Photo-curable fluorene derivative and composition containing the same
AssigneesChisso Corporation, Chisso Petrochemical Corporation
InventorsRyushi Shundo, Hiromichi Inoue, Tomohiro Etou
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Abstract
The present invention provides a compound represented by formula (1) defined in the specification. The invention further provides a liquid crystal composition comprising at least two compounds, which at least one compound out of them is the above compound. The invention still further provides a polymer obtained by polymerizing the above composition, and uses of the polymer such as a molded article having an optical anisotropy, an optical compensation element, a wavelength functional plate, an optical element, and a liquid crystal display element comprising the polymer.
Claims73
A compound represented by Formula (1):
- wherein R1 and R2 are independently hydrogen or alkyl having a carbon number of 1 to 5;
- R3 and R4 are independently hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine or alkyl having a carbon number of 1 to 20;
- optional —CH2— in the above alkyl may be substituted with —O—, —S—, —COO—, —OCO—, —CO—, —CH═CH— or —C≡C—, and optional hydrogen in the above alkyl may be substituted with halogen;
- Y1 and Y2 are independently alkylene having a carbon number of 1 to 15, and optional —CH2— in the above alkylene may be substituted with —O—;
- A1 and A2 are independently 1,4-cyclohexylene, 1,4-cyclohexylene in which at least one hydrogen is substituted with fluorine, 1,4-cyclohexenylene, 1,4-phenylene, 1,4-phenylene in which at least one hydrogen is substituted with halogen, methyl or trifluoromethyl, pyridine-2,5-diyl, pyridazine-3,6-diyl, pyrimidine-2,5-diyl, naphthalene-2,6-diyl, tetrahydronaphthalene-2,6-diyl or 1,3-dioxane-2,5-diyl;
- X1 and X2 are independently a single bond, —O—, —S—, —COO— or —OCO—;
- X3 and X4 are independently —COO—, —OCO—, —CH2CH2— or —C ≡C—;
- and m and n are independently 1 or 0.
A compound selected from the group consisted of the compounds represented by the following chemical formulas:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.