The present invention relates to a liquid crystal aligning agent which contains a reaction product of at least one selected from the group consisting of a polysiloxane having a structure represented by the following formula (S-1), a hydrolysate thereof and a condensate of the hydrolysate and a compound represented by the following formula (1):
R-Z (1)
(YI in the formula (S-1) is a hydroxyl group, an alkoxyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms or an aryl group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms, R in the formula (1) is a group having an alkyl group with 4 to 20 carbon atoms, a fluoroalkyl group with 1 to 20 carbon atoms or a cyclohexyl group, or a group having 17 to 51 carbon atoms and a steroid skeleton, and XI in the formula (S-1) and Z in the formula (1) are reacted with each other to form a bond group for bonding the silicon atom in the formula (S-1) to R in the formula (1)).
本发明涉及一种液晶对准剂,它含有至少一种选自以下组别的反应产物:具有下式(S-1)所代表结构的聚
硅氧烷、其
水解物和
水解物的缩合物以及下式(1)所代表的化合物:
R-Z (1)
式(S-1)中的 YI 是羟基、具有 1 至 10 个碳原子的烷氧基、具有 1 至 6 个碳原子的烷基或具有 6 至 10 个碳原子的芳基,式(1)中的 R 是具有 4 至 20 个碳原子的烷基的基团、式(S-1)中的 XI 和式(1)中的 Z 相互反应形成键基,用于将式(S-1)中的
硅原子与式(1)中的 R 键合)。