A liquid crystal composition comprising compounds, wherein the compounds comprising:
- 1 to 35% by mass of at least one or more compounds represented by General Formula (i):
- wherein in General Formula (i), Ri1 and Ri2 each independently represent an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having 2 to 10 carbon atoms, or an alkoxy group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms;
- and at least any one of Ri1 or Ri2 is an alkenyl group, and
- 5 to 30% by mass of at least one or more compounds represented by General Formula (M-1):
- wherein in General Formula (M-1), XM12, XM13, XM14, XM15, XM16, and XM17 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a fluorine atom;
- rings A each independently represent a group selected from the group consisting of:
- (a) a 1,4-cyclohexylene group in which one —CH2— moiety or at least two non-adjacent —CH2— moieties present in this group may be substituted by —O—, and
- (b) a 1,4-phenylene group in which one —CH═ moiety or at least two non-adjacent —CH═ moieties present in this group may be substituted by —N═, while the group (a) and the group (b) may be each independently substituted with a cyano group, a fluorine atom, or a chlorine atom;
- RM1 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having 2 to 10 carbon atoms, or an alkoxy group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms;
- YM11 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having 2 to 10 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, a cyano group, —CF3, or —OCF3;
- and
- n represents an integer from 0 to 2,
- 30 to 90% by mass of at least one non-polar compound represented by General Formula (L) having a dielectric anisotropy of −1.0 to 1.0:
- wherein in General Formula (L), RL1 and RL2 each independently represent an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, while one —CH2— moiety or at least two non-adjacent —CH2-moieties in the alkyl group may be each independently substituted by —CH═CH—, —O—, —CO—, —COO—, or —OCO—;
- OL represents 0, 1, 2, or 3;
- BL1, BL2, and BL3 each independently represent a group selected from the group consisting of:
- (a) a 1,4-cyclohexylene group in which one —CH2— moiety or at least two non-adjacent —CH2— moieties present in this group may be substituted by —O—, and
- (b) a 1,4-phenylene group in which one —CH=moiety or at least two non-adjacent —CH=moieties present in this group may be substituted by —N═, while the group (a) and the group (b) may be each independently substituted with a cyano group, a fluorine atom, or a chlorine atom;
- LL1 and LL2 each independently represent a single bond, —CH2CH2—, —(CH2)4—, —OCH2—, —CH2O—, —COO—, —OCO—, —OCF2—, —CF2O—, —CH═N—N═CH—, —CH═CH—, —CF═CF—, or —C≡C—;
- and
- in a case in which OL represents 2 or 3, and there are plural LL2's, they may be identical or different, while in a case in which OL represents 2 or 3, and there are plural BL3's, they may be identical or different, provided that compounds represented by General Formula (i) and General Formula (M-1) are excluded,
- wherein a dielectric constant anisotropy at 25° C. is from 0 to 5,
- wherein the liquid crystal composition has a nematic phase-isotropic liquid phase transition temperature (Tni) of 60° C. to 100° C.,
- wherein all ring structures of the compounds included in the liquid crystal composition are 6-membered,
- wherein the liquid crystal composition has a rotational viscosity measured at 295 K is from 35 mPa·s to 48 mPa·s.