WO2016133136A1 - 化合物およびこれを含む組成物 - Google Patents

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WO2016133136A1
WO2016133136A1 PCT/JP2016/054614 JP2016054614W WO2016133136A1 WO 2016133136 A1 WO2016133136 A1 WO 2016133136A1 JP 2016054614 W JP2016054614 W JP 2016054614W WO 2016133136 A1 WO2016133136 A1 WO 2016133136A1
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  • the present invention relates to a compound that functions as a dichroic dye and a composition containing the same.
  • Patent Document 1 describes a polarizing film containing a compound (dichroic dye) that absorbs dichroic light dispersed in an aligned polymerizable liquid crystal compound.
  • a polarizing film having a high dichroic ratio containing a dichroic dye having a maximum absorption in the wavelength range of 350 nm to 510 nm has not been described.
  • Patent Document 2 describes a bisazo dye having a 1,4-naphthyl structure as a dichroic dye having a maximum absorption in a wavelength range of 350 to 550 nm. However, the dichroic ratio of the polarizing film containing the bisazo dye is low.
  • Patent Document 3 describes a polarizing film having a high dichroic ratio.
  • the dichroic dye contained in the polarizing film has a maximum absorption at a wavelength of 518 nm or more.
  • JP 2007-510946 (April 26, 2007)” Japanese published patent gazette “Special Publication No. 63-1357 (published on January 12, 1988)” Japanese Patent Publication “JP 2013-101328 (published May 23, 2013)”
  • Patent Documents 1 to 3 do not describe a polarizing film having a high dichroic ratio including a dichroic dye having a maximum absorption in a wavelength range of 350 nm to 510 nm. Therefore, a polarizing film having a high dichroic ratio, including a dichroic dye having a maximum absorption in the wavelength range of 350 nm to 510 nm, and a novel compound functioning as a dichroic dye contained in the polarizing film, and There is a need for compositions containing such compounds.
  • the present invention has been made in consideration of the above-mentioned problems, and its main object is to provide a novel compound that functions as a dichroic dye and a composition containing the same.
  • the present invention includes the following inventions. ⁇ 1> Formula (1):
  • R 1 is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, an acyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, an alkoxycarbonyl group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, Represents an acyloxy group having 1 to 20 or —N (R 10 ) (R 11 ), wherein R 10 represents an acyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, an alkylsulfonyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, or 6 to 20 carbon atoms.
  • R 11 represents an arylsulfonyl group
  • R 11 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms
  • R 10 and R 11 are bonded to each other, and together with the nitrogen atom to which they are bonded, —N—CO— or -N-SO 2 -.
  • arylsulfonyl group may form a ring including the alkyl group, the alkoxy group, the acyl group, the alkoxycarbonyl group, the acyloxy group, the alkylsulfonyl group, and the a
  • One or more hydrogen atoms constituting the arylsulfonyl group may be substituted with a halogen atom, a hydroxy group, an unsubstituted amino group or an amino group having a substituent, and carbons constituting the alkyl group and the alkoxy group.
  • R 20 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms.
  • R 2 to R 4 are substituents other than a hydrogen atom, and each independently represents an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, a halogen atom, or a cyano group.
  • One or more hydrogen atoms constituting the alkyl group and the alkoxy group may be substituted with a halogen atom or a hydroxy group.
  • m, p and q are each independently an integer of 0 to 2.
  • R 5 is an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms substituted with at least one hydroxy group, or 1 to carbon atoms having at least one —O— inserted between carbon atoms constituting the alkyl group. 10 alkyl groups.
  • the aliphatic hydrocarbon chain in R 5 may be linear or may contain a branch. )
  • N is an integer of 1 to 10
  • — (CH 2 ) n — represents a linear or branched group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms. Containing aliphatic hydrocarbon chain.
  • the compound as described in ⁇ 1> represented by these.
  • ⁇ 3> The compound according to ⁇ 1> or ⁇ 2>, which has a maximum absorption in a wavelength range of 350 nm to 510 nm.
  • ⁇ 4> A composition comprising a polymerizable liquid crystal compound and the compound according to any one of ⁇ 1> to ⁇ 3>.
  • ⁇ 5> The composition according to ⁇ 4>, wherein the polymerizable liquid crystal compound exhibits a smectic liquid crystal phase.
  • ⁇ 6> The composition according to ⁇ 4> or ⁇ 5>, further comprising a polymerization initiator.
  • ⁇ 8> The maximum absorption wavelength ( ⁇ max1 ) of the polarizing film is longer than the maximum absorption wavelength ( ⁇ max2 ) of the compound represented by the formula (1) or the formula (1 ′), ⁇ 7> A polarizing film according to 1.
  • ⁇ 9> The polarizing film according to ⁇ 8>, wherein a difference between the ⁇ max1 and the ⁇ max2 is 10 nm or more.
  • ⁇ 10> The polarizing film according to any one of ⁇ 7> to ⁇ 9>, which exhibits a Bragg peak in X-ray diffraction measurement.
  • a liquid crystal display device comprising the polarizing film according to any one of ⁇ 7> to ⁇ 9>.
  • ⁇ 12> A liquid crystal cell comprising the polarizing film according to any one of ⁇ 7> to ⁇ 9>, a liquid crystal layer, and a substrate.
  • ⁇ 13> The liquid crystal cell according to ⁇ 12>, wherein the polarizing film is disposed between the substrate and the liquid crystal layer.
  • ⁇ 14> The liquid crystal cell according to ⁇ 13>, wherein a color filter is further disposed between the substrate and the liquid crystal layer.
  • a circularly polarizing plate comprising the polarizing film according to any one of ⁇ 7> to ⁇ 9> and a quarter-wave plate.
  • An organic EL display device comprising the polarizing film according to any one of ⁇ 7> to ⁇ 9> and an organic EL element.
  • An organic EL display device comprising the circularly polarizing plate according to ⁇ 15> and an organic EL element.
  • the compound of the present invention is a novel compound that functions as a dichroic dye having a maximum absorption in the wavelength range of 350 nm to 510 nm, and forms a polarizing film having a high dichroic ratio from the composition containing the compound. There is an effect that can be.
  • a to B means “A or more and B or less”.
  • Compound represented by Formula (1) The two azo groups of the compound represented by the formula (1) of the present invention (hereinafter sometimes referred to as “compound (1)”) are preferably trans azo groups.
  • R 1 in the formula (1) is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, an acyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, an alkoxycarbonyl group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, Represents an acyloxy group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms or —N (R 10 ) (R 11 ), preferably a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, or 1 carbon atom; An acyl group having 20 to 20 carbon atoms, an alkoxycarbonyl group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, or an acyloxy group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms.
  • alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms examples include methyl group, ethyl group, n-propyl group, isopropyl group, n-butyl group, isobutyl group, tert-butyl group, n-pentyl group, isopentyl group, neopentyl group, n
  • alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms examples include linear or branched alkyl groups having no substituent, such as -hexyl group, n-heptyl group, n-octyl group, n-nonyl group and n-decyl group.
  • One or more hydrogen atoms constituting the alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms may be substituted with a halogen atom (for example, a fluorine atom), a hydroxy group, an unsubstituted amino group, or an amino group having a substituent.
  • a halogen atom for example, a fluorine atom
  • the amino group having a substituent include one or two carbon atoms having 1 to 20 carbon atoms such as N-methylamino group, N-ethylamino group, N, N-dimethylamino group, N, N-diethylamino group and the like.
  • an amino group substituted with an alkyl group such as N-methylamino group, N-ethylamino group, N, N-dimethylamino group, N, N-diethylamino group and the like.
  • Examples of the alkyl group in which one or more hydrogen atoms are substituted with a halogen atom or the like include a haloalkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms such as a fluoromethyl group, a trifluoromethyl group, a pentafluoroethyl group, and a nonafluorobutyl group; A hydroxyalkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms such as a methyl group and a 2-hydroxyethyl group; an amino group having an unsubstituted or substituted group such as an aminomethyl group and a 2- (N, N-dimethylamino) ethyl group; And an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms.
  • a haloalkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms such as a fluoromethyl group, a trifluoromethyl group, a pentafluoroethyl group, and a nonafluorobutyl group
  • R 20 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms.
  • Examples of the 20 alkyl groups include the same groups as described above.
  • Examples of the alkyl group having —O— or —NR 20 — inserted between carbon atoms include a methoxymethyl group, 2-ethoxyethyl group, 2- (2-ethoxyethoxy) ethyl group, 2- [2- (ethylamino ) Ethylamino] ethyl group and the like.
  • alkoxy group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms examples include methoxy group, ethoxy group, n-propoxy group, isopropoxy group, n-butoxy group, isobutoxy group, tert-butoxy group, n-pentyloxy group, isopentyloxy group, Linear or branched chain having no substituent such as neopentyloxy group, n-hexyloxy group, n-heptyloxy group, n-octyloxy group, n-nonyloxy group, n-decyloxy group, etc.
  • alkoxy group examples include methoxy group, ethoxy group, n-propoxy group, isopropoxy group, n-butoxy group, isobutoxy group, tert-butoxy group, n-pentyloxy group, isopentyloxy group, Linear or branched chain having no substituent such as neopentyloxy group, n-hexyl
  • One or more hydrogen atoms constituting the alkoxy group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms may be substituted with a halogen atom (for example, a fluorine atom), a hydroxy group, an unsubstituted amino group, or an amino group having a substituent.
  • a halogen atom for example, a fluorine atom
  • the amino group having a substituent include one or two carbon atoms having 1 to 20 carbon atoms such as N-methylamino group, N-ethylamino group, N, N-dimethylamino group, N, N-diethylamino group and the like.
  • an amino group substituted with an alkyl group such as N-methylamino group, N-ethylamino group, N, N-dimethylamino group, N, N-diethylamino group and the like.
  • Examples of the alkoxy group in which one or more hydrogen atoms are substituted with a halogen atom or the like include a haloalkoxy group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms such as a fluoromethoxy group, a trifluoromethoxy group, a pentafluoroethoxy group, and a nonafluorobutoxy group; A hydroxyalkoxy group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms such as hydroxymethoxy group and 2-hydroxyethoxy group; an amino group having no substituent or a substituent such as aminomethoxy group and 2- (N, N-dimethylamino) ethoxy group; And an alkoxy group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms.
  • a haloalkoxy group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms such as a fluoromethoxy group, a trifluoromethoxy group, a pentafluoroethoxy group, and a nonafluorobutoxy group
  • —O— or —NR 20 — may be inserted between the carbon atoms constituting the alkoxy group.
  • Examples of the alkoxy group having —O— or —NR 20 — inserted between carbon atoms include methoxymethoxy group, 2-ethoxyethoxy group, 2- (2-ethoxyethoxy) ethoxy group, 2- [2- (ethylamino ) Ethylamino] ethoxy group and the like.
  • acyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms examples include formyl group, acetyl group, ethylcarbonyl group, n-propylcarbonyl group, isopropylcarbonyl group, n-butylcarbonyl group, isobutylcarbonyl group, tert-butylcarbonyl group, n-pentyl.
  • a substituent such as a carbonyl group, isopentylcarbonyl group, neopentylcarbonyl group, n-hexylcarbonyl group, n-heptylcarbonyl group, n-octylcarbonyl group, n-nonylcarbonyl group, n-decylcarbonyl group, etc.
  • Non-acyl group such as a carbonyl group, isopentylcarbonyl group, neopentylcarbonyl group, n-hexylcarbonyl group, n-hepty
  • One or more hydrogen atoms constituting the acyl group may be substituted with a halogen atom (for example, a fluorine atom), a hydroxy group, an unsubstituted amino group, or an amino group having a substituent.
  • a halogen atom for example, a fluorine atom
  • the amino group having a substituent include one or two carbon atoms having 1 to 20 carbon atoms such as N-methylamino group, N-ethylamino group, N, N-dimethylamino group, N, N-diethylamino group and the like.
  • an amino group substituted with an alkyl group such as N-methylamino group, N-ethylamino group, N, N-dimethylamino group, N, N-diethylamino group and the like.
  • acyl group in which one or more hydrogen atoms are substituted with a halogen atom or the like examples include haloacyl groups having 1 to 20 carbon atoms such as a trifluoroacetyl group, a pentafluoroethylcarbonyl group, and a nonafluorobutylcarbonyl group. .
  • alkoxycarbonyl group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms examples include methoxycarbonyl group, ethoxycarbonyl group, n-propoxycarbonyl group, isopropoxycarbonyl group, n-butoxycarbonyl group, isobutoxycarbonyl group, tert-butoxycarbonyl group, n- Pentyloxycarbonyl group, isopentyloxycarbonyl group, neopentyloxycarbonyl group, n-hexyloxycarbonyl group, n-heptyloxycarbonyl group, n-octyloxycarbonyl group, n-nonyloxycarbonyl group, n-decyloxycarbonyl An alkoxycarbonyl group having no substituent such as a group is exemplified.
  • One or more hydrogen atoms constituting the alkoxycarbonyl group may be substituted with a halogen atom (for example, a fluorine atom), a hydroxy group, an unsubstituted amino group, or an amino group having a substituent.
  • a halogen atom for example, a fluorine atom
  • the amino group having a substituent include one or two carbon atoms having 1 to 20 carbon atoms such as N-methylamino group, N-ethylamino group, N, N-dimethylamino group, N, N-diethylamino group and the like.
  • an amino group substituted with an alkyl group such as N-methylamino group, N-ethylamino group, N, N-dimethylamino group, N, N-diethylamino group and the like.
  • alkoxycarbonyl group in which one or more hydrogen atoms are substituted with a halogen atom or the like examples include 2 to 20 carbon atoms such as a fluoromethoxycarbonyl group, a trifluoromethoxycarbonyl group, a pentafluoroethoxycarbonyl group, and a nonafluorobutoxycarbonyl group.
  • acyloxy group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms examples include acetyloxy group, ethylcarbonyloxy group, n-propylcarbonyloxy group, isopropylcarbonyloxy group, n-butylcarbonyloxy group, isobutylcarbonyloxy group, tert-butylcarbonyloxy group N-pentylcarbonyloxy group, isopentylcarbonyloxy group, neopentylcarbonyloxy group, n-hexylcarbonyloxy group, n-heptylcarbonyloxy group, n-octylcarbonyloxy group, n-nonylcarbonyloxy group, n-
  • the acyloxy group which does not have a substituent, such as a decyl carbonyloxy group, is mentioned.
  • One or more hydrogen atoms constituting the acyloxy group may be substituted with a halogen atom (for example, a fluorine atom), a hydroxy group, an unsubstituted amino group, or an amino group having a substituent.
  • a halogen atom for example, a fluorine atom
  • the amino group having a substituent include one or two carbon atoms having 1 to 20 carbon atoms such as N-methylamino group, N-ethylamino group, N, N-dimethylamino group, N, N-diethylamino group and the like.
  • an amino group substituted with an alkyl group such as N-methylamino group, N-ethylamino group, N, N-dimethylamino group, N, N-diethylamino group and the like.
  • Examples of the acyloxy group in which one or more hydrogen atoms are substituted with a halogen atom or the like include 1 to carbon atoms such as a fluoroacetyloxy group, a trifluoroacetyloxy group, a pentafluoroethylcarbonyloxy group, and a nonafluorobutylcarbonyloxy group. There are 20 haloacyloxy groups.
  • R 10 in -N (R 10) (R 11 ) represents an acyl group, an alkylsulfonyl group or an arylsulfonyl group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms having 1 to 20 carbon atoms having 1 to 20 carbon atoms
  • R 11 is Represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms
  • R 10 and R 11 are bonded to each other to form a ring containing —N—CO— or —N—SO 2 — together with the nitrogen atom to which they are bonded. It may be formed.
  • One or more hydrogen atoms constituting the acyl group, alkylsulfonyl group and arylsulfonyl group in R 10 are substituted with a halogen atom (for example, a fluorine atom), a hydroxy group, an unsubstituted amino group or an amino group having a substituent. May be.
  • a halogen atom for example, a fluorine atom
  • the amino group having a substituent include one or two carbon atoms having 1 to 20 carbon atoms such as N-methylamino group, N-ethylamino group, N, N-dimethylamino group, N, N-diethylamino group and the like.
  • an amino group substituted with an alkyl group is
  • acyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms in R 10 include the same acyl groups as the acyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms in R 1 described above, and one or more hydrogen atoms constituting the acyl group are halogenated.
  • acyl group substituted with an atom and the like include the same groups as the groups in R 1 described above.
  • alkylsulfonyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms examples include alkylsulfonyl groups having no substituent, such as a methylsulfonyl group, an ethylsulfonyl group, and an n-propylsulfonyl group.
  • alkylsulfonyl groups having no substituent such as a methylsulfonyl group, an ethylsulfonyl group, and an n-propylsulfonyl group.
  • Examples of the group in which one or more hydrogen atoms constituting the alkylsulfonyl group are substituted with a halogen atom or the like include carbon atoms such as a trifluoromethylsulfonyl group, a pentafluoroethylsulfonyl group, a heptafluoro-n-propylsulfonyl group, and the like. 1-20 hal
  • Examples of the arylsulfonyl group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms include a benzenesulfonyl group and a p-toluenesulfonyl group.
  • Examples of the group in which one or more hydrogen atoms constituting the arylsulfonyl group are substituted with a halogen atom or the like include a p-trifluoromethylbenzenesulfonyl group.
  • Examples of the alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms in R 11 include the same alkyl groups as the alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms in R 1 described above, and one or more hydrogen atoms constituting the alkyl group are halogen atoms.
  • Examples of the alkyl group substituted with an atom and the like include the same groups as the groups in R 1 described above.
  • —N (R 10 ) (R 11 ) include acylamino group, ethylcarbonylamino group, n-propylcarbonylamino group, isopropylcarbonylamino group, n-butylcarbonylamino group, isobutylcarbonylamino group, tert- Butylcarbonylamino group, n-pentylcarbonylamino group, isopentylcarbonylamino group, neopentylcarbonylamino group, n-hexylcarbonylamino group, n-heptylcarbonylamino group, n-octylcarbonylamino group, n-nonylcarbonylamino Group, n-decylcarbonylamino group, trifluoroacylamino group.
  • Examples of the ring containing —N—CO— or —N—SO 2 — formed by combining R 10 and R 11 together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached include a 2-pyrrolidone-1-yl group and the like It is done.
  • R 1 is preferably an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms which may have a halogen atom (preferably a fluorine atom), or an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms in which —O— is inserted between the constituting carbon atoms.
  • a halogen atom preferably a fluorine atom
  • R 1 is preferably an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms which may have a halogen atom (preferably a fluorine atom), or an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms in which —O— is inserted between the constituting carbon atoms.
  • An acyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms which may have preferably a fluorine atom
  • an alkoxycarbonyl group having 2 to 10 carbon atoms which may have a halogen atom (preferably a fluorine atom), a halogen atom (preferably an acyloxy group having a fluorine atom) by having 1 carbon atoms which may 10 have or -N, (R 10) (R 11)
  • R 10 is preferably a halogen atom (preferably off Have atom) or an acyl group of carbon atoms which may 1 ⁇ 20, R 11 is preferably a hydrogen atom.
  • R 1 is more preferably a linear alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms which may have a fluorine atom or —N (R 10 ) (R 11 ), and R 10 is more preferably fluorine.
  • R 1 is particularly preferably a linear alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms which may have a fluorine atom.
  • R 2 to R 4 in the formula (1) are substituents other than a hydrogen atom, and each independently represents an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, a halogen atom, or Represents a cyano group.
  • R 2 to R 4 may be substituted at any position of the phenylene group.
  • alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms examples include a straight chain having no substituent, such as methyl group, ethyl group, n-propyl group, isopropyl group, n-butyl group, isobutyl group, and tert-butyl group. Or a branched alkyl group is mentioned.
  • One or more hydrogen atoms constituting the alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms may be substituted with a halogen atom (for example, a fluorine atom) or a hydroxy group.
  • a halogen atom for example, a fluorine atom
  • Examples of the alkyl group in which one or more hydrogen atoms are substituted with a halogen atom or the like include a haloalkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms such as a fluoromethyl group, a trifluoromethyl group, a pentafluoroethyl group, and a nonafluorobutyl group; And a hydroxyalkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms such as a methyl group and a 2-hydroxyethyl group.
  • alkoxy group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms examples include methoxy, ethoxy, n-propoxy, isopropoxy, n-butoxy, isobutoxy, tert-butoxy, etc. And a branched alkoxy group.
  • One or more hydrogen atoms constituting the alkoxy group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms may be substituted with a halogen atom (for example, a fluorine atom) or a hydroxy group.
  • a halogen atom for example, a fluorine atom
  • the alkoxy group in which one or more hydrogen atoms are substituted with a halogen atom or the like include a haloalkoxy group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms such as a fluoromethoxy group, a trifluoromethoxy group, a pentafluoroethoxy group, and a nonafluorobutoxy group;
  • hydroxyalkoxy groups having 1 to 4 carbon atoms such as hydroxymethoxy group and 2-hydroxyethoxy group.
  • m, p and q are each independently an integer of 0 to 2, more preferably 0.
  • R 5 is an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms substituted with at least one hydroxy group, or 1 to carbon atoms having at least one —O— inserted between carbon atoms constituting the alkyl group. 10 alkyl groups.
  • the aliphatic hydrocarbon chain in R 5 may be linear or may contain a branch.
  • the number of carbon atoms in R 5 is 1 to 10, among which 1 to 5 is preferable, and 2 to 3 is more preferable.
  • the compound (1) is particularly preferably a compound represented by the formula (1 ′) of the present invention (hereinafter sometimes referred to as “compound (1 ′)”).
  • R 1 in the formula (1 ′) represents the same meaning as described above, and n is an integer of 1 to 10, preferably an integer of 1 to 5, and more preferably 2 or 3. .
  • — (CH 2 ) n — in the formula (1 ′) may be a linear aliphatic hydrocarbon chain, or may be a branched aliphatic hydrocarbon chain.
  • Specific examples of the compound (1) or the compound (1 ′) include compounds represented by the following formulas (1-1) to (1-47).
  • the formula (1-1), the formula (1-2), the formula (1-5), the formula (1-7), the formula (1-8), the formula (1-16), Compounds represented by formula (1-17), formula (1-20), formula (1-22) and formula (1-23) are preferred, and formula (1-2), formula (1-5) and formula The compounds represented by (1-17) and formula (1-20) are more preferred.
  • Compound (1) has the formula (2a):
  • R 1 to R 4 , m, p, and q have the same meaning as described above.
  • amino group of the compound (3b) is further substituted with an alkylene halohydrin (for example, 2-iodoethanol) or a halogenated dialkyl. It can be produced by reacting with ether to convert one hydrogen atom substituted on the amino group of compound (3b) into a hydroxyalkyl group or an alkyl group having —O— inserted therein. Such a method can be performed, for example, according to the method described in Chem Bio Chem, 2011, 12, 1712 and the like.
  • Compound (1) can be taken out by a usual taking-out means such as recrystallization, reprecipitation, extraction, various chromatographies, etc. after completion of the reaction.
  • the compound (1) has a maximum absorption in the wavelength range of 350 nm to 510 nm, preferably in the wavelength range of 400 nm to 500 nm, more preferably in the wavelength range of 410 nm to 490 nm, and still more preferably in the wavelength range of 420 nm to 480 nm. It is a novel compound that functions as a pigment, and in particular, a polarizing film obtained by aligning with a polymerizable liquid crystal compound exhibits higher dichroism.
  • the compound (1) preferably the compound (1 ') has light resistance, and therefore the polarizing film containing the compound of the present invention has light resistance.
  • composition of the present invention containing the polymerizable liquid crystal compound and the compound (1) will be described.
  • the composition of the present invention may contain two or more kinds of compounds (1).
  • the polymerizable liquid crystal compound is a compound having a polymerizable group in the molecule and capable of exhibiting a liquid crystal phase by alignment, and preferably a compound capable of exhibiting a liquid crystal phase by aligning alone. .
  • the polymerizable group means a group involved in the polymerization reaction, and is preferably a photopolymerizable group.
  • the polymerizable group means a group that can participate in a polymerization reaction by an active radical, an acid, or the like generated from a polymerization initiator described later.
  • the polymerizable group include a vinyl group, vinyloxy group, 1-chlorovinyl group, isopropenyl group, 4-vinylphenyl group, acryloyloxy group, methacryloyloxy group, oxiranyl group, and oxetanyl group.
  • acryloyloxy group, methacryloyloxy group, vinyloxy group, oxiranyl group, and oxetanyl group are preferable, and acryloyloxy group is more preferable.
  • the polymerizable liquid crystal compound may be a thermotropic liquid crystal type or a lyotropic liquid crystal type.
  • the polymerizable liquid crystal compound may be a compound showing a nematic liquid crystal phase, a compound showing a smectic liquid crystal phase, or a compound showing both a nematic liquid crystal phase and a smectic liquid crystal phase. Preferred are compounds showing a smectic liquid crystal phase, and more preferred are compounds showing a higher order smectic liquid crystal phase.
  • the composition of the present invention containing a polymerizable liquid crystal compound exhibiting a smectic liquid crystal phase can provide a polarizing film that is more excellent in polarization performance.
  • the composition of the present invention may contain two or more kinds of polymerizable liquid crystal compounds.
  • the compound (1) can exhibit high dichroism even when dispersed between dense molecular chains formed from a polymerizable liquid crystal compound exhibiting a smectic liquid crystal phase. Therefore, the compound (1)
  • the composition containing can provide a polarizing film having a high dichroic ratio.
  • Examples of the high-order smectic liquid crystal phase include a smectic B phase, a smectic D phase, a smectic E phase, a smectic F phase, a smectic G phase, a smectic H phase, a smectic I phase, a smectic J phase, a smectic K phase, and a smectic L phase. It is done.
  • a smectic B phase, a smectic F phase, and a smectic I phase are preferable, and a smectic B phase is more preferable.
  • a polarizing film having a higher degree of alignment order can be obtained.
  • a polarizing film obtained from a composition containing a polymerizable liquid crystal compound exhibiting a high-order smectic liquid crystal phase having a high degree of orientational order exhibits a Bragg peak derived from a higher-order structure such as a hexatic phase or a crystal phase in X-ray diffraction measurement.
  • the Bragg peak is a peak derived from the surface periodic structure of molecular orientation.
  • the period interval (order period) of the polarizing film obtained from the composition of the present invention is preferably 0.30 to 0.50 nm.
  • the kind of liquid crystal phase exhibited by the polymerizable liquid crystal compound can be confirmed, for example, by the following method. That is, an appropriate base material is prepared, a solution containing a polymerizable liquid crystal compound and a solvent is applied to the base material to form a coating film, and then heat treatment or reduced pressure treatment is included in the coating film. Remove the solvent. Subsequently, after the coating film formed on the substrate is heated to the isotropic phase temperature, the liquid crystal phase that is expressed by gradually cooling is obtained by texture observation with a polarizing microscope, X-ray diffraction measurement, or differential scanning calorimetry. inspect. In this inspection, for example, it can be confirmed that a nematic liquid crystal phase is exhibited by cooling to the first temperature, and a smectic liquid crystal phase is exhibited by gradually cooling to the second temperature.
  • the polymerizable liquid crystal composition is preferably a compound represented by the formula (4) (hereinafter sometimes referred to as “compound (4)”).
  • X 1 , X 2 and X 3 are each independently a 1,4-phenylene group which may have a substituent, or cyclohexane-1,4 which may have a substituent.
  • —CH 2 — constituting the diyl group may be substituted with —O—, —S— or —NR—, wherein R represents an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms or a phenyl group.
  • R a and R b each independently represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms.
  • U 1 represents a hydrogen atom or a polymerizable group.
  • U 2 represents a polymerizable group.
  • W 1 and W 2 each independently represents a single bond, —O—, —S—, —COO—, or —OCOO—.
  • V 1 and V 2 each independently represents an optionally substituted alkanediyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, and —CH 2 — constituting the alkanediyl group is —O—, It may be substituted with —S— or —NH—.
  • at least one of X 1 , X 2 and X 3 is preferably a 1,4-phenylene group which may have a substituent.
  • the 1,4-phenylene group which may have a substituent is preferably a 1,4-phenylene group having no substituent.
  • the cyclohexane-1,4-diyl group which may have a substituent is preferably a trans-cyclohexane-1,4-diyl group which may have a substituent.
  • the trans-cyclohexane-1,4-diyl group which may have a substituent is preferably a trans-cyclohexane-1,4-diyl group which has no substituent.
  • the optionally substituted 1,4-phenylene group or optionally substituted cyclohexane-1,4-diyl group includes a methyl group, an ethyl group, and the like.
  • An alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms such as an n-butyl group, a cyano group, and a halogen atom.
  • Y 1 is preferably a single bond, —CH 2 CH 2 —, or —COO—
  • Y 2 is preferably —CH 2 CH 2 — or —CH 2 O—.
  • U 1 is a hydrogen atom or a polymerizable group, preferably a polymerizable group.
  • U 2 is a polymerizable group.
  • U 1 and U 2 are preferably both polymerizable groups, and more preferably both are photopolymerizable groups.
  • the polymerizable liquid crystal compound having a photopolymerizable group is advantageous in that it can be polymerized under a lower temperature condition.
  • the polymerizable groups represented by U 1 and U 2 may be different from each other, but are preferably the same.
  • the polymerizable group include a vinyl group, vinyloxy group, 1-chlorovinyl group, isopropenyl group, 4-vinylphenyl group, acryloyloxy group, methacryloyloxy group, oxiranyl group, and oxetanyl group.
  • a vinyloxy group, an acryloyloxy group, a methacryloyloxy group, an oxiranyl group, and an oxetanyl group are preferable, and an acryloyloxy group is more preferable.
  • Examples of the alkanediyl group represented by V 1 and V 2 include methylene group, ethylene group, propane-1,3-diyl group, butane-1,3-diyl group, butane-1,4-diyl group, pentane- 1,5-diyl group, hexane-1,6-diyl group, heptane-1,7-diyl group, octane-1,8-diyl group, decane-1,10-diyl group, tetradecane-1,14-diyl Groups, and icosane-1,20-diyl groups.
  • V 1 and V 2 are preferably alkanediyl groups having 2 to 12 carbon atoms, and more preferably alkanediyl groups having 6 to 12 carbon atoms.
  • alkanediyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms which may have a substituent optionally have examples include a cyano group and a halogen atom.
  • the alkanediyl group is preferably an alkanediyl group having no substituent, and more preferably a linear alkanediyl group having no substituent.
  • W 1 and W 2 are preferably each independently a single bond or —O—.
  • the compound (4) include compounds represented by the following formulas (4-1) to (4-43).
  • the cyclohexane-1,4-diyl group is preferably a trans type.
  • the composition of the present invention may contain two or more kinds of compounds (4).
  • two or more kinds of polymerizable liquid crystal compounds When two or more kinds of polymerizable liquid crystal compounds are combined, at least one of them is preferably the compound (4), and more preferably two or more of them are the compound (4).
  • the liquid crystal phase By combining two or more kinds of polymerizable liquid crystal compounds, the liquid crystal phase may be temporarily maintained even at a temperature lower than the liquid crystal-crystal phase transition temperature.
  • the mixing ratio when combining two kinds of polymerizable liquid crystal compounds is usually 1:99 to 50:50, preferably 5:95 to 50:50, more preferably 10:90 to 50:50. It is.
  • Compound (4) can be produced, for example, by a method described in known literature such as Lub et al. Recl. Trav. Chim. Pays-Bas, 115, 321-328 (1996), and Japanese Patent No. 4719156.
  • the content of the polymerizable liquid crystal compound in the composition of the present invention is preferably 70 to 99.100 based on 100 parts by mass of the solid content of the composition of the present invention from the viewpoint of increasing the orientation of the polymerizable liquid crystal compound. It is 5 parts by mass, more preferably 80 to 99 parts by mass, still more preferably 80 to 94 parts by mass, and particularly preferably 80 to 90 parts by mass.
  • solid content means the total amount of components other than a solvent in the composition of this invention.
  • composition of the present invention preferably contains a polymerization initiator and a solvent, and may further contain a photosensitizer, a polymerization inhibitor and a leveling agent.
  • the content of the compound (1) in the composition of the present invention is usually 50 parts by mass or less, preferably 0.1 parts by mass or more and 10 parts by mass or less with respect to 100 parts by mass of the polymerizable liquid crystal compound. More preferably, it is 0.1 to 5 parts by mass.
  • the content of the compound (1) with respect to 100 parts by mass of the polymerizable liquid crystal compound is 50 parts by mass or less, there is a tendency that a polarizing film in which the alignment disorder of the polymerizable liquid crystal compound and the compound (1) is small can be obtained.
  • the solvent is preferably a solvent that can completely dissolve the polymerizable liquid crystal compound and the compound (1). Moreover, it is preferable that it is a solvent inactive to the polymerization reaction of a polymerizable liquid crystal compound.
  • Solvents include alcohol solvents such as methanol, ethanol, ethylene glycol, isopropyl alcohol, propylene glycol, ethylene glycol methyl ether, ethylene glycol butyl ether, propylene glycol monomethyl ether; ethyl acetate, butyl acetate, ethylene glycol methyl ether acetate, ⁇ -butyrolactone Ester solvents such as propylene glycol methyl ether acetate and ethyl lactate; ketone solvents such as acetone, methyl ethyl ketone, cyclopentanone, cyclohexanone, 2-heptanone and methyl isobutyl ketone; aliphatic hydrocarbon solvents such as pentane, hexane and heptane; toluene Aromatic hydrocarbon solvents such as xylene; nitrile solvents such as acetonitrile; tetrahydrofuran, dimeth Ether
  • the content of the solvent is preferably 50 to 98% by mass with respect to the total amount of the composition of the present invention.
  • the solid content in the composition of the present invention is preferably 2 to 50% by mass.
  • the polymerization initiator is a compound that can initiate a polymerization reaction of the polymerizable liquid crystal compound.
  • a photopolymerization initiator that generates an active radical by the action of light is preferable.
  • polymerization initiator examples include benzoin compounds, benzophenone compounds, alkylphenone compounds, acylphosphine oxide compounds, triazine compounds, iodonium salts, and sulfonium salts.
  • benzoin compound examples include benzoin, benzoin methyl ether, benzoin ethyl ether, benzoin isopropyl ether, and benzoin isobutyl ether.
  • benzophenone compounds include benzophenone, methyl o-benzoylbenzoate, 4-phenylbenzophenone, 4-benzoyl-4'-methyldiphenyl sulfide, 3,3 ', 4,4'-tetra (tert-butylperoxycarbonyl) benzophenone And 2,4,6-trimethylbenzophenone.
  • alkylphenone compound examples include diethoxyacetophenone, 2-methyl-2-morpholino-1- (4-methylthiophenyl) propan-1-one, 2-benzyl-2-dimethylamino-1- (4-morpholinophenyl) butane.
  • -1-one 2-hydroxy-2-methyl-1-phenylpropan-1-one, 1,2-diphenyl-2,2-dimethoxyethane-1-one, 2-hydroxy-2-methyl-1- [ 4- (2-hydroxyethoxy) phenyl] propan-1-one, 1-hydroxycyclohexyl phenyl ketone, and 2-hydroxy-2-methyl-1- [4- (1-methylvinyl) phenyl] propan-1-one
  • the oligomer of these is mentioned.
  • acylphosphine oxide compound examples include 2,4,6-trimethylbenzoyldiphenylphosphine oxide and bis (2,4,6-trimethylbenzoyl) phenylphosphine oxide.
  • triazine compounds examples include 2,4-bis (trichloromethyl) -6- (4-methoxyphenyl) -1,3,5-triazine, 2,4-bis (trichloromethyl) -6- (4-methoxynaphthyl) -1,3,5-triazine, 2,4-bis (trichloromethyl) -6- (4-methoxystyryl) -1,3,5-triazine, 2,4-bis (trichloromethyl) -6- [2 -(5-methylfuran-2-yl) ethenyl] -1,3,5-triazine, 2,4-bis (trichloromethyl) -6- [2- (furan-2-yl) ethenyl] -1,3 , 5-triazine, 2,4-bis (trichloromethyl) -6- [2- (4-diethylamino-2-methylphenyl) ethenyl] -1,3,5-triazine, and
  • Examples of the iodonium salt and the sulfonium salt include salts represented by the following formula.
  • Only one type of polymerization initiator may be used, or two or more types may be used in combination.
  • polymerization initiators include Irgacure (registered trademark) 907, 184, 651, 819, 250, and 369 (manufactured by Ciba Specialty Chemicals); Sequol (registered trademark) BZ, Z, and BEE (Manufactured by Seiko Chemical Co., Ltd.); kayacure (registered trademark) BP100, and UVI-6992 (manufactured by Dow Chemical Co., Ltd.); -A and TAZ-PP (manufactured by Nippon Shibel Hegner Co., Ltd.); and TAZ-104 (manufactured by Sanwa Chemical Co., Ltd.).
  • Irgacure registered trademark
  • Sequol registered trademark
  • BZ, Z, and BEE Manufactured by Seiko Chemical Co., Ltd.
  • kayacure registered trademark
  • UVI-6992 manufactured by Dow Chemical Co., Ltd.
  • -A and TAZ-PP manufactured by Nippon Shibel He
  • the content of the polymerization initiator in the composition of the present invention is 100 parts by mass of the polymerizable liquid crystal compound from the viewpoint of hardly disturbing the alignment of the polymerizable liquid crystal compound.
  • it is usually 0.1 to 30 parts by mass, preferably 0.5 to 10 parts by mass, more preferably 0.5 to 8 parts by mass.
  • the composition of the present invention contains a photopolymerization initiator
  • the composition of the present invention preferably contains a photosensitizer.
  • the composition of the present invention contains a photopolymerization initiator and a photosensitizer, the polymerization reaction of the polymerizable liquid crystal compound tends to be further promoted.
  • the photosensitizer examples include xanthone compounds such as xanthone and thioxanthone (for example, 2,4-diethylthioxanthone and 2-isopropylthioxanthone); anthracene compounds such as anthracene and alkoxy group-containing anthracene (for example, dibutoxyanthracene); phenothiazine And rubrene.
  • xanthone compounds such as xanthone and thioxanthone (for example, 2,4-diethylthioxanthone and 2-isopropylthioxanthone)
  • anthracene compounds such as anthracene and alkoxy group-containing anthracene (for example, dibutoxyanthracene)
  • phenothiazine And rubrene examples of the photosensitizer
  • the content of the photosensitizer in the composition of the present invention is preferably 0.1 to 30 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the polymerizable liquid crystal compound. More preferably, it is 0.5 to 10 parts by mass, and further preferably 0.5 to 8 parts by mass.
  • polymerization inhibitor examples include radical scavengers such as hydroquinone, alkoxy group-containing hydroquinone, alkoxy group-containing catechol (eg, butyl catechol), pyrogallol, 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-1-piperidinyloxy radical, etc.
  • radical scavengers such as hydroquinone, alkoxy group-containing hydroquinone, alkoxy group-containing catechol (eg, butyl catechol), pyrogallol, 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-1-piperidinyloxy radical, etc.
  • composition of the present invention contains a polymerization inhibitor, the progress of the polymerization reaction of the polymerizable liquid crystal compound can be controlled.
  • the content of the polymerization inhibitor in the composition of the present invention is preferably 0.1 to 30 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the polymerizable liquid crystal compound. More preferably, it is 0.5 to 10 parts by mass, and still more preferably 0.5 to 8 parts by mass.
  • the leveling agent is an agent having a function of adjusting the fluidity of the composition of the present invention and flattening a coating film obtained by applying the composition of the present invention, and examples thereof include a surfactant.
  • a preferred leveling agent is a leveling agent having a polyacrylate compound as a main component and a leveling agent having a fluorine atom-containing compound as a main component.
  • Leveling agents based on polyacrylate compounds include BYK-350, BYK-352, BYK-353, BYK-354, BYK-355, BYK-358N, BYK-361N, BYK-380, BYK-381, and BYK-392 (manufactured by BYK-Chemie GmbH) can be mentioned.
  • leveling agent mainly composed of a fluorine atom-containing compound examples include Megafac (registered trademark) R-08, R-30, R-90, F-410, F-411, F-443, F-445, F- 470, F-471, F-477, F-479, F-482, F-482 (manufactured by DIC Corporation); Surflon (registered trademark) S-381, S-382, S-383, S-393, SC -101, SC-105, KH-40, and SA-100 (manufactured by AGC Seimi Chemical Co., Ltd.); E1830 and E5844 (manufactured by Daikin Fine Chemical Laboratories Co., Ltd.); F-top EF301, EF303, EF351, and EF352 (Mitsubishi) Material Electronics Chemical Co., Ltd.);
  • the content of the leveling agent is preferably 0.3 parts by mass or more and 5 parts by mass or less, more preferably 100 parts by mass of the polymerizable liquid crystal compound. 0.5 parts by mass or more and 3 parts by mass or less.
  • the composition of the present invention may contain two or more leveling agents.
  • the polarizing film of the present invention containing the compound (1) can be obtained, for example, by applying the composition of the present invention, and is preferably manufactured by a manufacturing method including the following steps (A) to (C). it can.
  • the substrate may be a glass substrate or a resin substrate, but is preferably a resin substrate.
  • a thin polarizing film can be obtained by using the film base material which consists of resin.
  • the resin base material is preferably a transparent resin base material.
  • the transparent resin base material means a base material having translucency capable of transmitting light, particularly visible light, and the translucency is a visibility-corrected transmittance for light in a wavelength range of 380 nm to 780 nm. Is a characteristic of 80% or more.
  • the base material is preferably a retardation film having a 1/4 wavelength plate function (hereinafter sometimes referred to as “1 ⁇ 4 wavelength plate”).
  • a circularly polarizing plate can be obtained by using a quarter wave plate for the substrate.
  • the polarizing film so that the transmission axis of the polarizing film and the slow axis (optical axis) of the quarter-wave plate are substantially 45 °. “Substantially 45 °” is usually in the range of 45 ⁇ 5 °.
  • the circularly-polarizing plate which functions as an optical compensation film (polarization film) can be obtained by making the optical axis of a polarizing film and a quarter wavelength plate correspond or make orthogonal.
  • the quarter-wave plate usually has optical characteristics represented by the formula (40), and preferably has optical characteristics represented by the formula (41).
  • Re (550) represents an in-plane retardation value for light having a wavelength of 550 nm.
  • the quarter wave plate preferably has reverse wavelength dispersion characteristics.
  • the inverse chromatic dispersion characteristic is that the in-plane retardation value at a short wavelength is larger than the in-plane retardation value at a long wavelength, and is preferably expressed by Expression (50) and Expression (51). Satisfies optical properties.
  • Re ( ⁇ ) represents an in-plane retardation value for light having a wavelength of ⁇ nm.
  • the circularly polarizing plate provided with the quarter-wave plate having the optical characteristics represented by the formulas (50) and (51) has uniform polarization conversion characteristics for light of each wavelength in the visible light range. As a result, the antireflection properties tend to be excellent.
  • the base material may be a retardation film having a half-wave plate function.
  • the resin constituting the substrate examples include polyolefins such as polyethylene, polypropylene and norbornene polymers; cyclic olefin resins; polyvinyl alcohol; polyethylene terephthalate; polymethacrylates; polyacrylates; triacetylcellulose, diacetylcellulose, And cellulose esters such as cellulose acetate propionate, polyethylene naphthalate, polycarbonate, polysulfone, polyethersulfone, polyetherketone, polyphenylene sulfide, polyphenylene oxide, and the like.
  • Cellulose ester is a compound in which at least a part of hydroxyl groups contained in cellulose is esterified, and can be obtained as a commercial product. Moreover, the base material containing a cellulose ester can also be obtained as a commercial item. Examples of the substrate containing a commercially available cellulose ester include Fujitac (registered trademark) film (Fuji Film Co., Ltd.); KC8UX2M, KC8UY, and KC4UY (Konica Minolta Opto Co., Ltd.).
  • the cyclic olefin resin is a resin containing a polymer of cyclic olefins such as norbornene or polycyclic norbornene monomers, or a copolymer thereof.
  • the cyclic olefin-based resin may include a ring-opening structure, or may be a resin obtained by hydrogenating a cyclic olefin-based resin including a ring-opening structure.
  • the cyclic olefin-based resin may contain a structural unit derived from a chain olefin and a vinylated aromatic compound as long as the transparency is not significantly impaired and the hygroscopicity is not significantly increased.
  • the cyclic olefin resin may have a polar group introduced in its molecule.
  • chain olefin examples include ethylene and propylene
  • vinylated aromatic compound examples include styrene, ⁇ -methylstyrene, and styrene which may have an alkyl group.
  • the cyclic olefin-based resin is a copolymer of a cyclic olefin and a chain olefin or a vinylated aromatic compound
  • the content of structural units derived from the cyclic olefin is based on the total structural units of the copolymer. Usually, it is 50 mol% or less, preferably 15 to 50 mol%.
  • the cyclic olefin-based resin is a ternary copolymer of a cyclic olefin, a chain olefin, and a vinylated aromatic compound
  • the content of the structural unit derived from the chain olefin is the total content of the copolymer.
  • the content of the structural unit derived from the vinylated aromatic compound is usually 5 to 80 mol% based on the structural unit, and the content of the structural unit derived from the vinylated aromatic compound is usually 5 to 80 mol% based on the total structural unit of the copolymer. is there.
  • Such a terpolymer has the advantage that the amount of expensive cyclic olefin used can be relatively reduced.
  • Cyclic olefin resin can be obtained as a commercial product.
  • Commercially available cyclic olefin-based resins include Topas (registered trademark) (manufactured by Ticona (Germany)); Arton (registered trademark) (manufactured by JSR Corporation); ZEONOR (registered trademark), ZEONEX (registered trademark). Trademark) (manufactured by Zeon Corporation); and Apel (registered trademark) (manufactured by Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.).
  • Such a cyclic olefin-based resin can be formed into a substrate by forming a film by a known means such as a solvent casting method or a melt extrusion method.
  • Examples of the base material containing a commercially available cyclic olefin-based resin include Essina (registered trademark), SCA40 (registered trademark) (manufactured by Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd.); and Zeonore Film (registered trademark) (manufactured by Optes Co., Ltd.). It is done.
  • the substrate may be surface treated.
  • the surface treatment method include a method of treating the surface of the substrate with corona or plasma in an atmosphere of vacuum to atmospheric pressure, a method of laser treating the substrate surface, a method of treating the substrate surface with ozone, A method for saponifying a material surface, a method for flame-treating a substrate surface, a method for applying a coupling agent to a substrate surface, a method for priming a substrate surface, and a reactive monomer or a reactive polymer
  • a graft polymerization method may be used in which the substrate is adhered to the surface of the substrate and then reacted by irradiation with radiation, plasma, or ultraviolet rays.
  • a method of corona or plasma treatment of the substrate surface in an atmosphere of vacuum to atmospheric pressure is preferable.
  • a method of performing surface treatment of a substrate with corona or plasma a method of performing surface treatment of the substrate by installing a substrate between opposed electrodes and generating corona or plasma under a pressure near atmospheric pressure.
  • a method of performing a surface treatment of a substrate by setting a substrate between opposed electrodes under a pressure near atmospheric pressure, and generating corona or plasma; or by flowing a gas between opposed electrodes, A method in which the gas is converted into plasma and the plasmaated gas is sprayed onto the substrate is preferable.
  • Such surface treatment with corona or plasma is usually performed by a commercially available surface treatment apparatus.
  • the base material may have a protective film on the surface opposite to the surface on which the composition of the present invention is applied.
  • the protective film include films made of polyethylene, polyethylene terephthalate, polycarbonate, polyolefin, and the like, and films having an adhesive layer on the film. Especially, since the thermal deformation at the time of drying is small, the film which consists of polyethylene terephthalates is preferable.
  • the thickness of the base material is preferably thinner in terms of mass that allows practical handling, but if it is too thin, the strength tends to decrease and workability tends to be inferior.
  • the thickness of the substrate is usually 5 to 300 ⁇ m, preferably 20 to 200 ⁇ m.
  • the length in the longitudinal direction of the substrate is usually 10 to 3000 m, preferably 100 to 2000 m.
  • the length in the short direction of the substrate is usually 0.1 to 5 m, preferably 0.2 to 2 m.
  • the alignment film in the present invention is a film having an alignment regulating force that aligns a polymerizable liquid crystal compound in a desired direction.
  • the alignment film is preferably a film that has solvent resistance that does not dissolve when the composition of the present invention is applied or the like, and heat resistance in heat treatment for removing the solvent or aligning the polymerizable liquid crystal compound.
  • Examples of such an alignment film include an alignment film containing an alignment polymer, a photo-alignment film, and a groove alignment film that forms an uneven pattern or a plurality of grooves on the surface and aligns the film.
  • orientation polymer examples include polyamides and gelatins having an amide bond in the molecule, polyimides having an imide bond in the molecule and hydrolyzates thereof, polyamic acid, polyvinyl alcohol, alkyl-modified polyvinyl alcohol, polyacrylamide, polyoxazole, Examples include polyethyleneimine, polystyrene, polyvinylpyrrolidone, polyacrylic acid and polyacrylic acid esters. Among these, polyvinyl alcohol is preferable. Two or more kinds of orientation polymers may be used in combination.
  • the alignment film containing the alignment polymer is usually applied to a substrate with a composition in which the alignment polymer is dissolved in a solvent (hereinafter, sometimes referred to as “alignment polymer composition”), and the solvent is removed, or
  • the alignment polymer composition is applied to the substrate, the solvent is removed, and rubbing (rubbing method) is performed on the surface of the substrate.
  • the solvent examples include alcohol solvents such as water, methanol, ethanol, ethylene glycol, isopropyl alcohol, propylene glycol, methyl cellosolve, butyl cellosolve, propylene glycol monomethyl ether; ethyl acetate, butyl acetate, ethylene glycol methyl ether acetate, ⁇ -butyrolactone, Ester solvents such as propylene glycol methyl ether acetate and ethyl lactate; ketone solvents such as acetone, methyl ethyl ketone, cyclopentanone, cyclohexanone, methyl amyl ketone, and methyl isobutyl ketone; aliphatic hydrocarbon solvents such as pentane, hexane, and heptane; toluene, Aromatic hydrocarbon solvents such as xylene; Nitrile solvents such as acetonitrile; Ethers such as tetrahydr
  • the concentration of the orienting polymer in the orienting polymer composition may be within a range in which the orienting polymer material can be completely dissolved in the solvent, but is preferably 0.1% by mass to 20% by mass in terms of solid content with respect to the solution. More preferably, the content is about 0.1% by mass to 10% by mass.
  • a commercially available alignment film material may be used as it is as the alignment polymer composition.
  • Examples of commercially available alignment film materials include Sunever (registered trademark) (manufactured by Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd.), Optmer (registered trademark) (manufactured by JSR Corporation), and the like.
  • Examples of methods for applying the alignment polymer composition to the substrate include spin coating, extrusion, gravure coating, die coating, slit coating, bar coating, applicator and other application methods, flexo methods, etc. There are known methods such as the printing method.
  • a printing method such as a gravure coating method, a die coating method, or a flexo method is usually employed as the coating method.
  • Examples of the method for removing the solvent contained in the orientation polymer composition include a natural drying method, a ventilation drying method, a heat drying method and a vacuum drying method.
  • rubbing is performed on the alignment film as necessary (rubbing method).
  • the direction of the orientation regulating force can be arbitrarily controlled.
  • a rubbing cloth was wound, and the orientation polymer composition was applied to the rotating rubbing roll and annealed and formed on the substrate surface.
  • membrane of an orientation polymer contact is mentioned.
  • the photo-alignment film is usually formed by applying a composition containing a polymer or monomer having a photoreactive group and a solvent (hereinafter sometimes referred to as “photo-alignment film-forming composition”) to a substrate, Preferably it is formed on the surface of the substrate by irradiating with polarized UV).
  • the photo-alignment film is more preferable in that the direction of the alignment regulating force can be arbitrarily controlled by selecting the polarization direction of the irradiated light.
  • the photoreactive group refers to a group that produces liquid crystal alignment ability when irradiated with light.
  • groups involved in photoreactions that are the origin of liquid crystal alignment ability such as molecular orientation induction or isomerization reaction, dimerization reaction, photocrosslinking reaction or photodecomposition reaction caused by light irradiation.
  • a group involved in the dimerization reaction or the photocrosslinking reaction is preferable in terms of excellent orientation.
  • an unsaturated bond particularly a group having a double bond is preferable, and a carbon-carbon double bond (C ⁇ C bond), a carbon-nitrogen double bond (C ⁇ N bond), and nitrogen-nitrogen.
  • a group having at least one selected from the group consisting of a double bond (N ⁇ N bond) and a carbon-oxygen double bond (C ⁇ O bond) is particularly preferable.
  • Examples of the photoreactive group having a C ⁇ C bond include a vinyl group, a polyene group, a stilbene group, a stilbazole group, a stilbazolium group, a chalcone group, and a cinnamoyl group.
  • Examples of the photoreactive group having a C ⁇ N bond include groups having a structure such as an aromatic Schiff base and an aromatic hydrazone.
  • Examples of the photoreactive group having an N ⁇ N bond include an azobenzene group, an azonaphthalene group, an aromatic heterocyclic azo group, a bisazo group, a formazan group, and a group having an azoxybenzene structure.
  • Examples of the photoreactive group having a C ⁇ O bond include a benzophenone group, a coumarin group, an anthraquinone group, and a maleimide group. These groups may have a substituent such as an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an aryl group, an allyloxy group, a cyano group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, a hydroxyl group, a sulfonic acid group, and a halogenated alkyl group.
  • the photoreactive group involved in the photodimerization reaction is preferable, the amount of polarized light irradiation necessary for photoalignment is relatively small, and a photoalignment film excellent in thermal stability and temporal stability can be easily obtained.
  • a cinnamoyl group and a chalcone group are preferred.
  • the polymer having a photoreactive group a polymer having a cinnamoyl group in which the terminal portion of the polymer side chain has a cinnamic acid structure is particularly preferable.
  • Examples of the solvent contained in the composition for forming a photoalignment film include the same solvents as those contained in the above-mentioned oriented polymer composition, and are appropriately selected depending on the solubility of the polymer or monomer having a photoreactive group. can do.
  • the content of the polymer or monomer having a photoreactive group in the composition for forming a photoalignment film can be appropriately adjusted depending on the kind of the polymer or monomer and the thickness of the target photoalignment film, but is at least 0.2% by mass.
  • the content is preferably 0.3 to 10% by mass.
  • the composition for forming a photo-alignment film may contain a polymer material such as polyvinyl alcohol or polyimide, or a photosensitizer.
  • Examples of the method for applying the composition for forming a photo-alignment film to a substrate include the same methods as those for applying the alignment polymer composition to a substrate.
  • Examples of the method for removing the solvent from the applied composition for forming a photo-alignment film include the same method as the method for removing the solvent from the oriented polymer composition.
  • the composition obtained by removing the solvent from the composition for forming a photo-alignment film applied on the substrate may be directly irradiated with polarized UV, and the polarized light is irradiated from the substrate side. It may be in a form of irradiating through. Moreover, it is particularly preferable that the polarized light is substantially parallel light.
  • the wavelength of the polarized light to be irradiated may be in a wavelength region where the photoreactive group of the polymer or monomer having the photoreactive group can absorb light energy. Specifically, UV (ultraviolet light) having a wavelength in the range of 250 to 400 nm is particularly preferable.
  • Examples of the light source used for irradiation of the polarized light include xenon lamps, high pressure mercury lamps, ultra high pressure mercury lamps, metal halide lamps, ultraviolet lasers such as KrF and ArF, and the like. More preferred. These lamps are preferable because of high emission intensity of ultraviolet rays having a wavelength of 313 nm.
  • polarized UV By irradiating light from the light source through an appropriate polarizer, polarized UV can be irradiated.
  • a polarizing prism such as a polarizing filter, Glan Thompson, or Grand Taylor, or a wire grid type polarizer can be used.
  • the Glub alignment film is a film in which liquid crystal alignment is obtained by a concavo-convex pattern or a plurality of grooves on the film surface.
  • H. V. Kennel et al. Reported the fact that when liquid crystal molecules are placed on a substrate having a plurality of linear grooves (grooves) arranged at equal intervals, the liquid crystal molecules are aligned in the direction along the grooves ( Physical Review A24 (5), page 2713, 1981).
  • Examples include a method of transporting the formed base film and pressing a roll-shaped master having a plurality of grooves against the surface of the UV curable resin layer to form irregularities, followed by curing, and the like, for example, JP-A-6-34976
  • the method described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2011-242743 can be used.
  • a method in which a roll-shaped master having a plurality of grooves is pressed against the surface of the UV curable resin layer to form irregularities and then cured is preferable.
  • the roll-shaped master stainless steel (SUS) steel can be used from the viewpoint of durability.
  • UV curable resin a monofunctional acrylate polymer, a polyfunctional acrylate polymer, or a polymer of a mixture thereof can be used.
  • the monofunctional acrylate is a group selected from the group consisting of an acryloyloxy group (CH 2 ⁇ CH—COO—) and a methacryloyloxy group (CH 2 ⁇ C (CH 3 ) —COO—) (hereinafter referred to as “(meth) acryloyl”). It may be referred to as an “oxy group”) in the molecule.
  • Monofunctional acrylates having one (meth) acryloyloxy group include alkyl (meth) acrylates having 4 to 16 carbon atoms, ⁇ -carboxyalkyl (meth) acrylates having 2 to 14 carbon atoms, and alkylation having 2 to 14 carbon atoms. Examples include phenyl (meth) acrylate, methoxypolyethylene glycol (meth) acrylate, phenoxypolyethylene glycol (meth) acrylate, and isobonyl (meth) acrylate.
  • Polyfunctional acrylate is usually a compound having 2 to 6 (meth) acryloyloxy groups in the molecule.
  • bifunctional acrylate having two (meth) acryloyloxy groups examples include 1,3-butanediol di (meth) acrylate, 1,3-butanediol (meth) acrylate, and 1,6-hexanediol di (meth) acrylate.
  • Ethylene glycol di (meth) acrylate diethylene glycol di (meth) acrylate, neopentyl glycol di (meth) acrylate, triethylene glycol di (meth) acrylate, tetraethylene glycol di (meth) acrylate, polyethylene glycol diacrylate, bisphenol A Bis (acryloyloxyethyl) ether, ethoxylated bisphenol A di (meth) acrylate, propoxylated neopentyl glycol di (meth) acrylate, ethoxylated neopentylglycol Distearate (meth) acrylate, and 3-methyl-pentanediol di (meth) acrylate.
  • (meth) acrylate means an acrylate or a methacrylate.
  • the caprolactone modification means that a caprolactone ring-opening product or a ring-opening polymer is introduced between the alcohol-derived site of the (meth) acrylate compound and the (meth) acryloyloxy group.
  • Such commercial products can also be used for such polyfunctional acrylates.
  • Such commercial products include A-DOD-N, A-HD-N, A-NOD-N, APG-100, APG-200, APG-400, A-GLY-9E, A-GLY-20E, A- TMM-3, A-TMPT, AD-TMP, ATM-35E, A-TMMT, A-9550, A-DPH, HD-N, NOD-N, NPG, TMPT (manufactured by Shin-Nakamura Chemical Co., Ltd.); ARONIX M-220 “,” M-325 “,” M-240 “,” M-270 “,” M-309 “,” M-310 “,” M-321 “,” M-321 “ M-350, M-360, M-305, M-306, M-450, M-451, M-408, M -400 ",” M-402 “,” M-403 “,” M-404 “,” M- " 05 ”,“ M-406 ”(made by Toagosei Co.
  • the width of the protrusion is preferably 0.05 to 5 ⁇ m
  • the width of the recess is preferably 0.1 to 5 ⁇ m
  • the depth of the uneven step is 2 ⁇ m or less. It is preferably 0.01 to 1 ⁇ m. Within this range, it is possible to obtain liquid crystal alignment with little alignment disturbance.
  • the thickness of the alignment film is usually 10 nm to 10000 nm, preferably 10 nm to 1000 nm, and more preferably 10 nm to 500 nm.
  • Examples of the method for applying the composition of the present invention include the same methods as those exemplified as the method for applying the orientation polymer composition to the substrate.
  • composition of the present invention contains a solvent
  • the solvent is usually removed from the formed coating film.
  • the method for removing the solvent include a natural drying method, a ventilation drying method, a heat drying method and a vacuum drying method.
  • the polymerizable liquid crystal compound contained in the formed coating film is usually heated to a temperature higher than the temperature at which it transitions to a solution state and then cooled to a temperature at which the liquid crystal is aligned to form a liquid crystal phase.
  • the temperature at which the polymerizable liquid crystal compound contained in the formed coating film is aligned may be obtained in advance by texture observation using a composition containing the polymerizable liquid crystal compound. Further, the removal of the solvent and the liquid crystal alignment may be performed simultaneously. The temperature at this time depends on the solvent to be removed and the type of the polymerizable liquid crystal compound, but is preferably in the range of 50 to 200 ° C., and more preferably in the range of 80 to 130 ° C. when the substrate is a resin substrate. preferable.
  • the orientation direction of the polymerizable liquid crystal compound is determined by the polarizing film obtained.
  • the slow axis (optical axis) of the substrate may be substantially 45 °.
  • the polymerizable liquid crystal compound is polymerized by irradiating the aligned polymerizable liquid crystal compound with active energy rays.
  • a polarizing film containing a polymerizable liquid crystal compound polymerized while retaining a smectic liquid crystal phase is a conventional host guest type polarizing film, that is, a polarizing film obtained by polymerizing a polymerizable liquid crystal compound or the like while retaining a nematic liquid crystal phase.
  • a polarizing film coated with only a dichroic dye or a lyotropic liquid crystal type liquid crystal compound the polarizing performance and strength are excellent.
  • the light source for the active energy ray may be a light source that generates ultraviolet rays, electron beams, X-rays, or the like.
  • the light source has a light emission distribution at a wavelength of 400 nm or less, such as a low-pressure mercury lamp, a medium-pressure mercury lamp, a high-pressure mercury lamp, an ultrahigh-pressure mercury lamp, a chemical lamp, a black light lamp, a microwave-excited mercury lamp, or a metal halide lamp.
  • Irradiation energy of the active energy ray setting is preferable that the irradiation intensity of the wavelength region effective for activation of the polymerization initiator is set to be 10 ⁇ 5000mJ / cm 2, so that the 100 ⁇ 2000mJ / cm 2 More preferably.
  • the irradiation energy is lower than 10 mJ / cm 2 , the polymerizable liquid crystal compound tends to be insufficiently cured.
  • the thickness of the polarizing film of the present invention thus formed is preferably in the range of 0.5 ⁇ m to 10 ⁇ m, and more preferably in the range of 1 ⁇ m to 5 ⁇ m.
  • the thickness of the polarizing film of the present invention can be determined by measurement with an interference film thickness meter, a laser microscope or a stylus thickness meter.
  • the polarizing film of the present invention is particularly preferably a polarizing film from which a Bragg peak can be obtained in X-ray diffraction measurement.
  • Examples of the polarizing film of the present invention from which such a Bragg peak is obtained include a polarizing film showing a diffraction peak derived from a hexatic phase or a crystal phase.
  • the maximum absorption ( ⁇ max1 ) of the polarizing film of the present invention is preferably in the range of 350 to 550 nm, more preferably in the range of 410 to 540 nm, and still more preferably in the range of 430 to 530 nm.
  • ⁇ max1 is shifted by a long wavelength as compared with the maximum absorption ( ⁇ max2 ) measured by dissolving the compound (1) contained in the polarizing film of the present invention in an appropriate solvent.
  • a long wavelength shift is a shift that appears when the compound (1) is dispersed between the molecular chains formed by the polymerized polymerizable liquid crystal compound, and the compound (1) strongly interacts with the molecular chain. It is shown that.
  • the long wavelength shift means that the difference in absorption maximum ( ⁇ max1 ⁇ max2 ) becomes a positive value, and the difference is preferably 10 nm or more, and more preferably 30 nm or more.
  • the dichroic ratio exhibited by the polarizing film of the present invention is preferably 50 or more.
  • a circularly polarizing plate can be obtained by laminating the obtained polarizing film of the present invention and a quarter wavelength plate. At this time, it is preferable to laminate so that the transmission axis of the polarizing film of the present invention and the slow axis (optical axis) of the quarter wavelength plate are substantially 45 °.
  • the circularly-polarizing plate which functions as an optical compensation film can also be obtained by making the transmission axis of the polarizing film of this invention and the optical axis of retardation films, such as a quarter wavelength plate, correspond or orthogonal.
  • Lamination of the polarizing film of the present invention and the quarter wavelength plate may be performed together with the base material on which the polarizing film of the present invention is formed, or the base material on which the alignment film is formed, or the base material or the base material.
  • the alignment film may be removed.
  • Lamination of the polarizing film of the present invention formed on the surface of the base material or the base material on which the alignment film is formed and the quarter wavelength plate are, for example, a surface on which the polarizing film of the present invention is formed, and 1 / 4 wavelength plate can be bonded by using an adhesive, and then the substrate or the substrate on which the alignment film is formed can be removed.
  • the adhesive may be applied to the polarizing film of the present invention, or may be applied to a quarter wavelength plate.
  • the continuous manufacturing method of the polarizing film of this invention is preferably produced continuously by the Roll to Roll format.
  • the main part of an example of a method for continuously producing the polarizing film of the present invention in the Roll to Roll format will be described with reference to FIG.
  • the first roll 210 in which the base material is wound around the first core 210A can be easily obtained from the market, for example.
  • a base material which can be obtained from the market in the form of such a roll the film etc. which consist of a cellulose ester, cyclic olefin resin, a polycarbonate, a polyethylene terephthalate, or polymethacrylic acid ester are mentioned among the base materials already illustrated.
  • the substrate P is unwound from the first roll 210.
  • the method of unwinding the base material P is performed by installing an appropriate rotating means on the core 210A of the first roll 210 and rotating the first roll 210 by the rotating means.
  • at least one appropriate auxiliary roll 300 may be installed in the direction of transporting the base material P from the first roll 210 and the base material P may be unwound by the rotating means of the auxiliary roll 300.
  • the base P may be unwound while applying an appropriate tension to the base P by installing rotating means on both the first core 210A and the auxiliary roll 300.
  • the coating device 211A When the base material P unwound from the first roll 210 passes through the coating device 211A, the coating device 211A is coated with the composition for forming a photo-alignment film on the surface thereof.
  • a coating method of the coating apparatus 211A for continuously coating the composition for forming a photo-alignment film as described above a gravure coating method, a die coating method, and a flexo method are preferable.
  • the substrate P that has passed through the coating apparatus 211A is conveyed to the drying furnace 212A, and the composition for forming a photo-alignment film is dried by the drying furnace 212A, whereby a first coating film is continuously formed on the substrate surface. Is done.
  • the drying furnace 212A for example, a hot air drying furnace in which a ventilation drying method and a heat drying method are combined is used.
  • the preset temperature of the drying furnace 212A is determined according to the type of solvent contained in the composition for forming a photo-alignment film.
  • the drying furnace 212A may be configured by a plurality of zones having different set temperatures, or may be configured by installing a plurality of drying furnaces having different set temperatures in series.
  • the obtained first coating film is irradiated with polarized UV by the polarized UV irradiation device 213A, whereby a photo-alignment film is obtained.
  • the base material P on which the photo-alignment film is formed passes through the coating device 211B.
  • the substrate P passes through the drying furnace 212B, whereby the polymerizable liquid crystal compound contained in the composition of the present invention is aligned.
  • the second coating film thus obtained is obtained.
  • the drying furnace 212B serves to remove the solvent from the composition of the present invention including the solvent applied on the photo-alignment film, and to provide heat energy so that the polymerizable liquid crystal compound contained in the composition is aligned. Bear.
  • the drying furnace 212B may be configured by a plurality of zones having different set temperatures, or may be configured by installing a plurality of drying furnaces having different set temperatures in series. Also good.
  • the substrate P is conveyed to the active energy ray irradiation device 213B.
  • the active energy ray is applied to the second coating film.
  • the polymerizable liquid crystal compound is polymerized in an aligned state to obtain a polarizing film.
  • the polarizing film of the present invention thus continuously produced is wound around the second core 220 ⁇ / b> A and obtained as a form of the second roll 220.
  • the base material P passes through the coating apparatus 211A, the drying furnace 212A, the polarized UV irradiation apparatus 213A, the coating apparatus 211B, the drying furnace 212B, and the active energy ray irradiation apparatus 213B in this order from the first roll 210.
  • the polarizing film of the present invention can be continuously produced according to the Roll-to-Roll format.
  • the base material P is applied from the 1st roll 210 to the coating device 211A and the drying furnace 212A.
  • a polarized UV irradiation device 213A in order, and then wound around a winding core to produce a roll-shaped laminate composed of a base material and a photo-alignment film, and then the roll-shaped laminate
  • the polarizing film of the present invention can be continuously produced by unwinding and passing the coating device 211B, the drying furnace 212B, and the active energy ray irradiation device 213B in this order.
  • the long polarizing film of the present invention is unwound from the second roll 220, cut into a predetermined dimension, and then the cut polarizing film
  • a circularly polarizing plate can be produced by laminating a quarter wave plate.
  • a long circularly-polarizing plate can also be manufactured continuously by preparing a third roll (not shown) in which a long quarter-wave plate is wound around a core.
  • the polarizing film Q of the present invention is continuously unwound from the second roll 220 wound around the second core 220A, and a long quarter-wave plate is formed on the third core 230A.
  • the step of continuously unwinding the long quarter-wave plate S from the third roll 230 that is wound up, and the polarizing film Q of the present invention and the long quarter-wave plate S are continuously provided. It includes a step of bonding to obtain a long circularly polarizing plate QS and a step of winding the obtained long circularly polarizing plate QS around a fourth winding core 240A to obtain a fourth roll 240.
  • suitable rotating means are installed on the core 220A of the second roll 220 and the core 230A of the third roll 230, and the second roll 220 is formed by the rotating means. And by rotating the third roll 230.
  • at least one suitable auxiliary roll 300 is installed in the direction in which the polarizing film Q and the quarter wavelength plate S are conveyed, and the polarizing film Q and the quarter wavelength plate S are wound by the rotating means of the auxiliary roll 300.
  • the rotation means is installed on both of the core 220A, the core 230A, and the auxiliary roll 300, so that the polarizing film Q and the quarter wavelength plate S are imparted with appropriate tension while the polarizing films Q and 1/4 are applied.
  • the wave plate S may be unwound. This method is so-called Roll-to-Roll bonding.
  • you may use an adhesive agent for bonding.
  • the polarizing film of the present invention and the circularly polarizing plate having the polarizing film of the present invention and a quarter wavelength plate can be used for various display devices.
  • a display device is a device having a display element, and is a device including a light emitting element or a light emitting device as a light emitting source.
  • Examples of the display device including the polarizing film of the present invention include a liquid crystal display device, an organic electroluminescence (EL) display device, an inorganic electroluminescence (EL) display device, an electron emission display device (for example, a field emission display device (FED), Surface field emission display (SED)), electronic paper (display using electronic ink or electrophoretic element), plasma display, projection display (eg grating light valve (GLV) display, digital micromirror device ( Display device) having a DMD), and a piezoelectric ceramic display.
  • EL organic electroluminescence
  • EL inorganic electroluminescence
  • an electron emission display device for example, a field emission display device (FED), Surface field emission display (SED)
  • electronic paper display using electronic ink or electrophoretic element
  • plasma display eg grating light valve (
  • the liquid crystal display device includes any of a transmissive liquid crystal display device, a transflective liquid crystal display device, a reflective liquid crystal display device, a direct view liquid crystal display device, a projection liquid crystal display device, and the like. These display devices may be a display device that displays a two-dimensional image, or may be a stereoscopic display device that displays a three-dimensional image.
  • the polarizing film of the present invention can be effectively used particularly for liquid crystal display devices, organic electroluminescence (EL) display devices, and inorganic electroluminescence (EL) display devices.
  • the organic EL display device includes at least the polarizing film and the organic EL element of the present invention.
  • a known element can be used as the organic EL element.
  • the circularly polarizing plate having the polarizing film and the quarter wavelength plate of the present invention can be effectively used particularly for an organic electroluminescence (EL) display device and an inorganic electroluminescence (EL) display device.
  • the organic EL display device includes at least the circularly polarizing plate and the organic EL element of the present invention.
  • the polarizing film of the present invention When the polarizing film of the present invention is used in a liquid crystal display device, the polarizing film may be provided outside the liquid crystal cell or may be provided inside the liquid crystal cell.
  • the liquid crystal cell includes at least the polarizing film of the present invention, a liquid crystal layer, and a substrate.
  • the display device 30 includes a first substrate 31, a polarizing film 32 of the first invention, a color filter layer (color filter) 33, a planarization layer 34, an ITO electrode layer 35, a first alignment film 36, and a liquid crystal layer. 37, a second alignment film 38, a polarizing film 39 of the second invention, a TFT layer 40 including a thin film transistor circuit and a pixel electrode, and a second substrate 41 are laminated in this order. Lamination of these layers can be performed by known means.
  • the polarizing film 32 of the first present invention is disposed between the first base 31 and the liquid crystal layer 37.
  • the color filter layer 33 is disposed between the first base 31 and the liquid crystal layer 37, and is a layer that extracts light of a desired wavelength from incident light from the first base 31 side. It may be a layer that transmits only light having a desired wavelength by absorbing light having a wavelength other than the wavelength, or a layer that emits light having a desired wavelength by converting the wavelength of incident light. Also good.
  • the polarizing film 32 of the first invention and the polarizing film 39 of the second invention may include alignment films on the first substrate 31 side and the second substrate 41 side, respectively.
  • the first alignment film 36 and the second alignment film 38 may be a rubbing alignment film or a photo-alignment film.
  • the polarizing film 32 of the first present invention may include a retardation layer.
  • the display device 60 includes a first substrate 61, a polarizing film 62 of the first invention, a color filter layer (color filter) 63, a planarization layer 64, an ITO electrode layer 65, a first alignment film 66, and a liquid crystal layer. 67, a second alignment film 68, a TFT layer 70 including a thin film transistor circuit and a pixel electrode, a second base 71, and a second polarizing film 72 are laminated in this order. Lamination of these layers can be performed by known means.
  • the second polarizing film 72 located on the opposite side of the TFT layer 70 through the second substrate 71 may be the polarizing film of the present invention, or is prepared by dyeing polyvinyl alcohol with iodine and then stretching it. It may be a polarizing film.
  • the display device 80 includes a first substrate 81, a color filter layer (color filter) 82, a polarizing film 83 according to the first invention, a planarization layer 84, an ITO electrode layer 85, a first alignment film 86, and a liquid crystal layer. 87, a second alignment film 88, a TFT layer 90 including a thin film transistor circuit and a pixel electrode, a second substrate 91, and a second polarizing film 92 are laminated in this order. Lamination of these layers can be performed by known means.
  • the second polarizing film 92 may be the polarizing film of the present invention, or may be a polarizing film prepared by dyeing polyvinyl alcohol with iodine and then stretching it.
  • the second polarizing film 92 is the polarizing film of the present invention, the second polarizing film 92 is interposed between the second substrate 91 and the TFT layer 90 as in the first configuration. May be located.
  • the color filter layer 82 may be disposed on the opposite side of the liquid crystal layer 87 with the first substrate 81 interposed therebetween.
  • the polarized light is scattered by the particles included in the color filter layer, so that the depolarization can occur. Therefore, among the above first to third configurations, the third configuration in which the polarizing film of the first invention is located on the liquid crystal layer side of the color filter layer, that is, a display having the third configuration An apparatus is more preferred.
  • the compound represented by the formula (2a-1) 5.0 g, 50 g of acetic acid, 5.0 g of water and 6.50 g of 35% hydrochloric acid were mixed. The obtained mixture was cooled to 0 ° C., and 4.5 g of 33% aqueous sodium nitrite solution was added dropwise. The resulting mixture was stirred for 30 minutes and then 0.03 g of amidosulfuric acid was added. The obtained mixture was added dropwise at 0 ° C. to a mixture composed of 4.5 g of the compound represented by the formula (2b-1), 6.5 g of sodium acetate and 68 g of water. The precipitate containing the compound represented by formula (3a-1) was filtered and washed with water three times.
  • the compound (4-6) is Lub et al. Recl. Trav. Chim. It was synthesized by the method described in Pays-Bas, 115, 321-328 (1996). In addition, Compound (4-8) was produced according to this method.
  • phase transition temperature of each polymerizable liquid crystal compound listed above was measured by determining the phase transition temperature of the film made of each polymerizable liquid crystal compound. The operation is as follows.
  • a film made of the compound (4-6) was formed on the glass substrate on which the alignment film was formed, and the phase transition temperature was measured by heating with a polarizing microscope (BX-51, manufactured by Olympus) while heating.
  • the compound (4-6) transitioned to a nematic phase at 112 ° C., a phase transition to a smectic A phase at 110 ° C., and a smectic B phase at 94 ° C. Phase transition.
  • the phase transition temperature of the compound (4-8) was measured in the same manner as the measurement of the phase transition temperature of the compound (4-6).
  • the compound (4-8) had a phase transition to a nematic phase at 131 ° C., a phase transition to a smectic A phase at 80 ° C., and a phase transition to a smectic B phase at 68 ° C. Metastasized.
  • the phase transition temperature of the compound (4-22) was measured in the same manner as the measurement of the phase transition temperature of the compound (4-6).
  • the compound (4-22) had a phase transition to the nematic phase at 106 ° C., a phase transition to the smectic A phase at 103 ° C., and a phase transition to the smectic B phase at 86 ° C. Metastasized.
  • the phase transition temperature of the compound (4-25) was measured in the same manner as the measurement of the phase transition temperature of the compound (4-6).
  • the compound (4-25) had a phase transition to the nematic phase at 119 ° C., a phase transition to the smectic A phase at 100 ° C., and a phase transition to the smectic B phase at 77 ° C. Metastasized.
  • composition (1) The following components were mixed and stirred at 80 ° C. for 1 hour to obtain composition (1): Compound (4-6) 75 parts Compound (4-8) 25 parts Compound (1); Compound (1-1) 2.5 parts Polymerization initiator; 2-dimethylamino-2-benzyl-1 -(4-morpholinophenyl) butan-1-one (Irgacure 369; manufactured by Ciba Specialty Chemicals) 6 parts Leveling agent; polyacrylate compound (BYK-361N; manufactured by BYK-Chemie) 1.5 parts Solvent; 250 parts of chloroform .
  • Compound (1-1) 2.5 parts Polymerization initiator; 2-dimethylamino-2-benzyl-1 -(4-morpholinophenyl) butan-1-one (Irgacure 369; manufactured by Ciba Specialty Chemicals) 6 parts Leveling agent; polyacrylate compound (BYK-361N; manufactured by BYK-Chemie) 1.5 parts Solvent; 250 parts of chloroform .
  • phase transition temperature The phase transition temperature of the component contained in the composition (1) was measured in the same manner as in the above procedure for confirming the phase transition temperature of the compound (4-6).
  • the component transitioned to a nematic phase at 115 ° C., a phase transition to a smectic A phase at 105 ° C., and a phase transition to a smectic B phase at 75 ° C.
  • the rubbing process uses a semi-automatic rubbing apparatus (trade name: LQ-008 type, manufactured by Joyo Engineering Co., Ltd.) and a push-in amount of 0.15 mm using a cloth (trade name: YA-20-RW, manufactured by Yoshikawa Chemical Co., Ltd.). , Under the conditions of 500 rpm and 16.7 mm / s. By such rubbing treatment, a laminate 1 having an alignment film formed on a glass substrate was obtained.
  • the composition (1) is applied onto the alignment film of the laminate 1 by spin coating, dried by heating on a hot plate at 120 ° C. for 1 minute, and then quickly cooled to room temperature to perform the alignment. A dry film containing an aligned polymerizable liquid crystal compound was formed on the film. Next, by using a UV irradiation apparatus (SPOT CURE SP-7; manufactured by Ushio Electric Co., Ltd.), the ultraviolet ray is irradiated to the dry film with an exposure amount of 2000 mJ / cm 2 (365 nm standard), thereby polymerization contained in the dry film. The liquid crystalline compound was polymerized while maintaining the alignment state, and the polarizing film (1) was formed from the dried film to obtain a laminate 2. When the thickness of the polarizing film at this time was measured with a laser microscope (OLS3000 manufactured by Olympus Corporation), it was 1.7 ⁇ m.
  • OLS3000 manufactured by Olympus Corporation
  • a sharp diffraction peak (Bragg peak) having a peak half width (FWHM) of about 0.31 ° was obtained.
  • the order period (d) obtained from the peak position is about 4.4 mm, and it was found that a structure reflecting a higher-order smectic phase was formed.
  • the maximum absorption wavelength ( ⁇ max2 ) of the compound (1-1) is 448 nm, it has been found that the compound has a long wavelength shift. As a result of this long wavelength shift, when the compound (1-1) is dispersed between dense molecular chains formed by polymerization of the polymerizable liquid crystal compound in the polarizing film of the present invention, the compound (1- This shows that 1) strongly interacts with the molecular chain.
  • a protective film 40 ⁇ m TAC (“KC4UY” manufactured by Konica Minolta Co., Ltd.) was placed on the surface of the formed polarizing film (1), and light resistance was evaluated by irradiating light under the following conditions.
  • the absorbance of the polarizing film (1) after the light resistance test at the maximum absorption wavelength of 506 nm of the polarizing film (1) was 87% before the test.
  • a dichroic dye represented by the formula (1-10) described in JP2013-101328A was used to form a polarizing film by the same method as described above, a light resistance test was performed.
  • the absorbance of the polarizing film after the light resistance test at the maximum absorption wavelength of 548 nm of the polarizing film was 47% before the test. That is, it turned out that the compound of this invention is excellent in light resistance.
  • the light irradiation conditions in the light resistance test are as follows. Equipment used: Suntest XLS + manufactured by ATLAS Light source used: Xenon arc lamp Exposure condition: 250 mW / m 2 Test time: 120 hours Exposure: 108000 KJ / m 2 Temperature: 60 ° C.
  • Example 4 This polarizing film was produced in the same manner as in Example 5 except that the compound (1-16) was used instead of the compound (1-1). Similarly, when the maximum absorption wavelength and the dichroic ratio were measured, the maximum absorption wavelength ( ⁇ max1 ) was 509 nm, and the dichroic ratio was as high as 51.
  • the maximum absorption wavelength ( ⁇ max2 ) of the compound (1-16) was 458 nm, and thus it was proved that the wavelength shifted.
  • the compound (1-16) is dispersed between dense molecular chains formed by polymerization of the polymerizable liquid crystal compound in the polarizing film, the compound (1-16) It is a strong interaction.
  • the compound of the present invention is a novel compound that functions as a dichroic dye having a maximum absorption in the wavelength range of 350 nm to 510 nm, and forms a polarizing film having a high dichroic ratio from the composition containing the compound. Can do.
  • the compound of the present invention and the composition containing the same can be widely used in the field of production of polarizing films, and liquid crystal display devices, liquid crystal cells, circularly polarizing plates, and organic EL display devices including the polarizing films.

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