Patent ID: 8501285

Claim:
A liquid crystal composition, comprising an achiral component T comprising a compound of Formula (1) and a chiral reagent, and exhibiting an optically isotropic liquid crystal phase, wherein in Formula (1), R 1 is hydrogen or a C 1-20 alkyl in which arbitrary —CH 2 — may be substituted with —O—, —S—, —COO—, —OCO—, —CH═CH—, —CF═CF— or —C≡C—, and arbitrary hydrogen in the alkyl and the alkyl with arbitrary —CH 2 — substituted with —O—, —S—, —COO—, —OCO—, —CH═CH—, —CF═CF—, or —C≡C— may be substituted with halogen or a C 1-3 alkyl; Z 1 , Z 2 , and Z 3 are each independently a single bond, —COO—, or —CF 2 O—, provided that at least one of Z 1 , Z 2 , and Z 3 is —CF 2 O—; and L 1 , L 2 , L 3 , L 4 , and L 5 are each independently hydrogen or fluorine; X 1 is hydrogen, halogen, —SF 5 , or a C 1-10 alkyl in which arbitrary —CH 2 — may be substituted with —O—, —S—, —CH═CH—, or —C≡C—, and arbitrary hydrogen in the alkyl and the alkyl with arbitrary —CH 2 — substituted with —O—, —S—, —CH═CH—, or —C≡C— may be substituted with fluorine.