申请人:Chisso Corporation
公开号:US05120468A1
公开(公告)日:1992-06-09
A 2-substituted-alkyl ether having an optically active group and useful as a component of ferroelectric liquid crystal compositions and a liquid crystal composition containing the same are provided, which 2-substituted-alkyl ether is expressed by the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents a linear or branched chain alkyl, alkoxy, alkanoyl, alkanoyloxy or alkoxycarbonyl of 1 to 18 C; R.sup.2 represents a linear or branched alkyl of 2 to 15 C; ##STR2## each independently represents ##STR3## wherein Y represents cyano, halogen, methyl or methoxy; X represents --OR.sup.3, ##STR4## F, Cl or Br wherein R.sup.3 represents a linear or branched alkyl group of 1 to 10 C of H; and * indicates asymmetric C.
提供一种具有光学活性基团的2-取代基烷基醚,可用作铁电液晶组分的组成部分以及含有该组分的液晶组成物。该2-取代基烷基醚由以下公式表示:##STR1## 其中,R1表示1至18C的线性或支链烷基、烷氧基、烷酰基、烷酰氧基或烷氧羰基;R2表示2至15C的线性或支链烷基;##STR2## 每个独立表示 ##STR3## 其中,Y表示氰基、卤素、甲基或甲氧基;X表示--OR3、##STR4## F、Cl或Br,其中R3表示1至10C的线性或支链烷基或H;*表示不对称的C。