| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a new azo-type liquid crystalline compound having a high degree of order.SOLUTION: The liquid crystalline compound is represented by general formula (I) [wherein, Rand Rare each H, a substituent represented by -L-Y, or the like, with the proviso that both are not H; Lis alkylene; Y is H, hydroxy, alkoxy, carboxy, halogen or a polymerizable group; Ls are each a connecting group selected from the group consisting of azo (-N=N-), carbonyloxy (-C(=O)O-), oxycarbonyl (-O-C(=O)-), imino (-N=CH-) and vinylene (-C=C-); Dyes are each an azo dye residue represented by general formula (II)]. |
