Polymerizable chiral compounds comprising 2,6-naphthyl and isomannitol units, and use thereof as chiral dopants

US8608977B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Olivier Enger · Therwil, CH
• Markus Hoffmann · Wolfschlugen, DE
• Jochen Brill · Speyer, DE
• Stephan Maurer · Neustadt, DE
• Bernd Ziegler · Ludwigshafen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 4, 2009
• Grant date: Dec 17, 2013
• Expiry date: Oct 23, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C09K2323/00
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to compounds of the general formula I The invention further relates to a liquid-crystalline composition which comprises at least one compound of the formula I, and to the use of the compounds of the formula I as chiral dopants.