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AssigneeMerck Patent GmbH
InventorsVolker Reiffenrath, Hans A. Kurmeier, Eike Poetsch, Herbert Plach, Ulrich Finkenzeller, Ekkehard Bartmann, Joachim Krause, Bernhard Scheuble, Dieter Dorsch, Georg Weber
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The invention relates to liquid crystal compounds having a terminal structure in accordance with formula 1, 2, 3 or 4: --A.sup.3 --OCF.sub.3 1 --A.sup.2 --Q--CHF.sub.2 2 --3,5-difluoro-1,4-phenylene-X.sup.1 3 --3-fluoro-1,4-phenylene-X.sup.2 4 wherein A.sup.2, A.sup.3, X.sup.1 and X.sup.2 and are defined herein. The invention further relates liquid crystal phases containing the above components as well as electrooptical displays containing same.
A liquid crystal compound having a terminal structure --A.sup.2 --Q--CHF.sub.2, wherein A.sup.2 is 3-fluoro-1,4-phenylene or 3,5-difluoro-1,4-phenylene, and Q is attached to the 4-position of A.sup.2 and is --O-- or a single bond.
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