Polymerizable compound having triple bond, liquid crystal composition and liquid crystal display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9708534-B2
Application number	US-201514751822-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 26, 2015
Priority date	Jun 27, 2014
Publication date	Jul 18, 2017
Grant date	Jul 18, 2017

Abstract

To provide a liquid crystal compound having high polymerization reactivity, a high conversion ratio and high solubility in a liquid crystal composition, a polymerizable composition containing the compound, a liquid crystal composite prepared using the composition, and a liquid crystal display device including the composite.
The liquid crystal display device prepared using the polymerizable composition containing the compound represented by formula (1):

wherein, in formula (1), P 1 to P 6 are a polymerizable group; S 1 to S 6 are a single bond, alkylene or the like; a1, a3 and a4 are an integer from 0 to 4, a2 is an integer from 1 to 4; ring A 1 to ring A 4 are a divalent group derived from benzene, naphthalene, anthracene, pyrimidine, pyridine or the like; Z 1 to Z 3 are a single bond, alkylene or the like, and at least one of Z 1 , Z 2 and Z 3 is —C≡C—; and b1 is 0 or 1.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A polymerizable composition, containing at least one compound selected from the group of compounds represented by formula (1) and at least one compound selected from the group of compounds represented by formulas (2) to (4):

wherein, in formula (1),
P 1 , P 2 , P 3 , P 4 , P 5 and P 6 are independently a polymerizable group;
S 1 , S 2 , S 3 , S 4 , S 5 and S 6 are independently a single bond or alkylene having 1 to 12 carbons, and in the alkylene, at least one of —CH 2 — may be replaced by —O—, —COO— or —OCO—, at least one of —CH 2 CH 2 — may be replaced by —CH═CH—, and in the groups, at least one of hydrogen may be replaced by halogen;
a1, a3 and a4 are independently 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4, a2 is 1, 2, 3 or 4, a sum of a1, a2, a3 and a4 is 3 to 10, in which either or both of -S 1 -P 1 and -S 6 -P 6 may be hydrogen;
ring A 1 , ring A 2 , ring A 3 and ring A 4 are independently a divalent group derived from benzene, anthracene, pyrimidine or pyridine, and in the divalent group, at least one of hydrogen may be replaced by halogen, alkyl having 1 to 12 carbons, or alkyl having 1 to 12 carbons in which at least one of hydrogen is replaced by halogen, and ring A 2 and ring A 3 may be independently a divalent group derived from cyclohexane, cyclohexene, tetrahydropyran or dioxane;
Z 1 , Z 2 and Z 3 are independently a single bond or alkylene having 1 to 12 carbons, and in the alkylene, at least one of —CH 2 — may be replaced by —O—, —CO—, —COO— or —OCO—, at least one of —CH 2 —CH 2 — may be replaced by —CH═CH—, —C(CH 3 )═CH—, —CH═C(CH 3 ), —C(CH 3 )═C(CH 3 )— or —C≡C—, and in the groups, at least one of hydrogen may be replaced by halogen, and at least one of Z 1 , Z 2 and Z 3 is —C≡C—, wherein when the number of —C≡C— is two or more, or when at least one of Z 1 , Z 2 and Z 3 is a single bond, —CH═CH—, —COO—, or —OCO—, S 1 and S 6 are single bonds; and
b1 is 0 or 1;

wherein, in formulas (2) to (4),
R 11 and R 12 are independently alkyl having 1 to 10 carbons or alkenyl having 2 to 10 carbons, and in the alkyl or the alkenyl, at least one of —CH 2 — may be replaced by —O—, and at least one of hydrogen may be replaced by fluorine;
ring B 1 , ring B 2 , ring B 3 and ring B 4 are independently 1,4-cyclohexylene, 1,4-phenylene, 2-fluoro-1,4-phenylene, 2,5-difluoro-1,4-phenylene or pyrimidine-2,5-diyl; and
Z 11 , Z 12 and Z 13 are independently a single bond, —CH 2 CH 2 —, —CH═CH—, —C≡C— or —COO—.

2. The polymerizable composition according to claim 1 , further containing at least one compound selected from the group of compounds represented by formulas (5) to (7):

wherein, in formulas (5) to (7),
R 13 is alkyl having 1 to 10 carbons or alkenyl having 2 to 10 carbons, and in the alkyl and the alkenyl, at least one of —CH 2 — may be replaced by —O—, and at least one of hydrogen may be replaced by fluorine;
X 11 is fluorine, chlorine, —OCF 3 , —OCHF 2 , —CF 3 , —CHF 2 , —CH 2 F, —OCF 2 CHF 2 or —OCF 2 CHFCF 3 ;
ring C 1 , ring C 2 and ring C 3 are independently 1,4-cyclohexylene, 1,4-phenylene in which at least one of hydrogen may be replaced by fluorine, tetrahydropyran-2,5-diyl, 1,3-dioxane-2,5-diyl or pyrimidine-2,5-diyl;
Z 14 , Z 15 and Z 16 are independently a single bond, —CH 2 CH 2 —, —CH═CH—, —COO—, —CF 2 O—, —OCF 2 —, —CH 2 O— or —(CH 2 ) 4 —; and
L 11 and L 12 are independently hydrogen or fluorine.

3. The polymerizable composition according to claim 1 , further containing at least one compound selected from the group of compounds represented by formula (8):

wherein, in formula (8),
R 14 is alkyl having 1 to 10 carbons or alkenyl having 2 to 10 carbons, and in the alkyl and the alkenyl, at least one of —CH 2 — may be replaced by —O—, and at least one of hydrogen may be replaced by fluorine;
X 12 is —C≡N or —C≡C—C≡N;
ring D 1 is 1,4-cyclohexylene, 1,4-phenylene in which at least one of hydrogen may be replaced by fluorine, tetrahydropyran-2,5-diyl, 1,3-dioxane-2,5-diyl or pyrimidine-2,5-diyl;
Z 17 is a single bond, —CH 2 CH 2 —, —C≡C—, —COO—, —CF 2 O—, —OCF 2 — or —CH 2 O—;
L 13 and L 14 are independently hydrogen or fluorine; and
i is 1, 2, 3 or 4.

4. The polymerizable composition according to claim 1 , further containing at least one compound selected from the group of compounds represented by formulas (9) to (15):

wherein, in formulas (9) to (15),
R 15 and R 16 are independently alkyl having 1 to 10 carbons or alkenyl having 2 to 10 carbons, and in the alkyl and the alkenyl, at least one of —CH 2 — may be replaced by —O—, and at least one of hydrogen may be replaced by fluorine;
R 17 is hydrogen, fluorine, alkyl having 1 to 10 carbons or alkenyl having 2 to 10 carbons, and in the alkyl and the alkenyl, at least one of —CH 2 — may be replaced by —O—, and at least one of hydrogen may be replaced by fluorine;
ring E 1 , ring E 2 , ring E 3 and ring E 4 are independently 1,4-cyclohexylene, 1,4-cyclohexenylene, 1,4-phenylene in which at least one of hydrogen may be replaced by fluorine, tetrahydropyran-2,5-diyl or decahydronaphthalene-2,6-diyl;
ring E 5 and ring E 6 are independently 1,4-cyclohexylene, 1,4-cyclohexenylene, 1,4-phenylene, tetrahydropyran-2,5-diyl or decahydronaphthalene-2,6-diyl;
Z 18 , Z 19 , Z 20 and Z 21 are independently a single bond, —CH 2 CH 2 —, —COO—, —CH 2 O—, —OCF 2 — or —OCF 2 CH 2 CH 2 —;
L 15 and L 16 are independently fluorine or chlorine;
S 11 is hydrogen or methyl;
X is —CHF— or —CF 2 —; and
j, k, m, n, p, q, r and s are independently 0 or 1, a sum of k, m, n and p is 1 or 2, a sum of q, r and s is 0, 1, 2 or 3, and t is 1, 2 or 3.

5. A liquid crystal composite, formed by polymerization of the polymerizable composition according to claim 1 .

6. A liquid crystal display device, including the polymerizable composition according to claim 1 .

7. A polymerizable compound represented by formula (1-1):

wherein, in formula (1-1),
P 7 , P 8 , P 9 , P 10 , P 11 and P 12 are independently a polymerizable group;
S 7 , S 8 , S 9 , S 10 , S 11 and S 12 are independently a single bond or alkylene having 1 to 6 carbons, and in the alkylene, one or two of —CH 2 — may be replaced by —O—, —COO— or —OCO—, one or two of —CH 2 —CH 2 — may be replaced by —CH═CH—, and in the groups, at least one of hydrogen may be replaced by fluorine or chlorine;
c1, c3, and c4 are independently 0, 1 or 2, c2 is 1 or 2, and a sum of c1, c2, c3 and c4 is 3 to 6;
ring A 5 , ring A 6 , ring A 7 and ring A 8 are independently 1,4-phenylene, pyrimidine-2,5-diyl or pyridine-2,5-diyl, and in the rings, at least one of hydrogen may be replaced by fluorine, chlorine, alkyl having 1 to 12 carbons, or alkyl having 1 to 12 carbons in which at least one of hydrogen is replaced by fluorine or chlorine, ring A 6 and ring A 7 may be independently 1,4-cyclohexylene, 1,4-cyclohexenylene, tetrahydropyran-2,5-diyl or 1,3-dioxane-2,5-diyl;
Z 4 , Z 5 and Z 6 are independently a single bond or alkylene having 1 to 6 carbons, and in the alkylene, one or two of —CH 2 — may be replaced by —O—, —CO—, —COO— or —OCO—, one or two of —CH 2 —CH 2 — may

Assignees

• Jnc Corp
• Jnc Petrochemical Corp

Inventors

• Gotoh Yasuyuki
• Okumura Kazuo
• Goto Mayumi

Classifications

• C09K2019/3083

  Cy-Ph-COO-Ph · CPC title

• C09K2019/183

  Ph-Ph-C≡C-Ph · CPC title

• C09K2019/3078

  Cy-Cy-COO-Ph-Cy · CPC title

• C09K2019/0448

  the end chain group being a polymerizable end group, e.g. -Sp-P or acrylate · CPC title

• C09K2019/3422

  the heterocyclic ring being a six-membered ring · CPC title