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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 1989
Filed:
Mar. 08, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Adeka Argus Chemical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K / ; C07C / ; C07C / ; C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
560 65 ; 560 73 ; 560109 ; 25229901 ; 25229967 ; 3503505 ;
Abstract
An optically active ester compound is provided represented by the following general formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is a normal alkyl group having from 6 to 18 carbon atoms; m is zero or one, n is zero or one, and m+n is one or two; X is --CO--O-- or --O--CO--; p is 3 to 6; Y is a hydrogen atom or chlorine atom; R.sub.2 is hydrogen or a normal alkyl group having from 1 to 11 carbon atoms but may be a hydrogen atom only when Y is a chlorine atom; and *C represents an asymmetric carbon atom. The ester compound of the present invention is useful as a ferroelectric liquid crystal compound.