申请人:Mitsui Petrochemical Industries, Ltd.
公开号:US05356561A1
公开(公告)日:1994-10-18
In accordance with the present invention, there are provided carboxylate compounds represented by the following formula [A] and liquid crystal material comprising said compounds ##STR1## wherein R is a group selected from the group consisting of alkyl, alkoxy and halogenated alkyl group of 3-20 carbon atoms, X and Y represent each a group selected from the group consisting of --COO--, --OCO--, --CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 --, --CH.sub.2 O--, --OCH.sub.2 --, --S--S--, ##STR2## or a single bond, A and B represent each a group selected from the group consisting of specific divalent aromatic and alicyclic group such as phenylene, cyclohexylene and tetrahydronaphthalene and R* is an optically active group of 4-20 carbon atoms containing at least one asymmetric carbon atom (hydrogen atoms attached to the carbon atoms of said optically active group may be substituted with halogen atoms), and m and n are each an integer of 0-2, with the proviso that both m and n do not become 0 at the same time.
根据本发明,提供了由以下式[A]表示的羧酸盐化合物和包含该化合物的液晶材料,其中R是从含有3-20个碳原子的烷基、烷氧基和卤代烷基组成的群中选择的一个基团,X和Y分别表示从--COO--、--OCO--、--CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 --、--CH.sub.2 O--、--OCH.sub.2 --、--S--S--、##STR2##或单键中选择的一个基团,A和B分别表示从苯基、环己基和四氢萘基等特定二价芳香族和脂环族组成的群中选择的一个基团,R*是一个含有至少一个手性碳原子的4-20个碳原子的手性基团(附在所述手性基团的碳原子上的氢原子可以被卤原子取代),m和n分别为0-2的整数,但要求m和n不能同时为0。