Liquid crystalline compound having difluoropropyleneoxy group as bonding group, liquid crystal composition and liquid crystal display element
申请人:——
公开号:US20020119260A1
公开(公告)日:2002-08-29
The present invention provides a liquid crystalline compound having a difluoropropyleneoxy group as a bonding group, which is represented by Formula (1):
1
wherein R
1
and R
2
each independently represent hydrogen, halogen, a cyano group or an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; rings A
1
to A
5
each independently represent a 1,4-cyclohexylene group, a 1,4-cyclohexenylene group or a 1,4-phenylene group; Z
1
to Z
4
each independently represent a single bond, —CH
2
CH
2
—, —CH
2
13 , —OCH
2
—, —COO—, —OCO—, —CH=CH—, —C—C—, —CF
2
O— or —OCF
2
—; Y
1
, Y
2
, Y
3
and Y
4
each independently represent hydrogen or fluorine; and k, l, m and n each independently represent 0 or 1. This liquid crystalline compound has a large absolute value (|&Dgr;&egr;|) of a dielectric anisotropy and shows a relatively small refractive anisotropy. The present invention further provides a liquid crystal composition comprising this compound which makes it possible to drive display elements of various modes at a low voltage, and a liquid crystal display element containing this liquid crystal composition.
本发明提供了一种液晶化合物,其具有二氟丙烯氧基作为键合基团,其由式(1)表示:其中R1和R2分别独立表示氢、卤素、氰基或具有1至20个碳原子的烷基基团;环A1至A5分别独立表示1,4-环己基基团、1,4-环己烯基团或1,4-苯基基团;Z1至Z4分别独立表示单键、—CH2CH2—、—CH213、—OCH2—、—COO—、—OCO—、—CH=CH—、—C—C—、—CF2O—或—OCF2—;Y1、Y2、Y3和Y4分别独立表示氢或氟;k、l、m和n分别独立表示0或1。该液晶化合物具有较大的介电各向异性的绝对值(|Δε|)并显示相对较小的折射各向异性。本发明还提供了一种包含该化合物的液晶组合物,可以以低电压驱动各种模式的显示元件,并且包含该液晶组合物的液晶显示元件。