POLYMERIZABLE OPTICAL ACTIVE COMPOUND AND POLYMERIZABLE COMPOSITION CONTAINING THE SAME
申请人:Hasegawa Mineki
公开号:US20100032620A1
公开(公告)日:2010-02-11
A polymerizable optically active compound of formula (1) has high helical twisting power. When added to a liquid crystal (LC) composition it achieves required helical pitch without largely impairing the physical and optical properties of the LC composition. The compound is suited to be compounded with a LC material, particularly a cholesteric LC material for making an optically anisotropic element excellent in heat resistance, solvent resistance, transparency, optical characteristics, and LC alignment fixing ability. The compound is also useful to form a LC alignment layer, a LC alignment controlling agent, a coating material, a protective film, etc.
X
1
and X
2
each represent a (meth)acryloyloxy group; Y
1
and Y
2
each represent a single bond, an optionally branched C
1-8
alkylene group, an ether linkage, a thioether linkage, —COO—, —OCO—, —OCO—O—, —S—CO—, —CO—S—, an optionally substituted 6-membered ring, an optionally substituted naphthalene ring, or a combination thereof.