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WO1998004544A1
WO1998004544A1 PCT/EP1997/003986 EP9703986W WO9804544A1 WO 1998004544 A1 WO1998004544 A1 WO 1998004544A1 EP 9703986 W EP9703986 W EP 9703986W WO 9804544 A1 WO9804544 A1 WO 9804544A1
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Karl Siemensmeyer
Thies Thiemann
Masashi Tashiro
Tsuzuki HIROHISA
Mamoru Mukumoto
Volkmar Vill
Gunnar Gesekus
Shuntaro Mataka
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    • C07D333/50—Heterocyclic compounds containing five-membered rings having one sulfur atom as the only ring hetero atom condensed with carbocyclic rings or ring systems
    • C07D333/52—Benzo[b]thiophenes; Hydrogenated benzo[b]thiophenes
    • C07D333/62—Benzo[b]thiophenes; Hydrogenated benzo[b]thiophenes with hetero atoms or with carbon atoms having three bonds to hetero atoms with at the most one bond to halogen, e.g. ester or nitrile radicals, directly attached to carbon atoms of the hetero ring
    • C07D333/68—Carbon atoms having three bonds to hetero atoms with at the most one bond to halogen
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    • C07D417/02—Heterocyclic compounds containing two or more hetero rings, at least one ring having nitrogen and sulfur atoms as the only ring hetero atoms, not provided for by group C07D415/00 containing two hetero rings
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    • C09K19/00—Liquid crystal materials
    • C09K19/04—Liquid crystal materials characterised by the chemical structure of the liquid crystal components, e.g. by a specific unit
    • C09K19/06—Non-steroidal liquid crystal compounds
    • C09K19/34—Non-steroidal liquid crystal compounds containing at least one heterocyclic ring
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  • liquid-crystalline phases so-called mesophases
  • mesophases can occur during heating.
  • the individual phases differ in the spatial arrangement of the molecular centers on the one hand and in the molecular arrangement with regard to the longitudinal axes on the other hand (G.W. Gray,
  • the nematic liquid-crystalline phase is characterized by the fact that only a long-distance order exists due to the parallel storage of the longitudinal axes of the molecules.
  • a so-called cholesteric phase is formed in which the longitudinal axes of the molecules form a helical superstructure that is perpendicular to them (H. Baessler, Solid State Problems XI, 1971).
  • the chiral part of the molecule can either be present in the liquid-crystalline molecule itself or be added to the nematic phase as a dopant, the cholesteric phase being induced.
  • the cholesteric phase has remarkable optical properties: a high optical rotation and a pronounced circular dichroism, which is created by selective reflection of circularly polarized light within the cholesteric layer.
  • the colors which appear different depending on the perspective, depend on the pitch of the helical superstructure, which in turn depends on the twisting power of the chiral component.
  • the pitch and thus the wavelength range of the selectively reflected light of a cholesteric layer can be varied by changing the concentration of a chiral dopant.
  • Such cholesteric systems offer interesting possibilities for practical use. By incorporating chiral molecular parts into mesogenic acrylic acid esters and orienting them in the cholesteric phase, e.g.
  • a cholesteric network can be obtained in which the chiral component can have a share of up to 50% of the material used; however, these polymers still contain significant amounts of soluble fractions (FH Kreuzer, R. Maurer, Ch. Müller-Rees, J. Stohrer, Lecture No. 7, 22nd Freiburg Working Conference on Liquid Crystals, Freiburg, 1993).
  • the application DE-OS-35 35 547 describes a method in which a mixture of cholesterol-containing monoacrylates can be processed into cholesteric layers by means of photo-crosslinking.
  • the total proportion of the chiral component in the mixture is approximately 94%.
  • a pure side chain polymer such a material is not mechanically very stable, but an increase in stability can be achieved by highly crosslinking diluents.
  • smectic networks are also known which are produced in particular by photopolymerization / photocrosslinking of smectically liquid-crystalline materials in the smectically liquid-crystalline phase.
  • the materials used for this are generally symmetrical, liquid-crystalline bisacrylates such as those used by DJ Broer and RAM Hikmet, Makromol. Chem., 190, 3201-3215 (1989). However, these materials have very high clarification temperatures of> 120 ° C., so that there is a risk of thermal polymerization.
  • piezoelectric properties can be achieved in the presence of an S c phase (RAM Hikmet, Macromolecules 23, p. 5759, 1992).
  • the object of the present invention was to produce new liquid-crystalline materials which, alone or in mixtures with other liquid crystals, have or induce broad liquid-crystalline phase ranges and high clearing temperatures.
  • the invention now relates to compounds of the general formula i
  • M independently of one another optionally substituted aliphatic, aromatic, heteroaliphatic or heteroaromatic ring systems
  • n and m independently of one another 0, 1 or 2
  • Y independently of one another 0, S, COO, OCO, OCOO, CONH, NHCO, CONR, NRCO or a direct bond and the groups
  • Z are independently hydrogen, cyano or a polymerizable group.
  • spacers A All groups known for this purpose can be used as spacers A;
  • the spacers are usually linked to M or Z via carbonate, ester or ether groups or a direct bond, ie the radicals Y preferably correspond to a direct bond, 0, S, COO or OCOO.
  • the spacers generally contain 2 to 30, preferably 2 to 12, carbon atoms and can be interrupted in the chain, for example by 0, S, NH, NR, COO, OCO, CO or OCOO. Fluorine, chlorine, bromine, cyano, hydroxy or C 1 -C 4 -alkyl can also be used as substituents for the spacer chain.
  • spacers are for example:
  • q are 1 to 3 and p are 1 to 12.
  • radicals M are generally not aromatic or aromatic carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring systems which are optionally substituted by fluorine, chlorine, bromine, cyano, hydroxy or nitro and which, for example, correspond to the following basic structures:
  • M are z. B. :
  • n and m are a maximum of 3 in total
  • X is 0, S, COO or OCOO
  • Z is hydrogen, vinyl, methylvinyl, chlorovinyl, NCO, OCN or
  • the rest Z- YA r - (YM) n -X corresponds in particular a Ci to C ⁇ 2 alkoxy group, optionally carrying a polymerizable group.
  • the invention further relates to the new compounds of the formula
  • T is hydrogen or Ci to -C 2 alkyl
  • T 1 are hydroxy, chlorine or bromine.
  • the units Z -YA r - (YM) n - according to the invention, in which Z, Y, A r and M have the meaning given above, are by generally known synthesis processes, as described, for example, in DE-A 39 17 196, accessible.
  • the compounds according to the invention are particularly suitable for use in electro-optical display elements, as a chiral dopant for nematic or cholesteric liquid crystals for producing color-reflecting layers or for the production of liquid-crystalline cholesteric ordered pigments.
  • the preparation is carried out analogously to Example 1. However, 1.2 ml of a 28% sodium methoxide solution in ethanol are used in the reaction.
  • the yield after working up and purification was 0.28 g, which corresponds to a yield of 97%, based on 0.25 g of 4, 5, 6, 7 -tetra-fluoro -6 -benzo- [b] -thiophene-2-carboxylic acid .

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Abstract

L'invention concerne des composés qui répondent à la formule générale (I), dans laquelle les radicaux A désignent un séparateur; r vaut 0 ou 1; les radicaux M désignent, indépendamment les uns des autres, des systèmes cycliques aliphatiques, aromatiques, hétéroaliphatiques ou hétéroaromatiques le cas échéant substitués; n et m valent indépendamment 0, 1 ou 2; X désigne O, S, COO, OCOO, CONH ou CONR; R désigne alkyle C1 à C4; les radicaux Y désignent, indépendamment les uns des autres, O, S, COO, OCO, OCOO, CONH, NHCO, CONR, NRCO ou une liaison directe; et les groupes Z désignent indépendamment les uns des autres hydrogène, cyano ou un groupe polymérisable. Ces composés peuvent être utilisés isolés ou mélangés à d'autres composés à cristaux liquides dans des éléments d'affichage ou supports de données optiques, dans des polariseurs ou dans des colorants à cristaux liquides.
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