Summary of the invention
The objective of the invention is to improve the performance of existing bis cyclohexane liquid crystal; In the liquid crystal molecule skeleton, introduce oxane structure; The low characteristics of bis cyclohexane liquid crystal viscosity both can have been kept; The characteristics that can send out again and wave that oxane class liquid crystal phase transition temperature is wide, pitch are long, so a kind of needs that are used for liquid-crystal display, satisfy the 3D technique of display be provided, reduce the rotation viscosity of liquid crystal material, the liquid crystal monomer that improves the dielectric anisotropy coefficient of liquid crystal material contains two hexanaphthene oxane compounds and compound method thereof.
The objective of the invention is to realize like this, a kind of liquid crystal monomer contains two hexanaphthene oxane compounds, is characterized in that this compound structure is following:
R is one of the straight chained alkyl of fluorine, chlorine, H, C1-C5, straight chain alkoxyl group of C1-C5 in the formula; R ' is one of straight chain alkoxyl group, cyanic acid of straight chained alkyl, the C1-C5 of fluorine, chlorine, H, C1-C5, and this compounds can be separately or is mixed for the liquid-crystal display of various display formats.
In order to realize the object of the invention, it is to adopt following synthetic route that above-mentioned liquid crystal monomer contains two hexanaphthene oxane compounds:
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Is raw material to alkyl dicyclohexyl formaldehyde and the 2-of structure shown in II to the alkyl phenyl Ucar 35 with structure shown in I, and wherein R, R ' and the R, the R ' that contain in two hexanaphthene oxane compounds III are identical in chemical compounds I, the II, adopt tosic acid to make catalyzer; With the organic solvent is reaction medium, at temperature 35-200 ℃, and reaction 2-12h; Contained two hexanaphthene oxane compounds III accordingly, after having reacted, through washing; Extraction; Recrystallization, its purified ω III>99%, overall yield of reaction is greater than 70%.
In order further to realize the object of the invention, the quality that can be to use the catalyzer tosic acid is the 1%-20% of the quality of starting compound I.
In order further to realize the object of the invention, can be that described organic solvent is a kind of in toluene, YLENE, normal heptane, the normal hexane.
In order further to realize the object of the invention, can be that temperature of reaction is 60-110 ℃, reaction times 3-8h.
The present invention has selected bis cyclohexane with oxane as the main body framework of compound, can reduce liquid crystal molecule viscosity when the design compound structure; Reduce threshold voltage; Improve transformation temperature, purpose makes it can be used as liquid crystal monomer and uses, and the synthetic route of this compounds is simple.
Embodiment
Below in conjunction with embodiment the present invention is done further explain.
Embodiment 1, and a kind of liquid crystal monomer contains two hexanaphthene oxane compounds, it is characterized in that this compound structure is following:
R is one of the straight chained alkyl of fluorine, chlorine, H, C1-C5, straight chain alkoxyl group of C1-C5 in the formula; R ' is one of straight chain alkoxyl group, cyanic acid of straight chained alkyl, the C1-C5 of fluorine, chlorine, H, C1-C5; This compounds can be separately or is mixed for the liquid-crystal display of various display formats, is to adopt following synthetic route:
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Is raw material to alkyl dicyclohexyl formaldehyde and the 2-of structure shown in II to the alkyl phenyl Ucar 35 with structure shown in I, and wherein R, R ' and the R, the R ' that contain in two hexanaphthene oxane compounds III are identical in chemical compounds I, the II, adopt tosic acid to make catalyzer; With the organic solvent is reaction medium, at temperature 35-200 ℃, and reaction 2-12h; Contained two hexanaphthene oxane compounds III accordingly, after having reacted, through washing; Extraction, recrystallization, its purified ω III>99%; Overall yield of reaction is greater than 70%, and using the quality of catalyzer tosic acid is the 1%-20% of the quality of starting compound I, and organic solvent is a kind of in toluene, YLENE, normal heptane, the normal hexane; Optimal reaction temperature is 60-110 ℃, reaction times 3-8h;
Present embodiment contain two hexanaphthene oxane compounds be 5-to ethylphenyl-2-(to propyl group bis cyclohexane base)-1, the 3-diox, a representes with III;
In three mouthfuls of reaction flasks of the 250mL that mechanical stirring, reflux condensing tube, feed hopper are housed, add successively n-propyl dicyclohexyl formaldehyde 24g, 2-is to ethylphenyl Ucar 35 20g, catalyzer tosic acid 3g, toluene 110mL; The beginning stirring heating, 108-110 ℃ of back flow reaction 3-8h, sampling analysis, the result confirms reaction terminating according to gas phase analysis; Cooling adds entry 50mL then in reaction solution, separatory, and water extracts with toluene 20mL; Merge organic phase, washing, is filtered with the dry 8h of anhydrous magnesium sulfate 5g to neutral; Use toluene 10mL drip washing filter cake twice again, sampling analysis is confirmed thick product quality ω III a:76%, after distillation desolventizes, and purifying; Get product III a28.6g, ω III a:99.5%, yield: 70%, product mass spectrum result: ES-MS m/z:398 [M]+.
Embodiment 2, and a kind of liquid crystal monomer contains two hexanaphthene oxane compounds and compound method thereof, present embodiment contain two hexanaphthene oxane compounds be 5-to ethylphenyl-2-(to propyl group bis cyclohexane base)-1, the 3-diox, b representes with III;
In three mouthfuls of reaction flasks of the 250mL that mechanical stirring, reflux condensing tube, feed hopper are housed, add successively n-pentyl dicyclohexyl formaldehyde 29g, 2-is to ethylphenyl Ucar 35 22g, catalyzer tosic acid 4g; Toluene 110mL, beginning stirring heating, 108-110 ℃ of back flow reaction 3-8h; Other conditions are with embodiment 1, and purifying gets product III b33g; ω III b:99.5%, yield: 70.5%, product mass spectrum result: ES-MS m/z:426 [M]+.
The present invention has selected bis cyclohexane and oxane as molecular skeleton, design to contain two hexanaphthene oxane class liquid crystalline cpd III, and with to alkyl dicyclohexyl formaldehyde structure shown in I; With 2-alkyl phenyl Ucar 35 structure such as II are depicted as raw material, wherein R, R ' and the R, the R ' that contain in two hexanaphthene oxane compounds III are identical in chemical compounds I, the II, adopt tosic acid to make catalyzer; With the organic solvent is reaction medium, at 35-200 ℃, and reaction 2-12h; Contained two hexanaphthene oxane compounds III accordingly, structure is wherein confirmed, confirmed that the mass ratio that adopts tosic acid to make catalyzer and starting compound I is 1%-20%; 1%-10% preferably; With the organic solvent is reaction medium, and organic solvent is toluene, YLENE, normal heptane, normal hexane equal solvent preferably, at 35-200 ℃ of reaction 2-12h.Preferably 60-110 ℃ of temperature of reaction system, the system reaction times is 3-8h preferably, is contained two hexanaphthene oxane compounds III accordingly, and through washing, extraction, recrystallization, its purified content is greater than 99%, and overall yield of reaction is greater than 70%.
Instrument and reagent
The SY25000 of Beijing Analytical Instrument Factory type high pressure liquid chromatograph (methyl alcohol is moving phase, and C218 is a stationary phase, flow velocity 1mL/min); Day island proper Tianjin LC-10ATvp type high pressure liquid chromatograph (methyl alcohol: acetonitrile=2:1, flow velocity 1mL/min); Day island proper Tianjin GC-14C, GC-17A gas chromatograph (DB-1 type pillar); 1102 type gas chromatographs (Shanghai analytical instrument factory); The HP5989B of U.S. Hewlett-Packard Corporation type mass spectrograph; Hewlett-Packard HP 5989B type mass spectrograph.
Tosic acid, analytical pure (chemical reagent purchasing station, Shanghai); Toluene, analytical pure (Shanghai reagent one factory); Anhydrous magnesium sulfate, analytical pure (four-way chemical plant, Tianjin); To n-propyl dicyclohexyl formaldehyde, n-pentyl dicyclohexyl formaldehyde and 2-are pressed the open source literature preparation to the ethylphenyl Ucar 35.
The present invention not only is confined to the instrument and the reagent of above-mentioned employing.