US 12,331,240 B2
Anthraquinone compound, liquid crystal composition containing said compound, and light-controlling element
Hitomi Muto, Tokyo (JP); Kohei Ohtani, Tokyo (JP); Yu Hattori, Tokyo (JP); and Saori Suzuki, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to NIPPON KAYAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 18/701,832
Filed by NIPPON KAYAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Nov. 4, 2022, PCT No. PCT/JP2022/041152
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 16, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/080198, PCT Pub. Date May 11, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-179925 (JP), filed on Nov. 4, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0400899 A1, Dec. 5, 2024
Int. Cl. G02F 1/1333 (2006.01); C09K 19/32 (2006.01); C09K 19/60 (2006.01); G02F 1/1334 (2006.01)
CPC C09K 19/322 (2013.01) [C09K 19/60 (2013.01); G02F 1/1334 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
 
1. An anthraquinone compound being a dichroic dye compound represented by the following formula (1):

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wherein R1 and R4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a C1-C12 linear alkyl group or a C3-C12 branched alkyl group, a C1-C12 linear alkoxy group or a C3-C12 branched alkoxy group, a halogen atom, —CO2R9, —OCOR9, —COR9, a cyano group, or a trifluoromethyl group, R2, R3, R5, and R6 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a C1-C4 linear alkyl group or a C3-C4 branched alkyl group, a C1-C4 linear alkoxy group or a C3-C4 branched alkoxy group, a halogen atom, —CO2R9, —OCOR9, —COR9, a cyano group, or a trifluoromethyl group, R7 and R8 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a C1-C8 linear alkyl group or a C3-C8 branched alkyl group, and Ry each independently represents a C1-C12 linear alkyl group or a C3-C12 branched alkyl group, a substituent represented by the following formula (a):

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wherein R10 represents a hydrogen atom, a C1-C8 linear alkyl group or a C3-C8 branched alkyl group, or a C1-C8 linear alkoxy group or a C3-C8 branched alkoxy group, or a substituent represented by the following formula (b):

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wherein R11 represents a hydrogen atom or a C1-C8 linear alkyl group or a C3-C8 branched alkyl group.