“…Various low molecular weight compounds and polymers composed of five-membered heterocycles like furan, thiophene and 1,3,4-thiadiazole rings are reported to form stable thermotropic LC mesophases [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] . Zaschke et al reported preparation of a series of 2-phenyl-or 2,5-diphenyl-1,3,4-thia-and -oxadiazole derivatives analogous to biphenyls or terphenyls having flexible units at both sides or in the central part and found that the thiadiazole unit is a good smectogen [6][7][8] . The 1,3,4-thiadiazole derivatives show nematic and smectic mesophases in spite of bent molecular structures, but the corresponding 2,5-diphenyl-1,3,4-oxadiazoles form no LC phases 6) .…”