Dainippon Ink and Chemicals, Incorporated

Kawamura Institute of Chemical Research

Dainippon Mk & Chemicals Inc.

Masayuki Tazume

Hisato Sato

Haruyoshi Takatsu

Yutaka Fujita

Yoshi Arai

Hiroyuki Ohnishi

Takasi Yamaki

Kiyofumi Takeuchi

Kiyohumi Takeuchi

Kazuo Kimura

Katsuhiko Morita

Masanao Ohzeki

A 1,2-di[trans(equatorial-equatorial)cyclohexyl]-ethane derivative of the following general formula ##STR1## wherein R and R', independently from each other, represent a linear alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms.

Dicyclohexylethane derivatives

A 1-cyclohexyl-2-cyclohexylphenylethane derivative of the following general formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2, independently from each other, represent a linear alkyl group having 1 to 7 carbon atoms.

1-Cyclohexyl-2-cyclohexylphenylethane derivatives

Novel trans(equatorial-equatorial)1,4-disubstituted cyclohexane derivatives of the general formula ##STR1## wherein R represents a linear alkyl group containing 3 to 7 carbon atoms, and R' represents a linear alkoxy group containing 2 to 5 carbon atoms or a cyano group. These compounds are nematic liquid crystals, and a composition containing at least one of these compounds is useful as an electro-optical display material.

Nematic liquid crystalline materials

Nematic liquid crystalline 4,4'-substituted derivatives of cyclohexene-1-carboxylic acid phenylthiol esters represented by the general formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is a linear alkyl group containing 3 to 7 carbon atoms, and R.sub.2 is a linear alkoxy group containing 2 to 5 carbon atoms.

Nematic liquid crystalline compounds

A liquid crystalline composition comprising a nematic liquid crystalline substance and as an additive, a 1,8-diazo-bicyclo(5,4,0) undecene-7 alkyl ammonium salt of benzoic acid optionally having a substituent at the paraposition.

Liquid crystalline composition

A nematic liquid crystal composition comprising (I) 4-n-valeryloxy-4'-cyanobiphenyl, (II) 4-n-caproyloxy-4'-cyanobiphenyl and (III) 4'-cyanophenyl-4-n-heptylbenzoate, and either (IV) 4'-cyanophenyl-4-n-butylbenzoate or (V) 4'-cyanophenyl-4-n-nonylbenzoate, said composition having a crystal-nematic transition temperature of -40.degree. to -20.degree. C and a nematic-isotropic transition temperature of 50.degree. to 65.degree. C.

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