| Abstract: | A semiperfluorinated chain has been introduced into three series of lactate‐based molecules, and their mesomorphic properties have been studied by DSC and optical polarized microscope. An abnormal phenomenon has been found that the introduction of a triple bond in the core of the molecule, which lengthened the molecule, gave rise to a decrease in the thermal stability of chiral smectic C phase and smectic A phase. 2, 3‐Difluoro substituents of the phenylenic structure hinder the formation of the chiral smectic C phase because of the steric effect. |
