Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited

Takayuki Higashi

Masayoshi Minai

Isao Kurimoto

Koichi Fujisawa

Takeshi Tani

Shoji Toda

Chizu Kawakami

Kiyoshi Imamura

Disclosed herein are optically active phenols of formula (V) which are useful as precursors for esters used in liquid crystalline crystalline mixtures: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.2 represents an optically active alkyl or alkoxyalkyl group having 3 to 15 carbon atoms optionally substituted by halogen atoms; k represents a number of 0 or 1; n represents a number of 1 to 6.

Optically active ester derivatives, preparation process thereof, liquid

Disclosed are novel optically active benzene derivatives represented by the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R represents an alkyl or alkoxyalkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, which group may contain a halogen; Z represents a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom; l and n each represents a number of 0 or 1; and * indicates asymmetric carbon atom, and

Optically active benzene derivatives and process for preparation thereof

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Kishiwada, Japan

Takayuki Higashi