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Biphenylylethanes

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EP0407569A1
EP0407569A1 EP90903347A EP90903347A EP0407569A1 EP 0407569 A1 EP0407569 A1 EP 0407569A1 EP 90903347 A EP90903347 A EP 90903347A EP 90903347 A EP90903347 A EP 90903347A EP 0407569 A1 EP0407569 A1 EP 0407569A1
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Prior art keywords
ethane
fluorobiphenyl
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phenylene
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David Ian 6 Swallow Close Bishop
Stephen Lewis
David Coates
Simon 2 Blackbird Close Greenfield
Eike Poetsch
Volker Meyer
Klaus-Peter Stahl
Volker Reiffenrath
Herbert Plach
Reinhard Hittich
Andreas WÄCHTLER
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    • C09K19/10—Non-steroidal liquid crystal compounds containing at least two non-condensed rings containing at least two benzene rings
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  • Biphenylylethanes The invention relates to biphenylylethanes of the formula I, R 1 -CH 2 -X- (CH 2 CH 2 ) m -Ph-Ph-CH 2 CH 2 -Ph-Y-CH 2 -R 2 I wherein R 1 and R 2 each independently of the other alkyl,
  • Alkenyl or oxaalkyl with up to 12 carbon atoms one of the radicals R 1 and R 2 also H, m 0 or 1, X and Y each independently of one another O, S,
  • radical X also 1,4-phenylene or trans-1,4-cyclohexylene and radical Y also trans-1,4-cyclohexylene, and Ph 1,4 -Phenylene, one or two of the residues
  • the compounds of the formula I can be used as components of liquid-crystalline phases, in particular for displays which are based on the principle of the twisted cell, the guest-host effect, the effect of the deformation of aligned phases or the effect of dynamic scattering.
  • the object of the invention was to find new stable liquid-crystalline or mesogenic compounds with high birefringence, which are suitable as components of liquid-crystalline phases with low viscosity, high nematogenicity and favorable low-temperature behavior.
  • This object was achieved by the provision of the compounds of the formula I.
  • the compounds of the formula I are particularly suitable as components of liquid-crystalline phases.
  • they can be used to produce stable liquid-crystalline phases with a relatively large optical anisotropy and positive or negative dielectric anisotropy.
  • the substances of the formula I are particularly preferably suitable for use in mixtures for ECB effects.
  • the compounds of formula I have a wide range of uses. Depending on the choice of the substituents, these compounds can serve as base materials from which liquid-crystalline phases are predominantly composed; However, it is also possible to add compounds of the formula I to liquid-crystalline base materials from other classes of compounds in order, for example, to optimize the dielectric and / or optical anisotropy of such a dielectric.
  • the compounds of formula I are suitable also as intermediates for the manufacture of others
  • the compounds of the formula I are colorless in the pure state and form liquid-crystalline mesophases in
  • the invention thus relates to the compounds of the formula I and the use of these compounds as
  • the invention furthermore relates to liquid-crystalline phases containing at least one compound of the formula I, and to liquid-crystal display elements which contain them
  • R 1 , R 2 , X, Y and Ph have the meaning given above and below, unless expressly stated otherwise.
  • R 1 and / or R 2 are alkyl radicals in which an (“oxaalkyl”) CH 2 group can also be replaced by O atoms, they can be straight-chain or branched.
  • They are preferably straight-chain, have 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7 carbon atoms and are therefore preferably ethyl,
  • Solubility in the usual liquid-crystalline base materials can be important, but especially as chiral dopants if they are optically active.
  • Branched groups of this type usually contain no more than one chain branch.
  • formula I includes both the optical antipodes and racemates and mixtures thereof.
  • X and Y are O or the single bond, with the single bond being particularly preferred.
  • Compounds in which one of the radicals Ph is 2- or 3-fluoro-1,4-phenylene are particularly preferred.
  • the radicals R 1 -X and R 2 -Y are preferably straight-chain alkyl or alkoxy.
  • Preferred compounds of the formula I and their sub-formulas are those in which at least one of the radicals contained therein has one of the preferred meanings indicated.
  • Particularly preferred smaller groups of compounds according to the invention are those of the following sub-formulas:
  • R 1 and R 2 have the meaning given in claim 1, X is 0 or a single bond, one of the radicals
  • Ph 2- or 3-fluoro-1,4-phenylene and the other
  • Radical Ph denotes 1,4-phenylene, and biphenylylethanes of the formula Ha,
  • R 1 and R 2 have the meaning given in claim 1.
  • the compounds of the formula I are prepared by methods known per se, as described in the literature (for example in the standard works such as Houben-Weyl, Methods of Organic Chemistry, Georg-Thieme-Verlag, Stuttgart), and under reaction conditions that are known and suitable for the implementations mentioned.
  • the starting materials can also be formed in situ in such a way that they are not isolated from the reaction mixture, but instead are immediately passed on to the
  • the compounds of formula I can be prepared by using a compound of formula II or a corresponding ethyne compound
  • R 3 -X-Ph-Ph-CH CH-Ph-YR 4 II under the conditions known to the person catalytically hydrogenated.
  • X, Y and Ph have the above
  • R 3 and R 4 each mean
  • the compounds of the formula II are obtainable in a manner known per se by Wittig or by Heck coupling from corresponding styrene compounds with halogen aromatics, which are either known or can be prepared in complete analogy to known compounds.
  • Ethynes of the formula II can also be prepared via the coupling of alkynyl-zinc compounds with aryl halides analogously to that of A.O. King, E. Negishi, F.J. Villani and A. Silveira in J. Org. Chem. 43 (1978) 358.
  • Ethynes of the formula II can also be prepared via the Fritsch-Buttenberg-Wiechell rearrangement (Ann. 279, 319, 327, 332, 1984), in which 1,1-diaryl-2-halogenethylenes are rearranged to diarylacetylenes in the presence of strong bases .
  • Ethynes of the formula II can also be prepared from 4-substituted phenyl- or cyclohexylacetylenes and aryl halides in the presence of a palladium catalyst, for example bis (triphenylphosphine) palladium (II) chloride, and copper (I) iodide (described in Synthesis (1980) 627 or Tetrahedron Letters 27 (1986) 1171).
  • the liquid-crystalline phases according to the invention consist of 2 to 15, preferably 3 to 12 components, including at least one compound of the formula I.
  • the other constituents are preferably selected from the nematic or nematogenic substances, in particular the known substances, from the classes of the azoxybenzenes, benzylidene anilines, Biphenyls, terphenyls, phenyl or cyclohexyl benzoates, cyclohexane-carboxylic acid phenyl or cyclohexyl esters, phenylcyclohexanes, cyclohexyl biphenyls, Cyclohexylcyclohexanes, cyclohexylnaphthalenes, 1,4-biscyclohexylbenzenes, 4,4'-biscyclohexylbiphenyls, phenyl or cyclophexylpyrimidines, phenyl- or cyclohexyld
  • R 6 -LGER 7 IV in which L and E each have a carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring system consisting of 1,4-disubstituted benzene and cyclohexane rings, 4,4'-disubstituted biphenyl, phenylcyclohexane and cyclohexylcyclohexane systems, 2,5-disubstituted pyrimidine - and 1,3-dioxane rings, 2, 6-disubstituted naphthalene, di- and tetrahydronaphthalene,
  • Y halogen preferably chlorine, or -CN
  • R 6 and R 7 denote alkyl, alkoxy, alkanoyloxy or alkoxycarbonyloxy having up to 18, preferably up to 8 carbon atoms, or one of these radicals by CN, NC, NO 2 , CF 3 , F, Cl or Br.
  • R 6 and R 7 are different from one another, one of these radicals usually being an alkyl or alkoxy group.
  • Other variants of the proposed substituents are also common. Many such substances or mixtures thereof are commercially available. All of these substances are obtainable by methods known from the literature.
  • the phases according to the invention contain about 0.1 to 99%, preferably 10 to 95%, of one or more compounds of the formula I. Also preferred are liquid-crystalline phases according to the invention, containing 0.1-40, preferably 0.5-30% of one or more compounds of Formula I.
  • the compounds of the formula I can also be used as components of smectic or chirally switched smectic liquid-crystalline phases. These phases are preferably chiral-chopped smectic liquid-crystalline phases, the achiral base mixture of which contains, in addition to compounds of the formula I, at least one other component with negative or small positive dielectric anisotropy. This further component (s) of the achiral base mixture can make up 1 to 50%, preferably 10 to 25%, of the base mixture.
  • the phases according to the invention are produced in a conventional manner.
  • the components are dissolved in one another, expediently at elevated temperature.
  • the liquid-crystalline phases according to the invention can be modified so that they can be used in all types of liquid-crystal display elements which have hitherto become known.
  • Such additives are known to the person skilled in the art and are described in detail in the literature.
  • conductive salts preferably ethyl dimethyl dodecyl ammonium 4-hexyloxybenzoate, tetrabutylammonium tetraphenylboranate or complex salts of crown ethers (see, for example, I. Haller et al., Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. Volume 24, pages 249-258
  • dichroic dyes for producing colored guest-host systems or substances for changing the dielectric anisotropy, the viscosity and / or the orientation of the nematic phases are added.
  • dichroic dyes for producing colored guest-host systems or substances for changing the dielectric anisotropy, the viscosity and / or the orientation of the nematic phases are added.
  • Such substances are e.g. in DE-OS 22 09 127, 22 40 864, 23 21 632, 23 38 281, 24 50 088, 26 37 430, 28 53 728 and 29 02 177.

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Abstract

Des biphénylyléthanes ont la formule (I): R1-CH2-X-(CH2CH2)m-Ph-Ph-CH2CH2-Ph-Y-CH2-R2, dans laquelle R1 et R2 représentent indépendamment l'un de l'autre alkyle, alkényle ou oxaalkyle ayant jusqu'à 12 atomes de C, un des résidus R1 et R2 pouvant également représenter H; m est égal à 0 ou 1; X et Y représentent indépendamment l'un de l'autre O, S, CO-O, O-CO, O-CO-O ou une liaison simple, le résidu X pouvant également représenter 1,4-phénylène ou trans-1,4-cyclohexylène et le résidu Y également trans-1,4-cyclohexylène, et Ph représente 1,4-phénylène, un ou deux résidus Ph pouvant également représenter 2- ou 3-fluor-1,4-phénylène, à condition que dans le cas (a), où X = 1,4-phénylène et m = 1, un ou deux résidus Ph représentent 2- ou 3-fluor-1,4-phénylène et que dans le cas (b), où X = trans-1,4-cyclohexylène , m = 0 et un ou deux résidus Ph représentent 2- ou 3-fluor-1,4-phénylène. Ces composés sont utiles comme composants de phases de cristaux liquides.
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DE3913164A DE3913164C2 (de) 1989-01-27 1989-04-21 Biphenylylethane und deren Verwendung zur Herstellung von flüssigkristallinen Phasen
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