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Do hydrogen bonds influence the behavior of the phases of amphiphilic
''cyanobiphenyls''? Diol 1 forms, for example, a nematic mesophase. By
the addition of H2O or the incorporation of further OH groups. the pa
rallel movement of the molecules is hindered, and a smectic layer stru
cture is induced.