“…The complexes were shown to exhibit a highly viscous SmA mesophase. Since then a large number of lanthanidomesogens containing Schiff bases,8a, e–g, h, 10c, e–f, 12 porphyrins,13 phthalocyanines,14 β‐enamino ketones,15 1,2‐phenanthrolines,16 β‐diketonates,17 and crown ethers10a, 18 have been investigated. A series of one‐ring Schiff bases, although not mesogenic, have been complexed to lanthanides to produce ordered mesophases 8h.…”