Mesomorphic and DFT study of new difluoro substituted Schiff base liquid crystals

Characterization by ¹H NMR and FTIR

4-((2′,4′-diflourophenylimino)methyl)phenyl-4′′-pentyloxybenzoate, (5OFB): white (85%); FTIR (cm⁻¹): 1722 (C = O str.), 1600 (C = N str.), 1200 (C–F str.) (Fig. SF1); ¹H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃,…