Patent ID: 7767280

Claim:
A liquid-crystalline medium, comprising at least one compound of formula IA-31, IA-32, IA-33, IA-34, IA-35, IA-36, IA-37, IA-38, IA-39, IA-40, IA-41 and/or IA-42 and at least one compound of formulae IB, IC and/or ID in which R 1B denotes an alkenyl radical having up to 6 C atoms which is unsubstituted, monosubstituted by CN or CF 3 or at least monosubstituted by halogen, in which optionally, one or more CH 2 groups are, each independently of one another, replaced by —O—, —S—, —C≡C—, —CF 2 O—, —OCF 2 —, —OC—O— or —O—CO— in such a way that O atoms are not linked directly to one another, R 2B , R 1C , R 1D and R 2D each, independently of one another, denote an alkyl or alkenyl radical having up to 6 C atoms which is unsubstituted, monosubstituted by CN or CF 3 or at least monosubstituted by halogen, in which optionally, one or more CH 2 groups are, each independently of one another, replaced by —O—, —S—, —C≡C—, —CF 2 O—, —OCF 2 —, —OC—O— or —O—CO— in such a way that O atoms are not linked directly to one another, Y 1 , Y 2 , Y 4 and Y 5 each, independently of one another, denote F, Cl, CF 3 , CHF 2 , CH 2 F, OCF 3 , OCH 2 F, OCHF 2 or CN, alkyl denotes a straight-chain alkyl radical having 1-6 C atoms R 2C denotes H or F, R 3C denotes H, CH 3 , C 2 H 5 or n-C 3 H 7 , c denotes 1 or 2, and d denotes 0 or 1.