Abstract: | The experimental data for the specific heat Cp is analyzed at various temperatures close to the nematic–isotropic liquid (TNI = 180.5 °C) and the solid–nematic (TSN = 168.9 °C) transitions in anisaldazine. Values of the critical exponent for the specific heat, which describe a λ-transition between nematic and the isotropic liquid, and a jump discontinuity between solid and nematic phases, are deduced for anisaldazine. They are compared with the model predictions. |