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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 1989
Filed:
Oct. 27, 1987
Hiroyuki Nohira, Urawa, JP;
Masanao Kamei, Urawa, JP;
Shinichi Nakamura, Urawa, JP;
Kazuo Yoshinaga, Machida, JP;
Mariko Kai, Sugitomachi, JP;
Kazuharu Katagiri, Tama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Yamakawa Yakuhin Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An optically active 2-fluoro-1-alkanol compound represented by the formula (Ia): ##STR1## wherein R is an alkyl group having 1-16 carbon atoms, and C* is an asymmetric carbon atom; and an optically active compound derived from the fluoroalkanol and represented by the formula (Ib): ##STR2## wherein R and C* are the same as above, m is 1 or 2, n is 0 or 1, and A is a releasable substitutent. Because of the fluorine atom directly attached to an asymmetric carbon atom, these compounds are particularly effective in increasing a spontaneous polarization, improving a electric field responsive characteristic of a liquid crystal composition, and controlling the liquid crystal state.