We report the synthesis and mesomorphic properties of a new series of polar rod-shaped liquid crystals derived from substituted benzoic acid and vanillin. The rod-shaped liquid consists of polar substituents, such as nitro, fluoro, cyano, and trifluoromethyl groups, at the terminal position of the molecule. In contrast, the other ends of the molecule contained a methoxy group. The TGA thermogram shows that the polar rod-shaped molecules are thermally stable. The presence of a bulky trifluorocarbon in the compound results in a high thermal decomposition temperature. The rod-shaped mesogenic compound with an NO2 group at the terminal position displays an enantiotropic nematic phase, whereas in the presence of F, CF3 displays a monotropic nematic phase. The presence of the CN group discourages mesogenic behaviour. These compounds are fluorescent and emit light in the visible region (∼489 nm) with a large Stokes shift. Density functional theory studies were performed to optimise the structure of rod-shaped monomers with different polar substituents. It was found that among all the studied compounds, 4FVA was harder and more stable (i.e., less reactive), while 4NVA was softer and less stable (i.e., more reactive). Furthermore, 4FVA will act as a better electron donor in gas medium among all the compounds, as it has the highest HOMO energy (−0.21050 eV), and 4NVA will act as a better electron acceptor in chloroform medium among all the compounds with the lowest LUMO energy (−0.12443 eV). Additionally, the kinetic stability, reactivity, and dipole moment of all the monomers were explored using chemical reactivity parameters.
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