Fluorinated banana-shaped 1,2,4-oxadiazoles

A series of banana-shaped diesters derivated of 3,5-bis-(p- hydroxyphenyl)-1,2;4-oxadiazole and p-alkyloxy- fluoro(difluoro)benzoic acids were synthesized and investigated by optical microscopy and DSC method. The influence of the alkyloxy-substituent lengths and of the F- group position in the molecule on its mesomorphic properties is discussed.