Compounds and liquid-crystalline medium

US8962102B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Merck Patent GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Mark Goebel · Darmstadt, DE
• Rocco Fortte · Frankfurt am Main, DE
• Detlef Pauluth · Ober-Ramstadt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 20, 2012
• Grant date: Feb 24, 2015
• Expiry date: Jun 2, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC —): General

Abstract

The invention relates to compounds of the formula I, and to a liquid-crystalline medium, preferably having a nematic phase and negative dielectric anisotropy, which comprises one or more compounds of formula I, defined herein, for use in an electro-optical display, particularly in an active-matrix display based on the VA, ECB, PALO, FFS or IPS effect, and to the use of the compounds of the formula I for the stabilization of a liquid-crystalline medium which comprises one or more compounds of the formula II and one or more compounds of the formulae III-1 to III-4, defined herein.