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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 25, 1999
Chizu Sekine, Tsukuba, JP;
Koichi Fujisawa, Tsukuba, JP;
Naoto Konya, Takatsuki, JP;
Masayoshi Minai, Moriyama, JP;
Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited, Osaka, JP;
Agency of Industrial Science and Technology, Tokyo, JP;
New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provide is a novel phenylacetylene compound (1) which has a large anisotropy of refractive index, tends to be mixed with other liquid crystals, and is more advantageous in stability to light, a liquid crystal composition and a liquid crystal element usable for an optical shutter, a display element, ##STR1## A.sup.1 to A.sup.12 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, or an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and at least one is an alkyl group.