Compounds having a c-c triple bond
AssigneeMerck Patent GmbH
InventorsChristian Jasper, Constanze Brocke, Detlef Pauluth, Volker Reiffenrath, Atsutaka Manabe
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Abstract
The present invention relates to compounds containing at least one C—C triple bond within a chain of at least 3 ring systems which have positive dielectric anisotropy, to the use thereof for high-frequency components, to liquid-crystalline media comprising the compounds, and to high-frequency components, in particular antennae, especially for the gigahertz region, comprising these media. The liquid-crystalline media serve, for example, for the phase shifting of microwaves for tuneable ‘phased-array’ antennae.
Claims15
Compounds of the formula I
- in which
- A1-5, independently of one another, denote
- a) 1,4-phenylene, in which one or more CH groups may be replaced by N,
- b) a radical of the formula
- c) trans-1,4-cyclohexylene or cyclohexenylene, in which, in addition, one or two non-adjacent CH2 groups may be replaced by —O— and/or —S—, or
- d) a radical from the group 1,4-bicyclo[2.2.2]octylene, cyclobutane-1,3-diyl, spiro[3.3]heptane-2,6-diyl, thiophene-2,5-diyl or furan-2,5-diyl,
- and in which, in groups a), b), c) and d),
- optionally one or more H atoms independently have been replaced by a group L,
- where at least one of the rings A3 and A4 where p=1 denotes a radical selected from the radicals
- L, independently of one another, denotes Br, Cl, F, CN, —NCS, —SCN, SF5, C1-C10 alkyl, C1-C10 alkoxy, C3-C6 cycloalkyl or a mono- or polyfluorinated C1-C10 alkyl or alkoxy group,
- R1 in each case, independently of one another, denotes a halogenated or unsubstituted alkyl radical having 1 to 15 C atoms, where, in addition, one or more CH2 groups in these radicals may each be replaced, independently of one another, by —C≡C—, —CH═CH—, —CF═CF—, —CF═CH—, —CH═CF—, —(CO)O—, —O(CO)—, —(CO)—, —O— or —S— in such a way that O or S atoms are not linked directly to one another, or F, Cl, Br, CN, CF3, OCF3, SCN, NCS or SF5,
- X denotes F, Cl, Br, CN, SCN, NCS, SF5 or a halogenated alkyl radical having 1 to 15 C atoms, where, in addition, one or more CH2 groups in this radical may each be replaced, independently of one another, by —C≡C—, —CH═CH—, —CF═CF—, —CF═CH—, —CH═CF—, —(CO)O—, —O(CO)—, —(CO)—, —O— or —S— in such a way that O or S atoms are not linked directly to one another,
- Z1, Z2, Z4, Z5, independently of one another, denote a single bond, —C≡C—, —CH═CH—, —CH2O—, —(CO)O—, —CF2O—, —CF2CF2—, —CH2CF2—, —CH2CH2—, —(CH2)4—, —CH═CF— or —CF═CF—, where asymmetrical bridges may be oriented to both sides, and
- m, n, p, q independently denote 0 or 1, where m+n+p+q is 1, 2, 3 or 4.
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