Patent ID: 7618690

Claim:
A compound represented by the following formula (1): CH 2 ═CR 1 —COO-(L) k -E 1 -E 2 -E 3 -E 4 -R 2 (1) provided that the symbols in the formula have the following meanings: R 1 : a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; R 2 : a C 1-8 alkyl group or a fluorine atom; k: 0 or 1; L: —(CH 2 ) p O— or —(CH 2 ) q — (wherein each of p and q which are independent of each other, is an integer of from 2 to 8); E 1 : a 1,4-phenylene group; E 2 , E 3 , E 4 : each independently a 1,4-phenylene group or a trans-1,4-cyclohexylene group and at least one of E 2 and E 3 is a trans-1,4-cyclohexylene group, provided that the 1,4-phenylene group and trans-1,4-cyclohexylene group in E 1 to E 4 , may be such that a hydrogen atom bonded to a carbon atom in each group may be substituted by a fluorine atom, a chlorine atom or a methyl group.