Using 2-amino-3-substituted benzoic acid as starting material, 4,5-disubstituted phenanthrene derivatives were synthesized via sequential reactions of diazotization-coupling reaction, esterification, reduction, oxidation and cyclization, and using reduced biphenyl intermediates as starting materials. 4,5-Disubstituted 9,10-dihydrophenanthrene derivatives were synthesized via sequential reactions of bromination, grinard reaction, using 4,5-disubstituted phenanthrene and 4,5-disubstituted 9,10-dihydrophenanthrene derivatives as starting materials. Liquid crystal monomer compounds were synthesized via sequential reactions of halogenations and coupling reaction, and the chemical structures of products were identified by 1 H NMR, 13 C NMR spectra. Keywords 2-amino-3-substituted benzoic acid; phenanthrene; 9,10-dihydrophenanthrene; liquid crystal; ferroelectric liquid crystal; synthesis