Novel ferroelectric liquid crystalline compounds having a superior stability and chiral, smectic liquid crystalline compositions containing at least one kind of the same are provided, which compounds are expressed by the general formula ##STR1## wherein ##STR2## represents 1,4-phenylene group ##STR3## or 1,4-trans-cyclohexane group ##STR4## R*, an optically active alkyl group; m=o, 1 or 2; n=1 or 2; X, a linear chain or branched alkyl group or alkoxy group, each having 1 to 18 carbon atoms; and when ##STR5## represents ##STR6## m=1; and n=1, X represents a linear chain or branched alkyl group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms or a linear chain alkoxy group having 11 to 18 carbon atoms.
提供了具有优越稳定性和手性的新型
铁电液晶化合物以及含有至少一种这种化合物的手性、液晶相的组合物。这些化合物由通式所表示:其中表示1,4-苯基基团或1,4-顺式
环己烷基团;R*表示光学活性烷基基团;m=0、1或2;n=1或2;X表示具有1至18个碳原子的直链或支链烷基基团或烷氧基基团;当表示时,m=1,n=1,X表示具有1至18个碳原子的直链或支链烷基基团或具有11至18个碳原子的直链烷氧基基团。