Polymerizable liquid crystal compound, composition and polymer
AssigneesChisso Corporation, Chisso Petrochemical Corporation
InventorMaiko Itoh
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Abstract
A polymerizable liquid crystal compound that has a wide liquid crystal phase temperature range and has a sterol ferulate skeleton, and a liquid crystal composition containing the compound are provided. A polymer that is excellent in various characteristics, and a molded article having optical anisotropy produced with the polymer are obtained with the polymerizable liquid crystal compound. The compound is represented by formula (1): wherein R represents a sterol moiety derived from vegetable organisms; P represents one of polymerizable groups represented by formulae (P1) to (P8); X, Z, X0 and Z0 each represent a bonding group; and A represents a divalent group having a cyclic structure.
Claims30
A compound represented by formula (1):
- wherein A represents 1,4-cyclohexylene, 1,4-phenylene, 1,3-phenylene, 1,4-cyclohexenylene, pyridin-2,5-diyl, pyridazin-3,6-diyl, pyrimidin-2,5-diyl, bicyclo[2.2.2]octan-1,4-diyl, naphthalen-2,6-diyl, tetrahydronaphthalen-2,6-diyl, fluoren-2,7-diyl or 1,3-dioxan-2,5-diyl, and arbitrary hydrogen of the rings may be replaced by halogen, alkyl having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms or fluoroalkyl having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms;
- Z represents a single bond, —COO—, —OCO—, —OCOO—, —CH2 CH2—, —CH2O—, —OCH2—CF2 CF2—CH═CH—, —CF═CF—, —C≡C—, —CF2O—, —OCF2—, —CH2 CH2 CF2O—, —OCF2 CH2 CH2—, —CH2 CH2 COO—, —OCOCH2 CH2—, —CH═CHCOO—, —OCOCH═CH—, —C≡CCOO— or —OCOC≡C—;
- m represents an integer of from 0 to 3, and when m is 2 or 3, plural groups represented by A may be the same as or different from each other, and plural groups represented by Z may be the same as or different from each other;
- X0 represents a single bond or alkylene having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, and in the alkylene, arbitrary —CH2— may be replaced by —O—, —S— or —CH═CH—, and arbitrary hydrogen may be replaced by fluorine;
- Z0 represents —O—, —COO— or —OCOO—;
- X represents a single bond or alkylene having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, and in the alkylene, arbitrary —CH2— may be replaced by —O—, —S—, —COO—, —OCO— or —OCOO—, and arbitrary hydrogen may be replaced by fluorine;
- R represents a sterol moiety derived from vegetable organisms;
- P represents one of polymerizable groups represented by formulae (P1) to (P8);
- and W represents hydrogen, halogen, alkyl having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms or fluoroalkyl having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms.
A compound represented by formula (1-m):
- wherein A represents 1,4-cyclohexylene, 1,4-phenylene, 1,3-phenylene, 1,4-cyclohexenylene, pyridin-2,5-diyl, pyridazin-3,6-diyl, pyrimidin-2,5-diyl, bicyclo[2.2.2]octan-1,4-diyl, naphthalen-2,6-diyl, tetrahydronaphthalen-2,6-diyl, fluoren-2,7-diyl or 1,3-dioxan-2,5-diyl, and arbitrary hydrogen of the rings may be replaced by halogen, alkyl having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms or fluoroalkyl having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms;
- Z represents a single bond, —COO—, —OCO—, —OCOO—, —CH2 CH2—, —CH2O—, —OCH2—CF2 CF2—CH═CH—, —CF═CF—, —CF2O—, —OCF2—, —CH2 CH2 CF2O—, —OCF2 CH2 CH2—, —CH2 CH2 COO—, —OCOCH2 CH2—, —CH═CHCOO—, —OCOCH═CH—, —C≡CCOO— or —OCOC≡C—;
- m represents an integer of from 0 to 3, and when m is 2 or 3, plural groups represented by A may be the same as or different from each other, and plural groups represented by Z may be the same as or different from each other;
- X0 represents a single bond or alkylene having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, and in the alkylene, arbitrary —CH2— may be replaced by —O—, —S— or —CH═CH—, and arbitrary hydrogen may be replaced by fluorine;
- Z0 represents —O—, —OCO— or —OCOO—;
- X represents a single bond or alkylene having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, and in the alkylene, arbitrary —CH2— may be replaced by —O—, —S—, —COO—, —OCO— or —OCOO—, and arbitrary hydrogen may be replaced by fluorine;
- Rm represents a sterol moiety derived from γ-oryzanol;
- and P represents one of polymerizable groups represented by formulae (P1) to (P8):
- wherein W represents hydrogen, halogen, alkyl having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms or fluoroalkyl having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms.
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