Polymerizable compound having lateral substituent in terminal ring structure
An object of the invention is to provide a polymerizable compound having small refractive index anisotropy and having high storage stability and high alignment properties when constituting a polymerizable liquid crystal composition, and provide a polymerizable liquid crystal composition containing the polymerizable compound. Further, the object is to provide a polymer produced by polymerizing the polymerizable liquid crystal composition and an optically anisotropic body including the polymer. The present invention provides a polymerizable compound represented by general formula (I), a polymerizable liquid crystal composition containing the compound as a constituent component, and further provides a polymer produced by polymerizing the polymerizable liquid crystal composition and an optically anisotropic body including the polymer.
1. A polymerizable compound represented by one selected from the group consisting of formulae (I-1) to (I-7), and (I-9) to (I-15)
2. The polymerizable compound according to claim 1 , wherein the polymerizable compound is formula (I-1) or formula (I-2).
3. A polymerizable liquid crystal composition, comprising the polymerizable compound according to claim 2 .
4. A polymer produced by polymerizing the polymerizable liquid crystal composition according to claim 3 .
5. An optically anisotropic body comprising the polymer according to claim 4 .
6. The polymerizable liquid crystal composition according to claim 3 , further comprising another polymerizable compound represented by general formula (II),
where in the formula, R 11 and R 12 each independently represent the same meaning as P in the general formula (I), S 11 and S 12 each independently represent a single bond or an alkylene group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, wherein one —CH 2 — or unadjacent two or more —CH 2 — may be substituted by an oxygen atom, —COO—, —OCO—, or —OCOO—, L 11 , L 12 , and L 13 each independently represent a single bond, —O—, —S—, —OCH 2 —, —CH 2 O—, —CO—, —COO—, —OCO—, —CO—S—, —S—CO—, —O—CO—O—, —OCOOCH 2 —, —CH 2 OCOO—, —CO—NR 13 —, —NR 13 —CO—, —SCH 2 —, —CH 2 S—, —CH═N—, —SCH 2 —, —CH 2 S—, —CH═CH—COO—, —CH═CH—OCO—, —COO—CH═CH—, —OCO—CH═CH—, —COO—CH 2 CH 2 —, —OCO—CH 2 CH 2 —, —CH 2 CH 2 —COO—, —CH 2 CH 2 —OCO—, —COO—CH 2 —, —OCO—CH 2 —, —CH 2 —COO—, —CH 2 —OCO—, —CF 2 —, —CF 2 O—, —OCF 2 —, —CH 2 CH 2 —, —CF 2 CH 2 —, —CH 2 CF 2 —, —CF 2 CF 2 —, or —CY 11 ═CY 12 — (wherein R 13 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and Y 11 and Y 12 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, a fluorine atom, a chlorine atom, or a cyano group), M 11 and M 12 each independently represent a 1,4-phenylene group, a 1,4-cyclohexylene group, a pyridine-2,5-diyl group, a pyrimidine-2,5-diyl group, a naphthalene-2,6-diyl group, a tetrahydronaphthalene-2,6-diyl group, or a 1,3-dioxane-2,5-diyl group, M 11 and M 12 may be each independently unsubstituted or substituted by an alkyl group, a halogenated alkyl group, an alkoxy group, a halogenated alkoxy group, a halogeno group, a cyano group, or a nitro group, 1 11 represents 0, 1, 2, or 3, when 1 11 represents 2 or 3, two or three L 12 and/or M 12 may be the same or different.
7. The polymerizable liquid crystal composition according to claim 3 , further comprising another polymerizable compound selected from the group consisting of the compounds represented by Formulae (III-1) to (III-8), (IV-1) to (IV-8) and (V-1) to (V-4),
where S 3 and S 4 each independently represent an alkylene group having 2 to 18 carbon atoms,
where S 5 and S 6 each independently represent an alkylene group having 2 to 18 carbon atoms,
where S 7 and S 8 each independently represent an alkylene group having 2 to 18 carbon atoms.
8. The polymerizable compound according to claim 2 , wherein the polymerizable compound represented is formula (I-1).
9. The polymerizable compound according to claim 2 , wherein the polymerizable compound represented is formula (I-2).
10. A polymerizable liquid crystal composition, comprising the polymerizable compound according to claims 1 .
11. A polymer produced by polymerizing the polymerizable liquid crystal composition according to claim 10 .
12. An optically anisotropic body comprising the polymer according to claim 11 .
13. The polymerizable liquid crystal composition according to claim 10 , further comprising another polymerizable compound represented by general formula (II),
where in the formula, R 11 and R 12 each independently represent the same meaning as P in the general formula (I), S 11 and S 12 each independently represent a single bond or an alkylene group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, wherein one —CH 2 — or unadjacent two or more —CH 2 — may be substituted by an oxygen atom, —COO—, —OCO—, or —OCOO—, L 11 , L 12 , and L 13 each independently represent a single bond, —O—, —S—, —OCH 2 —, —CH 2 O—, —CO—, —COO—, —OCO—, —CO—S—, —S—CO—, —O—CO—O—, —OCOOCH 2 —, —CH 2 OCOO—, —CO—NR 13 —, —NR 13 —CO—, —SCH 2 —, —CH 2 S—, —CH═N—, —SCH 2 —, —CH 2 S—, —CH═CH—COO—, —CH═CH—OCO—, —COO—CH═CH—, —OCO—CH═CH—, —COO—CH 2 CH 2 —, —OCO—CH 2 CH 2 —, —CH 2 CH 2 —COO—, —CH 2 CH 2 —OCO—, —COO—CH 2 —, —OCO—CH 2 —, —CH 2 —COO—, —CH 2 —OCO—, —CF 2 —, —CF 2 O—, —OCF 2 —, —CH 2 CH 2 —, —CF 2 CH 2 —, —CH 2 CF 2 —, —CF 2 CF 2 —, or —CY 11 ═CY 12 — (wherein R 13 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and Y 11 and Y 12 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, a fluorine atom, a chlorine atom, or a cyano group), M 11 and M 12 each independently represent a 1,4-phenylene group, a 1,4-cyclohexylene group, a pyridine-2,5-diyl group, a pyrimidine-2,5-diyl group, a naphthalene-2,6-diyl group, a tetrahydronaphthalene-2,6-diyl group, or a 1,3-dioxane-2,5-diyl group, M 11 and M 12 may be each independently unsubstituted or substituted by an alkyl group, a halogenated alkyl group, an alkoxy group, a halogenated alkoxy group, a halogeno group, a cyano group, or a nitro group, 1 11 represents 0, 1, 2, or 3, when 1 11 represents 2 or 3, two or three L 12 and/or M 12 may be the same or different.
14. The polymerizable liquid crystal composition according to claim 10 , further comprising another polymerizable compound selected from the group consisting of the compounds represented by Formulae (III-1) to (III-8), (IV-1) to (IV-8) and (V-1) to (V-4),
where S 3 and S 4 each independently represent an alkylene group having 2 to 18 carbon atoms,
where S 5 and S 6 each independently represent an alkylene group having 2 to 18 carbon atoms,
where S 7 and S 8 each independently represent an alkylene group having 2 to 18 carbon atoms.