Triphenylene is an ortho-fused polycyclic arene consisting of four fused benzene rings.
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Structures and phase diagrams of LC compounds derived form corannulene (1COR), triphenylene (2TP), hexaphenylbenzene (3HPB), tetrathiafluvalene (4aTTF, 4bTTF, and 4cTTF), oligothiophene (5aOT, 5bOT, and 5cOT), and phthalonitrile (6aPN and 6bPN).