HCID 13978129, compound → HCID 53733830, compound

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An example of the efficacy of compounds of the invention (compound I) in broadening the nematic temperature range of admixtures including two ring cyclohexyl dioxane compounds is as follows. A binary eutectic mixture comprising 0.745 mole fraction of 5-ethyl-2-(4-pentylcyclohexyl)-1,3-dioxane (compound A) and 0.255 mole fraction of 5-propyl-2-(4-heptylcyclohexyl)-1,3 dioxane (compound B) exhibits a nematic temperature range of 12.5° C. to 26.5° C. Addition of a three ring compound of the formula ##STR12## namely, 5-ethyl-2-(4-pentylcyclohexyl) cyclohexyl)-1,3 dioxane (compound C) to provide a eutectic mixture comprising 0.610 mole fraction of compound A, 0.189 lmole fraction of compound B and 0.201 mole fraction of compound C resulted in a measured nematic temperature range of 8.6° C. to 59.7° C. while the mixture retained low viscosity and low optical birefringence, e.g., Δn=0.04.

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