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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 1993
Filed:
May. 26, 1987
Martin Petrzilka, Kaiseraugst, CH;
Martin Schadt, Seltisberg, CH;
Hoffmann La Roche Inc., Nutley, NJ (US);
Abstract
Compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein n stands for the number 0 or 1; the rings A.sup.1, A.sup.2 and A.sup.3 represent 1,4-phenylene, 2-fluoro-1,4-phenylene or trans-1,4-cyclohexylene or one of these rings also represents a 2,5-disubstituted pyrimidine ring or a trans-2,5-disubstituted m-dioxane ring; X.sup.1 represents a single covalent bond, --COO--, --OOC--, --CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 --, p--C.sub.6 H.sub.4 --, --CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 --p-- C.sub.6 H.sub.4 --, --CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 --p--C.sub.6 H.sub.4 --CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 -- or, insofar as the rings A.sup.1 and A.sup.2 represent 1,4-phenylene, also --NON--; R.sup.2 represents 1E-alkenyl, 2Z-alkenyl, 3E-alkenyl, 4-alkenyl or alkenyloxy, with the proviso that the oxygen atom in alkenyloxy is linked with a saturated carbon atom; and R.sup.1 signifies 1E-alkenyl, 2Z-alkenyl, 3E-alkenyl, 4-alkenyl or, insofar as R.sup.2 represents alkenyloxy, also alkyl, their manufacture, as well as liquid crystalline mixtures and the use for electro-optical purposes.