Publication number: 20030066984
Abstract: Improved liquid crystalline materials may be prepared by doping liquid crystalline materials with chiral, uncharged metal compounds of formula [(P1—Y1—A1—Y2—M1—Y3—)nL]2Me or [(P1—Y1—A1—Y2—M1—Y3—)nL]Me(L′(—Y6—M2—Y5—A2—Y4—P2)n′)m. Groups P1 and P2 may be, independently, hydrogen, C1-C12-alkyl groups, polymerizable groups, or radicals containing a polymerizable group. Y1 to Y6 may be, independently, single chemical bonds, ether groups, thio groups, carbonyl groups, acid groups, etc. Groups A1 and A2 are spacers having from 1 to 30 carbon atoms, and M1 and M2 are mesogenic groups. Me may be a transition metal from the fourth, fifth or sixth period of the periodic table, except for technetium, silver, cadmium, gold, mercury, or any of the lanthanoids, or Me may be a main group element from group 14 (IUPAC system), except for carbon and lead.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 11, 2001
Publication date:
April 10, 2003
Applicant:
BASF AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Inventors:
Frank Prechtl, Sylke Haremza, Robert Parker, Kathrin Kurschner, Manfred Braun, Antje Hahn, Ralf Fleischer
Patent number: 6545174
Abstract: 4,4-Diarylbutadienes of the formula I,
where the diene system has the Z,Z; Z,E; E,Z or E,E configuration or a mixture thereof, and where the variables independently of one another have the following meanings: R1 and R2 are hydrogen, C1-C20-alkyl, C2-C10-alkenyl, C3-C10-cycloalkyl, C3-C10-cycloalkenyl, C1-C12-alkoxy, C1-C20-alkoxycarbonyl, C1-C12-alkylamino, C1-C12-dialkylamino, aryl, hetaryl, unsubstituted or substituted, substituents which confer solubility in water and are selected from the group consisting of carboxylate, sulfonate, or ammonium residues; R3 is COOR5, CONR5R6; R4 is COOR6, CONR5R6; R5 and R6 are hydrogen, C1-C20-alkyl, C2-C10-alkenyl, C3-C10-cycloalkyl, C7-C10-bicycloalkyl, C3-C10-cycloalkenyl, C7-C10-bicycloalkenyl, aryl, hetaryl, unsubstituted or substituted; n is 1 to 3; and R3 and R4 are not COOCH3 when R1 and R2 are hydrogen, are used as photostable UV filters in cosmetic and pharmaceutical preparations to protect the human skin or human hair from the sun's rays,
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 22, 2001
Date of Patent:
April 8, 2003
Assignee:
BASF Aktiengesellschaft
Inventors:
Thorsten Habeck, Sylke Haremza, Volker Schehlmann, Horst Westenfelder, Thomas Wünsch, Michael Drögemüller, Volker Bomm