Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology. Section A. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, Vol.364, 567-574, 2001
Crystal structure of an unsymmetrical dimeric liquid crystal with a wide temperature range chiral smectic A phase
Cholesteryl 6-{4-[4-(1S-methylheptyloxy)phenylethynyl]phenoxy} hexanoate, C110H160O8, crystallises in the monoclinic space group P2(1) with a = 18.710(12)Angstrom, b = 9.740(14)Angstrom, c = 27.865(16)Angstrom, a = 90.00 degrees, beta = 103.85(5)degrees, gamma = 90.00 degrees, V= 4931(8)Angstrom (3) Z = 2, D-(cal) = 1.085 Mg/m(3), mu = 0.066 mm(-1) F-000 = 1768, GooF = 0.83, R1 =0.07 and wR2 =0.20.