Hitachi, Ltd.

Kanto Chemical Co., Inc.

Hisashi Okawa

Masahiro Yoshida

Akio Mukoh

Kenji Suzuki

Hisao Yokokura

Teruo Kitamura

Mikio Sato

Yoshiaki Okabe

Shintaroo Hattori

Tsunenori Fujii

Kaoru Koto

Yoichi Hirai

Hideki Ohmori

A colorless liquid crystalline compound having at least one 6-membered ring and non-cyclic end groups in the molecular skeleton, said 6-membered ring containing two or more carbon atoms, at least one of which is directly bonded to a methylene group of a non-cyclic group having an alkoxy group at another end has a wide mesomorphic range. When said colorless liquid crystalline compound is mixed with a liquid crystal composition, the resulting mixture also has an enlarged mesomorphic range and in almost all cases has a reduced viscosity.

Colorless liquid crystalline compounds

The liquid crystal compound of this invention is characterized by having the general formula.

Liquid crystal compound and liquid crystal composition

A colorless liquid crystalline compound having at least one 6-membered ring and non-cyclic end groups in the molecular skelton, said 6-membered containing two or more carbon atoms, at least one of which is directly bonded to a methylene group of a non-cyclic group having an alkoxy group at another end has a wide mesomorphic range. When said colorless liquid crystalline compound is mixed with a liquid crystal composition, the resulting mixture also has an enlarge mesomorphic range and in almost all cases has a reduced viscosity.

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Kasukabe, Japan

Hisashi Okawa