Water → 4-Pentyl-4'-biphenylcarboxylic Acid

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50 Gram of 4-n-pentyl-4'-cyanobiphenyl and 500 g of 70 weight % sulfuric acid were introduced into 2 l three neck flask, and heated on a mantle heater, with stirring under reflux for 2.5 hours. The resulting reaction mixture was water-cooled and then 500 ml of water was added, followed by separating a solid product with a glass filter, water-washing and recrystallizing with glacial acetic acid to give 45.7 g of 4-n-pentyl-biphenyl-4'-carboxylic acid((II), R=C5H11) which was a colorless crystal having a molecular formula of C18H20O2 (composition: C 80.6%, H 7.5%, O 11.9% as calculated values and C 80.3%, H 7.6%, O 12.1% as observed values) and a melting point of 177° C, and formed a smectic liquid crystal at temperatures exceeding the melting point.

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