Fluorinated fluorene derivatives
AssigneeMerck Patent GmbH
InventorsMatthias Bremer, Detlef Pauluth, Melanie Klasen-Memmer
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Abstract
The invention relates to fluorinated fluorene derivatives of negative DC anisotropy, of the formula I R1—(—A1—Z1—)k1—(—A2—Z2—)k2—W—(—Z3—A3—)k3—(—Z4—A4—)k4—R2 I in which W denotes the sub-formula 1 L1 and L2, independently of one another, are H, F, Cl, —CH2F, —CHF2 or —CF3, with the proviso that L1 and L2 are not both H, L3 and L4, independently of one another, are H or F, and R1, R2, A1, A2, A3, A4, Z1, Z2, Z3, Z4, k1, k2, k3 and k4 are as defined above. The invention furthermore relates to liquid-crystalline media and to optical and electro-optical display elements.
Claims11
Fluorene derivatives of the formula I
- R1—(—A1—Z1—)k1—(—A2—Z2—)k2—W—(—Z3—A3—)k3—(—Z4—A4—)k4—R2 I
- in which
- W is the
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- group,
- L1 and L2, independently of one another, are H, F, Cl, —CH2F, —CHF2 or —CF3, with the proviso that L1 and L2 are not both H,
- L3 and L4, independently of one another, are H or F,
- R1 and R2, independently of one another, are H, halogen, —CN, —NCS, —SF5 or alkyl having from 1 to 18 carbon atoms, in which, in addition, one or two non-adjacent —CH2— groups may be replaced by —O—, —S—, —CO—, —O—CO—, —CO—O—, —E— and/or —C≡C— and/or in which, in addition, one or more H atoms may be replaced by halogen and/or —CN,
- E is CR4═CR5 or CHR4—CHR5,
- R4 and R5 are each, independently of one another, H, alkyl having 1-6 carbon atoms, F, Cl, CF3 or CN,
- A1, A2, A3
- and A4 are each, independently of one another, 1,4-phenylene, in which one or more CH groups may be replaced by N, 1,4-cyclohexylene, in which one or two non-adjacent CH2 groups may be replaced by O and/or S, 1,4-cyclohexenylene, 1,4-bicyclo[2.2.2]-octylene, piperidine-1,4-diyl, naphthalene-2,6-diyl, decahydronaphthalene-2,6-diyl or 1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene-2,6-diyl, where, in the meanings given for A1, A2, A3 and A4, one or more H atoms may be substituted by halogen, —CN and/or alkyl having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, in which one or more H atoms may be replaced by halogen or —CN, and/or in which one or more non-adjacent —CH2— groups may be replaced, independently of one another, by —CO—, —O—CO—, —CO—O—, —O—, —S—, —CH═CH— or —C≡C—, and
- Z1, Z2, Z3
- and Z4, independently of one another, are —O—CO—, —CO—O—, —CH2—O—, —CF2—O—, —O—CH2—, —O—CF2—, —C2H4—, —CH2—CF2—, —CF2—CH2—, —CF2—CF2—, —CH═CH—, —CF═CH—, —CH═CF—, —CF═CF—, —C≡C— or a single bond,
- k1, k2, k3
- and k4, independently of one another, are 0, 1 or 2.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.