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1. A silacyclohexane compound represented by the following general formula (1). n wherein nR denotes hydrogen, a linear-chain alkyl group with a carbon number of 1-10, a branched-chain alkyl group with a carbon number of 3-8, an alkoxyalkyl group with a carbon number of 2-7, a fluoroalkyl group with a carbon number of 1-10 in which one or two hydrogen atoms are substituted by fluorine atom(s), or an alkenyl group with a carbon number of 2-8, of the groups n at least one is a trans-1-sila-1,4-cyclohexylene or trans-4-sila-1,4-cyclohexylene group whose silicon at position 1 or position 4 has a substitutional group(s) of H, F, Cl or CH₃, and the other denotes a trans-1,4-cyclohexylene group, nX denotes a CN, F, Cl, CF₃, CF₂Cl, CHFCl, OCF₃, OCHF₂, OCF₂Cl, OCHFCl, R or OR group (wherein R is the same as defined in the general formula (I)), nY denotes H or F and nZ denotes H or F. |