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Hitoshi Iwatsubo

Takashi Yamazaki

Tomoya Kitazume

Tomoya Kitazumo

3-(2-Trifluoro-1-hydroxyethyl)propenyl benzyl ether or derivatives thereof having the formula ##STR1## wherein R is a substituted or not substituted phenyl group and a mark * shows an asymmetric carbon atom, and derivatives thereof are provided, which are useful as a material for preparing liquid crystal compound.

Optical active 3-(2-trifluoro-1-hydroxyethyl) propenyl benzyl ether,

3-(2-Trifluoro-1-hydroxyethyl)propenyl benzyl ether or derivatives thereof having the formula ##STR1## wherin R is a substituted or not substituted phenyl group and a mark * shows an asymmetric carbon atom, and derivatives thereof are provided, which are useful as a material for preparing liquid crystal compound.

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