Chiral 2-methylchroman-2-carboxylic acid derivatives were prepared as new chiraldopants for nematicliquidcrystals. The starting material, optically active 6-benzyloxy-2-methylchroman-2-carboxylic acid, was newly synthesized as a rigid core structure and resolved by a diastereomeric salt formation method. Its absolute configuration was determined by comparing its circular dichroism spectrum with