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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 1996
Filed:
Nov. 24, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Makoto Kurihara, Soka, JP;
Hiromi Inoue, Soka, JP;
Atsushi Sugiura, Soka, JP;
Kenji Suzuki, Soka, JP;
Tsunenori Fujii, Soka, JP;
Assignee:
Kanto Kagaku Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
25229966 ; 560 59 ; 560 65 ; 560141 ; 568642 ; 568661 ; 570129 ;
Abstract
The p-terphenyl derivatives of the formula shown below are useful in preparing practical ferroelectric liquid crystalline compositions. The derivatives exhibit excellent chemical stability and display the chiral smectic C or smectic C phase over a wide temperature range. ##STR1## wherein each of R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 is a straight or branched chain alkyl group having 1-18 carbon atoms; each of Y and Z is a single bond, O, COO or OCO; and any two of X.sub.1, X.sub.2, and X.sub.3 are fluorine atoms and the remainder is a hydrogen atom.