Compound having fluorinated naphthalene structure and liquid crystal composition of the same
AssigneeDic Corporation (Tokyo)
InventorsKenta Tojo, Tetsuo Kusumoto
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Abstract
There is provided a liquid crystal composition containing the compound represented by the general formula (1) and a liquid crystal display device that uses the liquid crystal composition. The compound represented by the general formula (1) has high Δ∈, high Tni, and good miscibility with other liquid crystal compounds. Therefore, a liquid crystal composition that has high Δ∈ and exhibits a liquid crystal phase in a wide temperature range can be obtained by using the compound represented by the general formula (1) as a component of the liquid crystal composition. Thus, the compound is very useful as a constituent component of the liquid crystal composition for liquid crystal display devices.
Claims11
A compound represented by general formula (1),
- (in the formula, R represents an alkyl group having 1 to 15 carbon atoms or an alkenyl group having 2 to 15 carbon atoms;
- one —CH2— or two or more non-adjacent —CH2— in the groups may be each independently substituted with —O—, —S—, —COO—, —OCO—, or —CO—;
- A1 to A4 are each independently selected from the group consisting of
- (a) a 1,4-cyclohexylene group (one —CH2— in this group may be substituted with —S— and two or more non-adjacent —CH2— in this group may be each independently substituted with —O— or —S—) and
- (b) a 1,4-phenylene group (one —CH═ or two or more non-adjacent —CH═ in this group may be substituted with —N═, and a hydrogen atom in this group may be substituted with a fluorine atom or a chlorine atom);
- Z1 to Z4 each independently represent —CF2O—, —OCF2—, —CH2CH2—, —CF2CF2—, —CH═CH—, —CF═CF—, —C≡C—, or a single bond, and at least one of Z1 to Z4 present in the compound represents —CF2O— or —OCF2—;
- Xa to Xd each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, or a chlorine atom;
- and
- n represents 0 or 1).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.