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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 1994
Filed:
Sep. 21, 1993
Takayuki Higashii, Kishiwada, JP;
Isao Kurimoto, Toyonaka, JP;
Shoji Toda, Takarazuka, JP;
Masayoshi Minai, Moriyama, JP;
Shigeaki Chika, Tsukuba, JP;
Koichi Fujisawa, Tsukuba, JP;
Kiyoshi Imamura, Toyonaka, JP;
Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed are herein optically active aromatic compounds represented by the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein X represents --COO-- or --OCO--; Y represents --COO--, --OCO-- or --O--; R.sub.2 represents an alkyl or alkoxyalkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms unsubstituted or substituted by a halogen atom; R.sub.1 represents an alkyl group having 3 to 20 carbon atoms; Z represents ##STR2## wherein p represents a number of 1 to 5 and * indicates an asymmetric carbon atom; l and k each represents a number of 1 or 2; m and s each represents a number of 0 or 1, which are useful as a liquid crystal.