Liquid crystal compound, liquid crystal composition, and liquid crystal display device
AssigneesChisso Corporation, Chisso Petrochemical Corporation
InventorYasuyuki Sasada
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AssigneesChisso Corporation, Chisso Petrochemical Corporation
InventorYasuyuki Sasada
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The invention is to provide such a liquid crystal compound that has general properties required for a liquid crystal compound, stability to heat, light and the like, a small viscosity, a suitable optical anisotropy, a negatively large dielectric anisotropy, a wide temperature range of a nematic phase, and favorable compatibility with other liquid crystal compounds, and a liquid crystal composition containing the compound. The invention provides a compound represented by Formula (1), wherein Ra and Rb are hydrogen or an alkyl having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; ring A1 is 1,4-cyclohexylene, 1,4-phenylene, pyridine-2,5-diyl, pyridazine-3,6-diyl, decahydronaphthalene-2,6-diyl, 1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene-2,6-diyl, 5,6,7,8-tetrahydronaphthalene-2,6-diyl, or naphthalene-2,6-diyl; Z1 is a single bond or an alkylene having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; Y1 is hydrogen, halogen, —CN, —CF3, —CHF2, —CH2F, —OCF3, —OCHF2, or —OCH2F; and m is 1, 2, or 3.
A compound represented by Formula (1):
A compound represented by one of formulae (I) to (V):
A compound represented by the formula below:
A compound represented by the formula below:
A compound represented by the formula below:
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