Liquid crystal composition, monofunctional monomer, liquid crystal cured layer, optical film, polarizing plate, and image display device

A liquid crystal composition comprising:

• a compound represented by Formula (A);
• and
• a liquid crystal compound,
• in Formula (A),
• P1 represents a polymerizable group,
• F1 represents a spacer group,
• B1, E1, and D11 each independently represent a single bond or a divalent linking group,
• A11 and G11 each independently represent a divalent aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms or a divalent alicyclic hydrocarbon group having 3 to 16 carbon atoms, provided that, hydrogen atoms in the aromatic hydrocarbon group or the alicyclic hydrocarbon group may be each independently replaced with a halogen atom, —RL1, —ORL1, a cyano group, or a nitro group, where RL1 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms and hydrogen atoms in the alkyl group may be each independently replaced with a fluorine atom, and carbon atoms in the aromatic hydrocarbon group or the alicyclic hydrocarbon group may be each independently replaced with an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, or a nitrogen atom,
• m1 and n1 each independently represent an integer of 0 to 3, provided that, in a case where m1 is 2 or 3, a plurality of B1's may be the same or different from each other and a plurality of A11's may be the same or different from each other, and in a case where n1 is 2 or 3, a plurality of E1's may be the same or different from each other and a plurality of G11's may be the same or different from each other,
• X1 represents —ORL2, —O—(C—O)—RL3, —O—(C═O)—ORL4, —O—(C═O)—NH—RL5, —O—(C═O)—NRL6—RL7, or —O—(C═S)—RL8, where RL2 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, an acryloyl group, or a methacryloyl group, RL3 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and RL4 to RL8 each independently represent a non-cyclic alkyl group, a monovalent aromatic group, or a monovalent alicyclic group, and
• Ar1 represents any aromatic ring selected from the group consisting of groups represented by Formulae (Ar-1) to (Ar-3),
• in Formulae (Ar-1) to (Ar-3),
• * represents a bonding position to D11 or X1,
• Q1 represents N or CH,
• Q2 represents —S—, —O—, or —N(R6)—, where R6 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms,
• Y1 represents an aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 12 carbon atoms, which may have a substituent, an aromatic heterocyclic group having 3 to 12 carbon atoms, which may have a substituent, or an alicyclic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms, which may have a substituent, where one or more of —CH2—'s constituting the alicyclic hydrocarbon group may be replaced with —O—, —S—, or —NH—,
• Z1 and Z2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a monovalent aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a monovalent alicyclic hydrocarbon group having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, a monovalent aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms, a monovalent aromatic heterocyclic group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms, a halogen atom, a cyano group, a nitro group, —OR7, —NR8R9, —SR10, —COOR11, or —COR12, where R7 to R12 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms and Z1 and Z2 may be bonded to each other to form an aromatic ring,
• A3 and A4 each independently represent a group selected from the group consisting of —O—, —N(R13)—, —S—, and —CO—, where R13 represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent,
• X represents a non-metal atom of Groups 14 to 16, provided that a hydrogen atom or a substituent may be bonded to the non-metal atom,
• D7 and D8 each independently represent a single bond, —CO—, —O—, —S—, —C(═S)—, —CR1R2—, —CR3—CR4—, —NR5—, or a divalent linking group consisting of a combination of two or more of these groups, where R1 to R5 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, or an alkyl group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms,
• SP3 and SP4 each independently represent a single bond or a divalent aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, provided that one or more of —CH2—'s constituting the aliphatic hydrocarbon group may be replaced with —O—, —S—, —NH—, —N(Q)-, or —CO—, where Q represents a substituent, and
• L3 and L4 each independently represent a monovalent organic group.