Heteroaromatic isothiocyanates

A compound of formula N

• in which
• RN denotes H, alkyl or alkoxy having 1 to 12 C atoms, or alkenyl, alkenyloxy or alkoxyalkyl having 2 to 12 C atoms, in which one or more CH2-groups may be replaced by
• or denotes a group RP,
• RP denotes halogen, CN, NCS, RF, RF—O—, or RF—S—, wherein RF denotes fluorinated alkyl having 1 to 9 C atoms or fluorinated alkenyl having 2 to 9 C atoms,
• ZN1 and ZN2, identically or differently, denote —CH═CH—, —CF═CF—, —CH═CF—, —CF═CH—, —C≡C—, —C≡C—C≡C—, or a single bond,
• W denotes N, C—F or C—Cl,
• X1 and X2, identically or differently, denote H, Cl, F, methyl, or ethyl,
• on each occurrence, identically or differently, denote a radical selected from the following groups:
• a) the group consisting of 1,4-phenylene, 1,4-naphthylene, and 2,6-naphthylene, in which one or two CH groups may each be replaced by N and in which one or more H atoms may each be replaced by L,
• b) the group consisting of trans-1,4-cyclohexylene, 1,4-cyclohexenylene, bicyclo[1.1.1]pentane-1,3-diyl, 4,4′-bicyclohexylene, bicyclo[2.2.2]octane-1,4-diyl, and spiro[3.3]heptane-2,6-diyl, in which one or more non-adjacent CH2 groups may each be replaced by —O— or —S— and in which one or more H atoms may each be replaced by F, and
• c) the group consisting of thiophene-2,5-diyl, thieno[3,2-b]thiophene-2,5-diyl and selenophene-2,5-diyl, each of which may be mono- or polysubstituted by L,
• L on each occurrence, identically or differently, denotes F, Cl, CN, SCN, SF5 or straight-chain or branched, in each case optionally fluorinated, alkyl having 1 to 12 C atoms, alkoxy having 1 to 12 C atoms, alkylcarbonyl having 2 to 12 C atoms, alkoxycarbonyl having 2 to 12 C atoms, alkylcarbonyloxy having 2 to 12 C atoms, or alkoxycarbonyloxy having 2 to 12 C atoms, and
• n is 0, 1 or 2.