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Liquid crystal compounds
Assignee: UK Secretary of State for Defence
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Filing: 1978-04-05
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Granted: 1980-04-01
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Expires: 1998-04-05
Abstract
Abstract Novel liquid crystal compounds are disclosed, which are chiral esters based upon the phenol ##STR1## Typical examples are: ##STR2## and mixtures of these compounds have a helical pitch such that the mixtures reflect light of a specific wavelength when illuminated with ordinary light and the pitch is temperature sensitive so that the mixtures can be used in temperature indicating devices. Specific examples are given as are samples of mixtures that can be used in phase change electro-optic display devices.
Inventors
- 👤 David Coates
- 👤 George W. Gray
- 👤 Damien G. McDonnell
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 19:18
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01K; G01K11/00; G01K11/12; G01K11/16; G01K11/165; C; C07; C07C; C07C41/00; C07C41/01; C07C41/18; C07C41/30; C07C45/00; C07C45/45; C07C45/46; C07C45/51; C07C45/54; C07C45/61; C07C45/67; C07C45/68; C07C45/70; C07C45/71; C07C49/00; C07C49/76; C07C51/00; C07C51/08; C07C51/16; C07C51/29; C07C61/00; C07C61/08; C09; C09K; C09K19/00; C09K19/04; C09K19/06; C09K19/08; C09K19/10; C09K19/20; C09K19/2007; C09K19/2021; C09K19/30; C09K19/3001; C09K19/3066; C09K19/3068; C07B; C07B2200/00; C07B2200/07; C09K2323/00
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
46 words
A liquid crystal compound which is an optically active ester having the formula: ##STR35## wherein X is ##STR36## R is an alkyl group, which may be chiral, having less than 15 carbon atoms, Y 1 is halogen or methyl and Y 2 is halogen or methyl.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
46 words
A liquid crystal compound which is an optically active ester having the formula: ##STR35## wherein X is ##STR36## R is an alkyl group, which may be chiral, having less than 15 carbon atoms, Y 1 is halogen or methyl and Y 2 is halogen or methyl.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
14 words
A liquid crystal compound as claimed in claim 1 and wherein X is: ##STR37##
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
14 words
A liquid crystal compound as claimed in claim 1 and wherein X is: ##STR38##
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
19 words
A liquid crystal compound as claimed in claim 3 and wherein Y 2 is chlorine and R is 2-methylbutyl.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
50 words
A liquid crystal compound as claimed in claim 1 and which is prepared by reacting on optically active substituted phenol compound having the formula: ##STR39## with an acid chloride having the formula X-COCl where X is as defined in claim 1 has the same meaning as R in claim 1.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
45 words
A liquid crystal compound as claimed in claim 5 and wherein the optically active substituted phenol compound is prepared by hydrolyzing a corresponding methoxy compound: ##STR40## has the same meaning as R* in claim 5; said methoxy compound being prepared by the reaction of ##STR41##
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
37 words
A liquid crystal compound as claimed in claim 3 and which is prepared by reacting an optically active hydroxy benzoate compound having the formula ##STR42## with an acid chloride having the formula X-COCl where X is ##STR43##
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
28 words
A liquid crystal compound as claimed in claim 7 and wherein said hydroxy benzoate compound is prepared by reacting a compound ##STR44## with an optically active compound ##STR45##
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
33 words
A liquid crystal material which comprises a mixture of at least two compounds as claimed in claim 1, said mixture exhibiting a cholesteric mesophase suitable for use in a cholesteric-to-mesophase change electro-optic device.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
48 words
A liquid crystal material which comprises a mixture of at least one compound as claimed in claim 1 together with at least one compound selected from a 4'-alkyl-4-cyanobiphenyl, a 4'-alkoxy-4-cyanobiphenyl and a 4"-alkyl-4-cyano-p-terphenyl, said mixture exhibiting a cholesteric mesophase suitable for use in a cholesteric-to-mesophase change electro-optic device.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
30 words
A liquid crystal material which contains at least one compound as claimed in claim 1, said material being in the form of a thin film in the Grandjean plane texture.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
60 words
In a liquid crystal device including means for containing a region of liquid crystal material, a region of liquid crystal material in said containing means, and means for applying an electrical field to said material to alter the molecular arrangement in said material, the improvement wherein said containing means contains a liquid crystal material of the formula of claim 1.
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