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US 2010/0301271 A1Published application
Fluorene derivatives
AssigneeMerck Patent GmbH
InventorsKevin Adlem, Owain Llyr Parry, Karl Skjonnemand, David Wilkes
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Abstract
The invention relates to novel fluorene derivatives, which are especially suitable for use in birefringent films with negative optical dispersion, to novel liquid crystal (LC) formulations and polymer films comprising them, and to the use of the fluorene derivatives, formulations and films in optical, electrooptical, electronic, semiconducting or luminescent components or devices.
Claims19
A compound comprising one or more structural elements of the following formula
- wherein
- B′ is —(B)q— or —(B)q—R3,
- B is —C≡C—, —CY1═CY2— or an optionally substituted aromatic or heteroaromatic group,
- q is an integer from 1 to 10,
- Y1,2 are independently of each other H, F, Cl, CN or R0,
- A1-4 are independently of each other identical or different groups selected from non-aromatic, aromatic or heteroaromatic carbocyclic or heterocyclic groups, which are optionally substituted by one or more groups R1,
- Z1,2 are independently of each other identical or different groups selected from —O—, —S—, —CO—, —COO—, —OCO—, —O—COO—, —CO—NR0—, —NR0—CO—, —NR0—CO—NR0—, —OCH2—, —CH2O—, —SCH2—, —CH2S—, —CF2O—, —OCF2—, —CF2S—, —SCF2—, —CH2CH2—, —(CH2)3—, —(CH2)4—, —CF2CH2—, —CH2CF2—, —CF2CF2—, —CH═CH—, —CY1═CY2—, —CH═N—, —N═CH—, —N═N—, —CH═CR0—, —C≡C—, —CH═CH—COO—, —OCO—CH═CH—, CR0R00 or a single bond,
- R0 and R00 are independently of each other H or alkyl with 1 to 12 C-atoms,
- m and n are independently of each other 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4,
- R1-3 are independently of each other identical or different groups selected from H, halogen, —CN, —NC, —NCO, —NCS, —OCN, —SCN, —C(═O)NR0R00, —C(═O)X0, —C(═O)R0, —NH2, —NR0R00, —SH, —SR0, —SO3H, —SO2R0, —OH, —NO2, —CF3, —SF5, P-Sp-, optionally substituted silyl, or carbyl or hydrocarbyl with 1 to 40 C atoms that is optionally substituted and optionally comprises one or more hetero atoms, or denote P or P-Sp-, or are substituted by P or P-Sp-, wherein the compounds comprise at least one group R1-3 denoting or being substituted by P or P-Sp-,
- P is a polymerizable group,
- Sp is a spacer group or a single bond,
- and wherein the fluorene group is optionally substituted by one or more groups R1.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.