Citizen Watch Company, Ltd.

Asahi Denka Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Yukari Shinada

Toshihiro Shibata

Masaki Kimura

Tomijiro Naito

Toshiro Yukinari

Yumiko Sato

A nematic liquid crystal composition comprising at least one member selected from 4-alkyl- or 4-alkoxy-benzoic acids represented by the following general formula (I) , particularly a nematic liquid crystal composition comprising a carboxylic acid mixture composed of at least one member selected from 4-alkyl- or 4-alkoxy-benzoic acids represented by the following general formula (I) and at least one member selected from 4-alkylcyclohexanecarboxylic acids represented by the following general formula (IV): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 stands for an alkyl or alkoxy group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms and R.sub.4 stands for an alkyl group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms.

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Saitama, Japan

Yukari Shinada