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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 16, 1996
Takaaki Shimizu, Kubiki-mura, JP;
Tatsushi Kaneko, Kubiki-mura, JP;
Tsutomu Ogihara, Kubiki-mura, JP;
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The invention presents an excellent liquid crystal display composition possessing a negative dielectric anisotropy, comprising one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of formulas I, II, III, IV and V, ##STR1## where R.sup.1 is alkyl, alkoxyalkyl, mono- or difluoroalkyl, or alkenyl, with each group having 2 to 7 carbon atoms; h, i, j, and k denote 0 or 1 with proviso that i+j=1; m is 0, 1 or 2; a six-membered ring expressed by A, B, or C respectively represents any one of trans-1-sila-1,4-cyclohexylene, trans-4-sila-1,4-cyclohexylene, or trans-1,4-cyclohexylene group; L represents F; and L.sup.1 and L.sup.2 represent H or F; n is 0, 1 or 2; and R.sup.2 is H, R.sup.1 or OR.sup.1, in which at least one compound thereof contains trans-1-sila-1,4-cyclohexylene group or trans-4-sila-1,4-cyclohexylene group.