Liquid crystal medium

A compound of the formula AN

• in which
• RA denotes H, straight-chain alkyl having 1 to 12 C atoms, or straight-chain alkenyl or straight chain alkynyl each having 2 to 12 C atoms, or branched alkyl having 3 to 12 C atoms or branched alkenyl having 3 to 12 C atoms or branched alkynyl having 4 to 12 C atoms, where one or more CH2-groups may be replaced by
• and where one or more non-adjacent CH2-groups may be replaced by O, and where in all of these groups one or more H atoms may be replaced by F,
• ZA1 and ZA2, identically or differently, denote CH2CH2, CF2CH2, CH2CF2, CF2CF2, —CH═CH—, —CF═CF—, —CH═CF—, —CF═CH—, —C≡C—, —C≡C—C≡C—, or a single bond,
• V1 and V2, identically or differently, denote —N═ or —CR0═,
• R0 denotes H, F, Cl, CF3, CHF2, or alkyl or alkoxy each having 1 to 6 C atoms,
• identically or differently, denote 1,4-phenylene, 2,6-naphthylene, 1,2-dihydronaphthalene-3,7-diyl, in which one or two CH groups may be replaced by N and in which one or more H atoms may be replaced by RL, benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b′]dithiophene-2,6-diyl, thiophene-2,5-diyl, or thieno[3,2-b]thiophene-2,5-diyl,
• RL on each occurrence, identically or differently, denotes F, Cl, CN, SCN, SF5 or straight-chain or branched, in each case optionally fluorinated, alkyl, alkoxy, alkylcarbonyl, alkoxycarbonyl, alkylcarbonyloxy or alkoxycarbonyloxy having 1 to 12 C atoms,
• where
• alternatively denotes 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, or spiro[3.3]heptane-2,6-diyl, in which one or more non-adjacent CH2 groups may be replaced by —O— and/or —S— and in which one or more H atoms may be replaced by F, and
• n is 0, 1 or 2.