| abstract |
A liquid crystalline compound having a novel structure and a process fornproducing the same are provided. The liquid crystalline compound isnrepresented by the following general formula (I):n nwherein R 1 and R 2 each independently represent a straight-chain, branched orncyclic, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon group having 1 to 22 carbonnatoms and may be attached directly to the aromatic ring without through X 1 ornX 2 ; R 3 represents a hydrogen atom, a cyano group, a nitro group, a fluorinenatom, or a methyl group; and X 1 and X 2 each independently represent annoxygen atom, a sulfur atom, or a -CO-, -OCO-, -COO-, -N=CH-, -CONH-, -NH-,n-NHCO-, or -CH 2 - group. |