POLYMERIZABLE LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOUND, LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOSITION, OPTICAL ANISOTROPIC MATERIAL AND OPTICAL ELEMENT
申请人:KAIDA Yuriko
公开号:US20070104894A1
公开(公告)日:2007-05-10
To provide a novel compound which satisfies characteristics required for an optical anisotropic material and which is excellent in durability against blue laser light, a liquid crystal composition containing the compound, an optical anisotropic material employing the liquid crystal composition and an optical element. A compound represented by the following formula (1):
CH
2
═CR
1
—COO—(L)
k
-E
1
-E
2
-E
3
-(E
4
)
m
-(E
5
)
n
-R
2
(1)
provided that the symbols in the formula have the following meanings:
R
1
: a hydrogen atom or a methyl group;
R
2
: a C
1-8
alkyl group;
L: —(CH
2
)
p
O—, —(CH
2
)
q
—, -Cy-COO— (Cy is a trans-1,4-cyclohexylene group), -Cy-OCO—, -E
6
-(CH
2
)
2
—, -E
7
-CH
2
O— or -E
8
-O— (wherein each of p and q which are independent of each other, is an integer of from 2 to 8);
E
1
, E
2
, E
3
E
4
, E
5
, E
6
, E
7
, E
8
: each independently a 1,4-pheneylene group or a trans-1,4-cyclohexylene group (provided that at least one of E
1
, E
2
and E
3
is a trans-1,4-cyclohexylene group, and in a case where L is -Cy-OCO—, E
1
is a trans-1,4-cyclohexylene group), provided that the above 1,4-phenylene group and trans-1,4-cyclohexylene group may be such that a hydrogen atom bonded to a carbon atom in each group may be substituted by a fluorine atom, a chlorine atom or a methyl group; and
k, m, n: each independently 0 or 1, provided that when k is 1 and L is -Cy-COO—, -Cy-OCO—, -E
6
-(CH
2
)
2
—, -E
7
-CH
2
O— or -E
8
-O—, at least one of m and n is 0.