Alkenyl compound having a negative delta epsilon value, liquid crystal composition, and liquid crystal display device
申请人:CHISSO CORPORATION
公开号:US20040065866A1
公开(公告)日:2004-04-08
There are provided a liquid crystalline compound having a large negative &Dgr;&egr;, low viscosity, a large K
33
/K
11
value, a small &Dgr;&egr;/&egr;L and mutually excellent solubility even at extremely low temperature; a liquid crystal composition prepared from a liquid crystalline compound; and a liquid crystal display device fabricated from such a liquid crystal composition. The liquid crystalline compound of the present invention is a liquid crystalline compound represented by the following general formula (1):
1
where, R
1
represents hydrogen, fluorine, an alkyl group having 1 to 15 carbon atoms, or an alkenyl group having 2 to 15 carbon atoms; each of rings A
1
, A
2
, and A
3
independently represents trans-1,4-cyclohexylene group, 1,4-cyclohexenylene group, trans-1,4-silacyclohexylene group, 1,4-phenylenegroup, 2,3-difluoro-1,4-phenylene group, 2-fluoro-1,4-phenylene group, 3-fluoro-1,4-phenylene group, pyrimidine-2,5-diyl group, pyridine-2,5-diyl group, 1,3-dioxane-2,5-diyl group, tetrahydropyrane-2,5-diyl group, 1,3-dithiane-2,5-diyl group, or tetrahydrothiopyrane-2,5-diyl group; X
1
represents hydrogen or fluorine; Y
1
represents hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1 to 15 carbon atoms; 1 represents an integer from 1 to 10; and each of m and n independently represents 0 or 1.
本发明提供了一种具有较大负的&Dgr;&egr;、低粘度、大的K33/K11值、小的&Dgr;&egr;/&egr;L以及即使在极低温度下也具有相互良好的溶解性的液晶化合物;由液晶化合物制备的液晶组合物;以及由这种液晶组合物制造的液晶显示装置。本发明的液晶化合物是由下列通式(1)表示的液晶化合物:1 其中,R1表示氢、氟、具有1至15个碳原子的烷基或具有2至15个碳原子的烯基;每个环A1、A2和A3独立地表示反-1,4-环己基、1,4-环己烯基、反-1,4-硅杂环己基、1,4-苯基、2,3-二氟-1,4-苯基、2-氟-1,4-苯基、3-氟-1,4-苯基、嘧啶-2,5-二基基团、吡啶-2,5-二基基团、1,3-二噁烷-2,5-二基基团、四氢吡喃-2,5-二基基团、1,3-二硫杂环己烷-2,5-二基基团或四氢硫杂环己烷-2,5-二基基团;X1表示氢或氟;Y1表示氢或具有1至15个碳原子的烷基;1表示1至10的整数;m和n各自独立地表示0或1。