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Disclosure of the Invention An object of the present invention is to provide a liquid crystal composition having a low wavelength dispersion property capable of controlling refractive index anisotropy due to a wavelength and a compound exhibiting reverse wavelength dispersion property, and a liquid crystal composition containing the compound and having good applicability. The present invention provides a compound represented by the following formula (1) and a liquid crystal composition comprising the compound. In the formula (1), A 1 and A 2 are each independently 1,4-phenylene or 1,4-cyclohexylene; Z 1 and Z 2 are each independently a single bond, -OCH 2 -, -CH 2 O-, -COO-, -OCO-, -CH═CHCOO-, -OCOCH═CH-, -CH 2 CH 2 COO- , -OCOCH 2 CH 2 -, -CH 2 CH 2 OCO- or -COOCH 2 CH 2 -, and; m and n are each an integer of 0 to 3; X 1 is -S-; Q 1 is an aromatic ring; R 1 and R 2 are alkyl or a group having a polymerizable group. |