Patent ID: 8354147

Claim:
A polymerizable liquid crystal compound represented by formula (1) wherein A 1 and A 2 are each independently 1,4-cyclohexylene or 1,4-phenylene, and one or two hydrogens in the 1,4-phenylene may be replaced by fluorine or methyl; Z 1 and Z 3 are a single bond; Z 2 is a single bond, —COO—, or —OCO—; m is 1 or 2; Q 1 and Q 2 are each independently —O(CH 2 CH 2 O) 2 —, —O(CH 2 CH 2 O) 3 —, —O(CH 2 CH 2 CH 2 O)— or —O(CH 2 CH 2 CH 2 O) 3 ; and P 1 and P 2 are a polymerizable group represented by formula (2-2) and R is hydrogen: