalline Compounds.

The cyclohex-2-en-1-one unit flanked by one or more aryl rings is shown to provide a new system which can exhibit liquid crystal properties; these new mesogens contain a chiral centre which is both adjacent to a lateral dipolar carbonyl group and is also located in the central core.