NOVEL LIQUID-CRYSTAL COMPOUNDS BEARING DIENYL MOIETY AND LIQUID-CRYSTAL COMPOSITION
申请人:CHISSO CORPORATION
公开号:EP0805134A1
公开(公告)日:1997-11-05
The present invention is to provide a liquid crystalline compound which has a large ratio of elastic constants and low viscosity, is excellent in miscibility, and is even chemically stable, and to provide a liquid crystal composition containing the liquid crystalline compound.
The present invention is concerned with a liquid crystalline compound expressed by general formula (1)
wherein R1 represents cyano group, halogen atom, or a straight or branched alkyl group or halogenated alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, one or not-adjacent two CH2 groups in the alkyl group or halogenated alkyl group may be replaced by oxygen atom or -CH=CH- group; R2 and R2' represent hydrogen atom, halogen atom, or an alkyl group having 1 to 9 carbon atoms; X1, X2, and X3 independently represent -CH2CH2-, -CO-O-, -O-CO-, -CH=CH-, -C≡C-, -(CH2)4-, -CF2O-, -OCF2-, -CH2O-, -OCH2-, or a covalent bond; rings A, B, C, and D independently represent 1,4-phenylene ring, trans-1,4-cyclohexylene ring, bicyclo[1,1,0]butane ring, bicyclo[1,1,1]pentane ring, bicyclo[3,2,2]octane ring, cyclobutane ring, or spiro[3,3]heptane ring, respectively, hydrogen atom in these rings may be replaced by halogen atom and carbon atom in these rings may be replaced by nitrogen atom or oxygen atom; ℓ, m, and o are independently 0 or 1, n is an integer of 0 to 3, and p is an integer of 1 to 5.
Liquid crystal composition having excellent physical properties, that is, steep threshold characteristics and high response speed can be obtained by providing a novel liquid crystalline compound having a large ratio of elastic constants and low viscosity, or by including the liquid crystalline compound in a liquid crystal composition.
本发明旨在提供一种弹性常数比大、粘度低、混溶性好、甚至化学性质稳定的液晶化合物,并提供一种含有该液晶化合物的液晶组合物。
本发明涉及一种由通式(1)表示的液晶化合物
其中 R1 代表氰基、卤素原子或具有 1 至 20 个碳原子的直链或支链烷基或卤代烷基,烷基或卤代烷基中的一个或不相邻的两个 CH2 基团可由氧原子或 -CH=CH- 基团取代;R2 和 R2'代表氢原子、卤素原子或具有 1 至 9 个碳原子的烷基; X1、X2 和 X3 独立地代表-CH2CH2-、-CO-O-、-O-CO-、-CH=CH-、-C≡C-、-(CH2)4-、-CF2O-、-OCF2-、-CH2O-、-OCH2- 或共价键;环 A、B、C 和 D 分别独立地代表 1,4-苯环、反式-1,4-环己烯环、双环[1,1,0]丁烷环、双环[1,1,1]戊烷环、双环[3,2,2]辛烷环、环丁烷环或螺[3,3]庚烷环,这些环中的氢原子可被卤素原子取代,这些环中的碳原子可被氮原子或氧原子取代;ℓ、m 和 o 独立地为 0 或 1,n 为 0 至 3 的整数,p 为 1 至 5 的整数。
通过提供具有大弹性常数比和低粘度的新型液晶化合物,或在液晶组合物中加入该液晶化合物,可获得具有优异物理性质(即陡峭阈值特性和高响应速度)的液晶组合物。