Patent ID: 7462427
Filing Date: 2008-12-09
Classification: C07C,C07D,C09K

Abstract:
1. A method of decreasing the melting point, increasing the clearing point, increasing the speed of switching and/or increasing the tilt angle of a liquid crystal mixture, which comprises adding to the mixture a mesogenic compound of formula (I) having a terminal end chain (X,Y) comprising carbon, oxygen or sulphur, which has at least one pendent C wherein M is a mesogenic core group, and X and Y are selected from a functional group, an optionally substituted alkyl chain, an optionally substituted alkenyl chain, an optionally substituted alkynyl chain or a group of sub-formula (i), provided that at least one of X or Y is a group of sub-formula (i) where R Z s and q are independently selected from 0 or 1; m is 1; R R provided that at least one of the groups R n is 0 or an integer of from 1 to 4, and each group R R further provided that neither R