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Cyclohexane derivatives of formula R1-A1-Z1-A2-R2 in which R1 and R2 are in each case an alkyl group with 1-10 C atoms, in which also one or two non neighboring CH2 groups can be replaced by O atoms and/or -CO- groups and/or -CO-O- groups and/or -CH=CH- groups, one of the remainder R1 and R2, also H, F, Cl, Br, CN or R3-A3-Z2-, A1 is -A-, A4-A- or -A-A4-, A is a substituted trans-1,4-cyclohexyl group substituted in 2nd, 3rd, 5th and/or 6th position, substituted once or substituted several times by F and/or Cl and/or Br and/or CN and/or an alkyl group or a fluoridated alkyl group, each with 1-10 atoms, in which also one or two not neighboring CH2 groups can be replaced by O atoms and/or -CO- groups and/or -CO-O- groups; which also, as the case may be, can be substituted in 1st and/or 4th position, A2, A3 and A4 are in each case an unsubstituted 1,4-phenylene, or a 1,4-phenyl substituted by one or two F and/or Cl atoms and/or CH3 groups and/or CN groups, in which also one or two CH groups can be replaced by N atoms and/or NO, 1,4-cyclohexylene, in which one or two not neighboring CH2 groups may be substituted by O atoms, 1,3-dithiane-2,5-diyl, piperidine-1,4-diyl, 1,4-bicyclo(2,2,2)-octylene-, decahydronaphthalene-2,6-diyl-, or 1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene-2,6-diyl groups, Z1 and Z2 are either -CO-O-, -O-CO-, -CH2CH2-, OCH2-, -CH2O or a single link, and R3 is H, an alkyl group with 1-10, in which also one or two not-neighboring CH2 groups can be replaced by O atoms and/or -CO- groups and/or -CO-O- groups and/or -CH=CH- groups; F, Cl,Br or CN, it being understood that if Z1 = -CO-O- A1 in beta-position, to the -CO-O- bridge it carries no equatorial substitutes, are suitable as components for liquid crystal phases. |