Liquid-crystalline medium
AssigneeMerck Patent GmbH
InventorsMichael Wittek, Brigitte Schuler, Elvira Montenegro
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Abstract
The invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium, characterized in that it comprises one or more compounds of the formula I in which R1, R2 and X1-12 have the meanings indicated in Claim 1.
Claims27
A liquid-crystalline medium comprising at least two liquid crystalline compounds, wherein said medium comprises one or more compounds of Formula I
- in which
- R1 and R2 are each, independently of one another, a halogenated or unsubstituted alkyl or alkoxy radical having 1 to 15 C atoms, where, in addition, one or more CH2 groups in these radicals are may each, independently of one another, optionally replaced by —C≡C—, —CF2O—, —CH═CH—
- —O—, —CO—O— or —O—CO— in such a way that O atoms are not linked directly to one another, and
- X2, X4, X6, X8, X10 and X12 are each H,
- X1, X3, X5, X7, X9 and X11 are each, independently of one another, H or F,
- one or two of the radicals X1, X5 and X9 are F and one or two of the radicals X3,
- X7 and X11 are F,
- X3 and X5 are not simultaneously F, and
- X7 and X9 are not simultaneously F;
- and
- wherein said medium further comprises one or more compounds selected from the following formulae:
- wherein
- Y1-4 are each, independently of one another, H or F,
- R0 is a halogenated or unsubstituted alkyl or alkoxy radical having 1 to 15 C atoms, where, in addition, one or more CH2 groups in these radicals are each, independently of one another, optionally replaced by —C≡C—, —CF2O—, —CH═CH—,
- —O—, —CO—O— or —O—CO— in such a way that O atoms are not linked directly to one another,
- X0 is F, Cl, CN, SF5, SCN, NCS, halogenated alkyl having up to 6 C atoms, halogenated alkenyl having up to 6 C atoms, halogenated alkoxy having up to 6 C atoms, or halogenated alkenyloxy having up to 6 C atoms, and
- each, independently of one another, are
A liquid-crystalline medium comprising at least two liquid crystalline compounds, wherein said medium comprises one or more compounds of Formula I
- wherein
- R1 and R2 are each, independently of one another, a halogenated or unsubstituted alkyl or alkoxy radical having 1 to 15 C atoms, where, in addition, one or more CH2 groups in these radicals are each, independently of one another, optionally replaced by —C≡C—, —CF2O—, —CH═CH—,
- —O—, —CO—O— or —O—CO— in such a way that O atoms are not linked directly to one another, and
- X1-12 are each, independently of one another, H or F, wherein at least one of the radicals X1-12 is F;
- and
- said medium further comprises one or more compounds selected from the following formula:
- wherein
- R1′ and R2′ are each, independently of one another, a halogenated or unsubstituted alkyl or alkoxy radical having 1 to 15 C atoms, where, in addition, one or more CH2 groups in these radicals are each, independently of one another, be optionally replaced by —C≡C—, —CF2O—, —CH═CH—,
- —O—, —CO—O— or —O—CO— in such a way that O atoms are not linked directly to one another, and
- at least one of R1′ and R2′ is alkenyl having 2 to 7 C atoms.
A liquid-crystalline medium comprising at least two liquid crystalline compounds, wherein said medium comprises one or more compounds of Formula I
- wherein
- R1 and R2 are each, independently of one another, a halogenated or unsubstituted alkyl or alkoxy radical having 1 to 15 C atoms, where, in addition, one or more CH2 groups in these radicals are each, independently of one another, optionally replaced by —C≡C—, —CF2O—, —CH═CH—,
- —O—, —CO—O— or —O—CO— in such a way that O atoms are not linked directly to one another, and
- X2, X4, X6, X8, X10 and X12 are each H,
- X1, X3, X5, X7, X9 and X11 are each, independently of one another, H or F,
- one or two of the radicals X1, X5 and X9 is F and one or two of the radicals X3, X7 and X11 is F,
- X3 and X5 are not simultaneously F, and
- X7 and X9 are not simultaneously F;
- and
- wherein said medium further comprises one or more compounds selected from the following formulae:
- wherein
- Y1-4 are each, independently of one another, H or F,
- R0 is a halogenated or unsubstituted alkyl or alkoxy radical having 1 to 15 C atoms, where, in addition, one or more CH2 groups in these radicals are each, independently of one another, optionally replaced by —C≡C—, —CF2O—, —CH═CH—,
- —O—, —CO—O— or —O—CO— in such a way that O atoms are not linked directly to one another,
- X0 is F, Cl, CN, SF5, SCN, NCS, halogenated alkyl having up to 6 C atoms, halogenated alkenyl having up to 6 C atoms, halogenated alkoxy having up to 6 C atoms, or halogenated alkenyloxy having up to 6 C atoms, and
- Z0 is —C2H4—, —(CH2)4—, —CH═CH—, —CF═CF—, —C2F4—, —CH2CF2—, —CF2CH2—, —CH2O—, —OCH2—, —COO— or —OCF2—, in formulae V and VI also a single bond, in formulae V and VIII also —CF2O—, and
- r is 0 or 1.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.