Patent ID: 7318950

Claim:
A chiral compound of formula I R 1 —X 1 -(A 1 -Z 1 ) m -G-(Z 2 -A 2 ) n -X 2 —R 2 I wherein R 1 and R 2 are independently of each other F, Cl, Br, CN, SCN, SF 5 , or a chiral or achiral alkyl group with up to 30 C atoms which may be unsubstituted, mono- or polysubstituted by F, Cl, Br or CN, it being also possible for one or more non-adjacent CH 2 groups to be replaced, in each case independently from one another, by —O—, —S—, —NH—, —N(CH 3 )—, —CO—, —COO—, —OCO—, —OCO—O—, —S—CO—, —CO—S—, —CH═CH— or —C≡C— in such a manner that oxygen atoms are not linked directly to one another, or a polymerizable group, X 1 , X 2 , Z 1 , Z 2 are independently of each other —O—, —S—, —CO—, —COO—, —OCO—, —O—COO—, —CO—N(R 3 )—, —N(R 3 )—CO—, —OCH 2 —, —CH 2 O—, —SCH 2 —, —CH 2 S—, —CF 2 O—, —OCF 2 —, —CF 2 S—, —SCF 2 —, —CH 2 CH 2 —, —CF 2 CH 2 —, —CH 2 CF 2 —, —CF 2 CF 2 —, —CH═CH—, —CF═CH—, —CH═CF—, —CF═CF—, —C≡C—, —CH═CH—COO—, —OCO—CH═CH— or a single bond, R 3 is H or alkyl with 1 to 4 C atoms, A 1 and A 2 are independently from one another 1,4-phenylene in which, in addition, one or more CH groups may be replaced by N, 1,4-cyclohexylene in which, in addition, one or two non-adjacent CH 2 groups may be replaced by O and/or S, 1,3-dioxolane-4,5-diyl, 1,4-cyclohexenylene, 1,4-bicyclo-(2,2,2)-octylene, piperidine-1,4-diyl, naphthalene-2,6-diyl, decahydronaphthalene-2,6-diyl, or 1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene-2,6-diyl or indane-2,5-diyl, it being possible for all these groups to be unsubstituted, mono- or polysubstituted with halogen, cyano or nitro groups or alkyl, alkoxy, alkylcarbonyl or alkoxycarbonyl groups with 1 to 7 C atoms, wherein one or more H atoms may be substituted by F or Cl, m and n are independently of each other 1, 2 or 3, and G is a chiral group, wherein at least one of X 1 , X 2 , Z 1 and Z 2 is —CF 2 O—, —OCF 2 —, —CF 2 S—, —SCF 2 —, —CF 2 CH 2 —, —CH 2 CF 2 —, —CF 2 CF 2 —, —CH═CF—, —CF═CH— or —CF═CF—.