Seimi Chemical Co., Ltd.

Asahi Glass Company, Limited

Katsutoshi Machida

Hidemasa Koh

Osamu Yokokouji

Seiji Shinya

Takashi Miyajima

Jun Ishihara

Seiichi Inoue

Kikumasa Sato

A difluoroethylene compound of the following formula (1) having a liquid crystal property is provided:

Difluoroethylene compounds and liquid crystal compositions containing

A difluoroethylene compound of the following formula (1) is provided:

A difluoroethylene compound of the following formula (1):

A trans-dihalogenostilbene compound of the formula: ##STR1## wherein each of A.sup.1 to A.sup.4, which are independent from one another, is a trans-1,4-cyclohexylene group or a 1,4-phenylene group, which is unsubstituted or substituted by one or more halogen atoms, methyl groups or nitrile groups and in which one or more CH groups may be substituted by nitrogen atoms, and one or more CH.sub.2 groups may be substituted by oxygen atoms or sulfur atoms; each of B.sup.1 and B.sup.2, which are independent from each other, is a 1,4-phenylene group, which is unsubstituted or substituted by one or more halogen atoms, methyl groups or nitrile groups and in which one or more CH groups may be substituted by nitrogen atoms; each of Y.sup.1 to Y.sup.4, which are independent from one another, is --COO--, --O--, --OCO--, --CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 --, --CH.sub.2 --, --CH.dbd.CH--, --OCH.sub.2 --, --CH.sub.2 O--, --CH.dbd.N--, --NO.dbd.N--, --N.dbd.ON--, --C.tbd.C--, --N.dbd.N-- or a single bond; each of X.sup. 1 and X.sup.2, which are independent from each other, is a fluorine atom, a chlorine atom, a bromine atom or a trifluoromethyl group; each of m, n, p and q is 0 or 1; and each of R.sup.1 and R.sup.2, which are independent from each other, is a C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 alkyl group, a halogen atom, a nitrile group or an isothiacyanate group, provided that in the case of the alkyl group, an oxygen atom may be interposed in a carbon-carbon bond of the group or in a carbon-carbon bond between this group and the adjacent ring, and in a case where R.sup.1 or R.sup.2 is the alkyl group, some of hydrogen atoms in the group may be substituted by fluorine atoms.

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