Rca Inc.

Dragan Milan Gavrilovic

Daniel Louis Ross

Liquid crystal compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein X can be alkyl (R-), alkoxy (RO-), acyloxy ##STR2## or alkylcarbonato ##STR3## wherein R is an alkyl group from 1-10 carbon atoms, and R.sub.1 -R.sub.3 can be hydrogen, methyl or halogen with the proviso that at least one and no more than two of R.sub.1 -R.sub.3 are substituents other than hydrogen, have positive dielectric anisotropy and are useful in electro-optic devices which comprise a thin liquid crystal layer between two closely spaced parallel electrodes.

Novel liquid crystal compounds and electro-optic devices incorporating

Liquid crystal compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein X can be an alkoxy (RO-), an acyloxy ##STR2## or an alkylcarbonato ##STR3## group wherein R is an alkyl group having up to 10 carbon atoms and Y is a nitro or cyano group, having positive dielectric anisotropy and are useful in electro-optic devices which comprise a thin liquid crystal layer between two closely spaced parallel electrodes.

Liquid crystal compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein X can be alkoxy (RO-), acyloxy ##STR2## or alkylcarbonate ##STR3## wherein R is an alkyl group from 1-10 carbon atoms, have positive dielectric anisotropy and are useful in electro-optic devices which comprise a thin liquid crystal layer between two closely spaced parallel electrodes.

Liquid crystal compounds and electro-optic devices incorporating them

Nematic liquid crystal compounds of the formula: ##SPC1## Wherein X can be hydrogen, alkyl (R-), alkoxy (RO-), acyloxy ##EQU1## or alkylcarbonato ##EQU2## wherein R is an alkyl group of 1-10 carbon atoms, have positive dielectric anisotropy and are useful in electro-optic cells which comprise a thin liquid crystal layer between two closely spaced parallel electrodes.

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Dragan Milan Gavrilovic