Dai et al performed the precise synthesis of monodisperse 4-(2-propoxyl)benzoate materials via the use of an orthogonal tetrahydropyranyl ether and benzyl ester protecting groups, to afford the benzyl terminated Bn(n) materials and the 4-nitrophenyl terminated Nt(n) materials. The Bn(n) and Nt(n) materials can be considered as homologoues of the poly(oxobenzoate) type liquid crystal polymers, and also to a lesser extent RM734 and its derivatives. Remarkably, the classical nematic phase is absent for all materials, with the formation of the NF phase directly on cooling from the isotropic liquid demonstrated by both SHG and SHG-I microscopy. In the case of the Bn(n) materials, the molecular dipole moment is generated almost entirely by the complementary orientation of ester linking units, and this affords a ferroelectric nematic phase albeit with a somewhat lower TNf-Iso than the equivalent length nitro-terminated material. The discovery of the NF phase in these systems demands that other oligo/poly(oxobenzoate) materials be reinvestigated as candidate ferroelectric nematics.