Liquid/Single Crystal Structure Analysis: Synthesis and Characterization of a Trimethylsilyl Derived Rod Shaped Mesogen.

4-[4'-Cyanophenoxy-carbonyl-phenyl-4-(trimethylsilyl)ethynyl]benzoate a rod shaped liquid crystal (SmA) is synthesized and characterized. The single-crystals were grown in triclinic crystal system in the space group of Pı - with unit cell parameters a = 5.9577(2) Å, b = 8.