We present our results related to the synthesis of cyano (CN)-terminal LCs here. We classify molecules into seven categories: Alkyl tail CN-biphenyl, Alkoxy tail CN-biphenyl, Ester tail CN-biphenyl, Linked CN phenyl, CN Hetero-aryl, CN-Naphthyl, CN-terphenyl. Details of the synthesis procedures can be found here: 10.1080/02678292.2019.1662116, 10.1080/02678292.2019.1616228, 10.1080/02678292.2018.1502373
Alkyl tail CN-biphenyl / phenyl
Vicinal difluoroalkoxy cyanobiphenyls
Ester tail CN-biphenyl / phenyl
CN-terphenyl / alkoxy-terphenyl
Other CN biphenyl