A polymerizable compound has a practical low melting point, excellent solubility in a general-purpose solvent, and can produce an optical film at low cost, exhibits low reflected luminance, and achieves uniform conversion of polarized light over a wide wavelength band, an optically anisotropic article. A carbonyl compound is useful as a raw material for producing the polymerizable compound. (In the formula (I), Y.sup.1 to Y.sup.8 represent C(O)O, G.sup.1 and G.sup.2 represent a C.sub.1-20 divalent linear aliphatic group, Z.sup.1 and Z.sup.2 represent a C.sub.2-10 alkenyl group that is unsubstituted, or substituted with a halogen atom, A.sup.x represents a C.sub.2-30 organic group with at least one aromatic ring, A.sup.y represents a hydrogen atom or C.sub.1-20 alkyl group, A.sup.1 represents a trivalent aromatic group, A.sup.2 and A.sup.3 represent a C.sub.3-30 divalent alicyclic hydrocarbon group, A.sup.4 and A.sup.5 represent a C.sub.6-30 divalent aromatic group or the like, and Q.sup.1 represents a hydrogen atom.) ##STR00001##

The present invention provides a polymer compound for a conductive polymer comprising one or more repeating units a shown by the formula (1), and having a weight-average molecular weight in the range of 1,000 to 500,000. There can be provided a polymer compound for a conductive polymer having a specific superacidic sulfo group which is soluble in an organic solvent, and suitably used for a fuel cell or a dopant for a conductive material. ##STR00001##
wherein R.sup.1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; R.sup.2 represents any of a single bond, an ester group, and a linear, branched, or cyclic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, the hydrocarbon group optionally containing an ether group, an ester group, or both; Z represents any of a single bond, a phenylene group, a naphthylene group, an ether group, and an ester group; and a is a number satisfying 0<a1.0.

An optical material organic compound having characteristics that the dispersion characteristic (Abbe number (.sub.d)) and the secondary dispersion characteristic (g,F) of the refractive index are high, the transmittance in the visible light region is high, and the chromatic aberration correction function delivers high performance, which represented by the general formula (1) or (2) is provided.

A first object of the present invention is to provide a liquid crystalline composition capable of forming a film having excellent light resistance and also having excellent alignment properties of a liquid crystal compound in the film. In addition, a second object of the present invention is to provide a cured product obtained from the liquid crystalline composition, an optically anisotropic layer, an optical element, and a light guide element.

The liquid crystalline composition of the present invention is a liquid crystalline composition containing a compound A and an antioxidant, in which the compound A is a compound having a partial structure represented by Formula (I), in a case where the compound A exhibits liquid crystallinity and the composition does not contain a liquid crystal compound B having a structure different from a structure of the compound A, a distance HSP between a HSP value of the antioxidant and a HSP value of the compound A is 10.5 MPa.sup.0.5 or less, and in a case where the composition contains the liquid crystal compound B, a distance HSP between the HSP value of the antioxidant, and an average HSP value of the HSP value of the compound A and a HSP value of the liquid crystal compound B is 10.5 MPa.sup.0.5 or less.

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In Formula (I), A.sup.1 and A.sup.2 each independently represent an aromatic hydrocarbon ring group or an aromatic heterocyclic group, which may have a substituent. * represents a bonding position.

A first object of the present invention is to provide a liquid crystalline composition capable of forming a film having excellent light resistance and also having excellent alignment properties of a liquid crystal compound in the film. In addition, a second object of the present invention is to provide a cured product obtained from the liquid crystalline composition, an optically anisotropic layer, an optical element, and a light guide element.

The liquid crystalline composition of the present invention is a liquid crystalline composition containing a compound A and an antioxidant, in which the compound A is a compound having a partial structure represented by Formula (I), in a case where the compound A exhibits liquid crystallinity and the composition does not contain a liquid crystal compound B having a structure different from a structure of the compound A, a distance HSP between a HSP value of the antioxidant and a HSP value of the compound A is 10.5 MPa.sup.0.5 or less, and in a case where the composition contains the liquid crystal compound B, a distance HSP between the HSP value of the antioxidant, and an average HSP value of the HSP value of the compound A and a HSP value of the liquid crystal compound B is 10.5 MPa.sup.0.5 or less.

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In Formula (I), A.sup.1 and A.sup.2 each independently represent an aromatic hydrocarbon ring group or an aromatic heterocyclic group, which may have a substituent. * represents a bonding position.

A curable composition that gives a cured product exhibiting a high refractive index and a surface without defects such as roughness or cracks, a cured product of the composition, and a compound that may be blended to the composition. A triazine compound is used as a curable component in a curable composition, the triazine compound having an optionally substituted quinolinyl group, an optionally substituted isoquinolinyl group, or an optionally substituted 2-substituted benzothiazolyl group and an aromatic-ring-containing group having a radically polymerizable group-containing group or an aromatic-ring-containing group having a cationically polymerizable group-containing group, each group bonded to the triazine ring via an amino group.

The present invention relates to: a polymerizable compound (I), wherein Y.sup.1 to Y.sup.6 are a chemical single bond, OC(O), C(O)O or the like, G.sup.1 and G.sup.2 are a divalent aliphatic group, Z.sup.1 and Z.sup.2 are an alkenyl group, A.sup.x is a fused ring group represented by a formula (II), wherein X is NR.sup.3, an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or the like, R.sup.3 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and D is a substituted or unsubstituted ring having 1 to 20 carbon atoms that includes at least one nitrogen atom, A.sup.y is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, A.sup.1 is a trivalent aromatic group or the like, A.sup.2 and A.sup.3 are a divalent aromatic group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms or the like, and Q.sup.1 is a hydrogen atom, or an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms. ##STR00001##

The present invention relates to: a polymerizable compound (I), wherein Y.sup.1 to Y.sup.6 are a chemical single bond, OC(O), C(O)O or the like, G.sup.1 and G.sup.2 are a divalent aliphatic group, Z.sup.1 and Z.sup.2 are an alkenyl group, A.sup.x is a fused ring group represented by a formula (II), wherein X is NR.sup.3, an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or the like, R.sup.3 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and D is a substituted or unsubstituted ring having 1 to 20 carbon atoms that includes at least one nitrogen atom, A.sup.y is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, A.sup.1 is a trivalent aromatic group or the like, A.sup.2 and A.sup.3 are a divalent aromatic group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms or the like, and Q.sup.1 is a hydrogen atom, or an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms. ##STR00001##

The present invention provides a conductive polymer composite including: (A) a -conjugated polymer, and (B) a dopant polymer which contains a repeating unit a shown by the following general formula (1) and having a weight-average molecular weight in the range of 1,000 to 500,000. There can be provided a conductive polymer composite which has excellent filterability and film-formability by spin coating, and can form a conductive film having high transparency and excellent flatness. ##STR00001##
wherein R.sup.1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; R.sup.2 represents any of a single bond, an ester group, and a linear, branched, or cyclic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, the hydrocarbon group optionally containing an ether group, an ester group, or both; Z represents any of a single bond, a phenylene group, a naphthylene group, an ether group, and an ester group; and a is a number satisfying 0<a1.0.

The present invention provides a conductive polymer composite including: (A) a -conjugated polymer, and (B) a dopant polymer which contains a repeating unit a shown by the following general formula (1) and having a weight-average molecular weight in the range of 1,000 to 500,000. There can be provided a conductive polymer composite which has excellent filterability and film-formability by spin coating, and can form a conductive film having high transparency and excellent flatness. ##STR00001##
wherein R.sup.1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; R.sup.2 represents any of a single bond, an ester group, and a linear, branched, or cyclic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, the hydrocarbon group optionally containing an ether group, an ester group, or both; Z represents any of a single bond, a phenylene group, a naphthylene group, an ether group, and an ester group; and a is a number satisfying 0<a1.0.