申请人:Chisso Corporation
公开号:US05609791A1
公开(公告)日:1997-03-11
A novel liquid crystal material having a carbon chain containing a conjugated diene as a terminal substituent of the molecule and exhibiting superior characteristics is provided, which is a diene derivative expressed by the formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R and R' each independently represent 1-5C alkyl; A and B each independently represent 1,4-cyclohexylene or 1,4-phenylene; n is 0 or 1; m is an integer of 0 to 2; X and X' each independently represent H atom or F atom when A is 1,4-phenylene or represent H atom when A is 1,4-cyclohexylene; Y is alkyl, halogen or CN, alkoxy, methyl group substituted by 1-3 halogen atoms or trihaloalkoxy when A is 1,4-phenylene, or represent alkyl, alkoxy, methyl group substituted by 1-3 halogen atoms or trihaloalkoxy when A is 1,4-cyclohexylene; and R and R' are not simultaneously alkyl chain of 4 or more carbon atoms. The compound of the present invention has a generally usable viscosity and a high NI point and a high elastic constant ratio; hence the liquid crystal composition, particularly the liquid crystal composition for STN, containing the compound of the present invention exhibits improved characteristics as compared with the conventional ones.
本发明提供了一种具有碳链的新型液晶材料,其末端取代基包含共轭二烯,并表现出优越的特性,该二烯衍生物由式(I)表示,
其中R和R'分别独立表示1-5C烷基;A和B分别独立表示1,4-环己基或1,4-苯基;n为0或1;m为0到2的整数;X和X'分别表示H原子或F原子,当A为1,4-苯基时,或表示H原子,当A为1,4-环己基时;Y为烷基、卤素或CN、烷氧基、被1-3个卤原子取代的甲基基团或三卤代烷氧基,当A为1,4-苯基时,或表示烷基、烷氧基、被1-3个卤原子取代的甲基基团或三卤代烷氧基,当A为1,4-环己基时;且R和R'不同时为4个或更多碳原子的烷基链。
本发明的化合物具有通常可用的粘度、高NI点和高弹性常数比,因此,包含本发明化合物的液晶组合物,特别是STN的液晶组合物,与传统的液晶组合物相比,表现出改善的特性。