Compositions – Liquid crystal compositions – Containing nonsteryl liquid crystalline compound of...
Patent
1986-06-20
1987-07-28
Gron, Teddy S.
Compositions
Liquid crystal compositions
Containing nonsteryl liquid crystalline compound of...
2522996, 350350R, 560 73, 560128, C09K 1920, C09K 1906, C07C 6503, C07C 65105, C07C 5115
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046830790
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to novel liquid crystal compounds which can be useful as components of liquid crystal compositions for electrooptical devices for presentation of information.
PRIOR ART
Known in the art are liquid crystal 4-n-alkylphenyl esters of 4'-(4"-n-alkylbenzoyloxy) benzoic acids (Journal fur praktische Chemie, Band 321, 1979, J. A. Barth, Leipzig; H. J. Deutscher, C. Seidel, M. Korber, H. Schubert "Synthese und mesomorphe Eigenschaften von 4-[trans-4-n-Alkylcyclohexanoyloxy]-benzoesaurephenyl-und-4-Benzoyloxybenz oesaure-cyclohexyl-estern", S. 59-60).
A disadvantage of these compounds resides in that they have a high temperature of the formation of a liquid-crystal (nematic) phase (not below 76.degree. C.) which restricts their application as components of liquid-crystal compositions exhibiting low temperatures of the formation of liquid crystal phases.
Another analog of the compounds according to the present invention are 4-n-alkylphenyl esters of 4'-(trans-4"-n-alkylcyclohexanoyloxy)benzoic acids. The temperature of the formation of the liquid crystal phase of these compounds is not below 65.degree. C. (see the same reference, p. 49-52). These compounds have the same disadvantages as 4-n-alkylphenyl esters of 4'-(4"-n-alkylbenzoyloxy)benzoic acids.
DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is directed to the provision of novel liquid crystal compounds with a low temperature of the formation of a liquid crystal (nematic) phase, with a wide temperature range of the existence of this phase which can be useful as components of a liquid crystal composition featuring a low temperature of the formation of a liquid-crystal phase and intended for electrooptical devices for presentation of information.
This object is accomplished by novel liquid crystal compounds--4-n-pentylphenyl esters of 4'-(trans-4"-alkylcyclohex-2-enoyloxy)benzoic acids of the general formula: ##STR2## wherein R is C.sub.2 H.sub.5, n--C.sub.3 H.sub.7.
The compounds according to the present invention have a low temperature of the formation of a liquid crystal (nematic) phase (for example, 48.degree. C.), a broad range of existence of this phase (for example, 118.degree. C.), feature a good miscibility with various classes of liquid crystal materials.
This enables a successful use of the liquid crystal compounds according to the present invention as components of a liquid-crystal composition intended for electrooptical devices for presentation of information.
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
The liquid crystal compounds according to the present invention are obtained by a known reaction, namely by reacting chlorides of trans-4-n-alkylcyclohex-2-enecarboxylic acids with 4-n-pentylphenyl ester of 4-hydroxybenzoic acid in the presence of pyridine.
A process for producing these liquid crystals compounds resides in that a mixture of 0.3 mol of trans-4-n-alkylcyclohex-2-enecarboxylic acid (wherein an alkyl is C.sub.2 H.sub.5, n--C.sub.3 H.sub.7), 0.4 mol of thionyl chloride, 0.5 mol of pyridine in an anhydrous diethyl ether is stirred for 1.5 hour. Then the mixture is added with 0.3 mol of 4-n-pentylphenyl ester of 4'-hydroxybenzoic acid and 0.5 mol of pyridine. The mixture is maintained at room temperature for 12 hours. Thereafter the ethereal solution of the desired product is washed with water, dried with anhydrous sodium sulphate. The residue obtained after distilling-off the solvent is recrystallized from isopropanol. The yield of the desired product is equal to 46-50% of the amount of the acid employed.
The synthesized compounds comprise white odourless substances at room temperature.
Gross formulae of the resulting compounds have been proven by the results of elemental analysis (see the Table hereinbelow), as well as by data of IR- and PMR-spectra.
Intensive absorption bands of 1,705; 1,725 cm.sup.-1 in IR spectra correspond to stretching vibrations of carbonyls of ester groups. Signals within the range of 6.93-8.43, 5.71, 3.27 ppm in PMR spectra belong to protons of aromati
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Astafiev Vladimir M.
Bezborodov Vladimir S.
Konovalov Viktor A.
Petrovich Alexandr E.
Ptashnikov Jury L.
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