Two types of fast switching mixtures with high positive dielectric anisotropy were described. The first type, with a birefringence below 0.3, was designed for devices operating at room or lower temperatures and the second one, with a birefringence higher than 0.3 for devices operating at elevated temperatures.

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This paper describes the polyfunctional intermediates for the preparation of various anisotropic and liquidcrystalline compounds with different combinations of cyclic, bridge, terminal fragments and lateral substituents. Both chiral and nonchiral nematic, smectic mesomorphic and anisotropic compounds can be prepared by the transformations of the corresponding 3,6-disubstituted cyclohex-2-enones, trans-2,5-disubstituted cyclohexanones, 3,5-disubstitiuted 2-isoxazolines, substituted cyclohex-2-enonyl 2-isoxazolines, 1,2-disubstitiuted cyclopropanols and substituted unsaturated epoxyketones.