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(57) [Summary] [Objective] A liquid crystal polymer which is suitable as a component of a liquid crystal phase or which can be used for assembling a liquid crystal phase having a single layer structure, and has a significantly short response time. A novel stable liquid crystal compound having. ## STR1 ## Formula I: An optically active compound of formula I, a polymer II obtained by polymerization from a compound of formula I in which the R group has a chemically reactive group R 1 as a terminal substituent, as well as multiple reactivity A low molecular weight compound XI which forms a glassy solid obtainable by a chemical reaction between a compound Z 3 having and an optically active compound I having a reactive group R 1 . |