The present invention provides a polymerizable composition containing a specific polymerizable compound and a fluorosurfactant having a specific polyoxyalkylene skeleton and having specific molecular weight. The invention also provides an optically anisotropic body, a retardation film, an antireflective film, and a liquid crystal display device that are produced using the polymerizable composition of the present invention. The present invention is useful because, when an optically anisotropic body is produced by photo-polymerization of the polymerizable composition, three features including the leveling properties of the surface of the optically anisotropic body, offset onto the substrate, and liquid crystal alignment can be improved simultaneously.

The present invention provides a polymerizable composition containing a specific polymerizable compound and a fluorosurfactant having a specific polyoxyalkylene skeleton and having specific molecular weight. The invention also provides an optically anisotropic body, a retardation film, an antireflective film, and a liquid crystal display device that are produced using the polymerizable composition of the present invention. The present invention is useful because, when an optically anisotropic body is produced by photo-polymerization of the polymerizable composition, three features including the leveling properties of the surface of the optically anisotropic body, offset onto the substrate, and liquid crystal alignment can be improved simultaneously.

Cumene hydroperoxide oligomer according to Formula (I):

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in which OLIGOMER is a homo- or copolymer chain, which is substituted n times by the group which is in brackets; Q is absent or is a divalent aromatic C.sub.6-C.sub.14 hydrocarbon radical or an aliphatic, linear or branched C.sub.1-C.sub.14 hydrocarbon radical, which can be interrupted by one or more S and/or O atoms and/or —O—CO—NR.sup.1— and which can be substituted by one or more substituents; X, Y independently of each other in each case are absent, —O—, —COO—; —CONR.sup.3— or —O—CO—NR.sup.4—, wherein X is absent if Q is absent, and wherein the substitution on the aromatic compound is effected in position 2, 3 or 4 relative to the cumene hydroperoxide group; and n is a value from 1 to 50.

Cumene hydroperoxide oligomer according to Formula (I):

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in which OLIGOMER is a homo- or copolymer chain, which is substituted n times by the group which is in brackets; Q is absent or is a divalent aromatic C.sub.6-C.sub.14 hydrocarbon radical or an aliphatic, linear or branched C.sub.1-C.sub.14 hydrocarbon radical, which can be interrupted by one or more S and/or O atoms and/or —O—CO—NR.sup.1— and which can be substituted by one or more substituents; X, Y independently of each other in each case are absent, —O—, —COO—; —CONR.sup.3— or —O—CO—NR.sup.4—, wherein X is absent if Q is absent, and wherein the substitution on the aromatic compound is effected in position 2, 3 or 4 relative to the cumene hydroperoxide group; and n is a value from 1 to 50.

Provided is a polymerizable liquid crystal composition used for formation of an optically anisotropic film having excellent durability, an optically anisotropic film, an optical film, a polarizing plate, and an image display device. The polymerizable liquid crystal composition contains a polymerizable liquid crystal compound represented by Formula (1) and an acidic compound, in which a pKa of the acidic compound is more than −10 and 5 or less, and a content of the acidic compound is 20 parts by mass or less with respect to 100 parts by mass of the polymerizable liquid crystal compound. ##STR00001##

Provided is a polymerizable liquid crystal composition used for formation of an optically anisotropic film having excellent durability, an optically anisotropic film, an optical film, a polarizing plate, and an image display device. The polymerizable liquid crystal composition contains a polymerizable liquid crystal compound represented by Formula (1) and an acidic compound, in which a pKa of the acidic compound is more than −10 and 5 or less, and a content of the acidic compound is 20 parts by mass or less with respect to 100 parts by mass of the polymerizable liquid crystal compound. ##STR00001##

Provided is a polymerizable liquid crystal composition used for formation of an optically anisotropic film having excellent durability, an optically anisotropic film, an optical film, a polarizing plate, and an image display device. The polymerizable liquid crystal composition contains a polymerizable liquid crystal compound represented by Formula (1) and an acidic compound, in which a pKa of the acidic compound is more than −10 and 5 or less, and a content of the acidic compound is 20 parts by mass or less with respect to 100 parts by mass of the polymerizable liquid crystal compound. ##STR00001##

Provided are a cured product of a curable composition including a compound represented by General Formula (1), in which a birefringence Δn at a wavelength of 587 nm is 0.00≤Δn≤0.01; an optical member; a lens; a compound represented by General Formula (1); a curable resin composition containing the compound; a cured product; a diffractive optical element; and a multilayer diffractive optical element.

Pol.sup.1-Sp.sup.a-L.sup.1-Ar-L.sup.2-Sp.sup.b-Pol.sup.2  Genera Formula (1) Ar represents an aromatic ring group represented by a specific formula, L.sup.1 and L.sup.2 represent —O—, Sp.sup.a and Sp.sup.b represent a linking group having the shortest atom number of 11 or more and linking Pol and L, Pol.sup.1 and Pol.sup.2 represent a polymerizable group, and in Sp.sup.a and Sp.sup.b, a linking portion to L.sup.1 or L.sup.2 is —CH.sub.2— and a linking portion to Pol.sup.1 or Pol.sup.2 is a carbon atom.

Provided are a cured product of a curable composition including a compound represented by General Formula (1), in which a birefringence Δn at a wavelength of 587 nm is 0.00≤Δn≤0.01; an optical member; a lens; a compound represented by General Formula (1); a curable resin composition containing the compound; a cured product; a diffractive optical element; and a multilayer diffractive optical element.

Pol.sup.1-Sp.sup.a-L.sup.1-Ar-L.sup.2-Sp.sup.b-Pol.sup.2  Genera Formula (1) Ar represents an aromatic ring group represented by a specific formula, L.sup.1 and L.sup.2 represent —O—, Sp.sup.a and Sp.sup.b represent a linking group having the shortest atom number of 11 or more and linking Pol and L, Pol.sup.1 and Pol.sup.2 represent a polymerizable group, and in Sp.sup.a and Sp.sup.b, a linking portion to L.sup.1 or L.sup.2 is —CH.sub.2— and a linking portion to Pol.sup.1 or Pol.sup.2 is a carbon atom.

Disclosed is a mixture containing polymerizable compounds having Formulas (III) and (IV) wherein Ar.sup.1 and Ar.sup.2 are divalent aromatic hydrocarbon or heteroaromatic ring group having D1 or D2 as a substituent; D.sup.1 and D.sup.2 are C1-C20 organic group having at least one aromatic ring selected from the group consisting of aromatic hydrocarbon ring and heteroaromatic ring; A.sup.11-A.sup.22 and B.sup.11-B.sup.22 are alicyclic or aromatic group which may have a substituent, Y.sup.11-Y.sup.22 and L.sup.11-L.sup.22 are single bond, —O—, —CO—, —C0—O—, —O—CO—, —NR.sup.21—CO—, —CO—NR.sup.22—, —O—CO—O—, —NR.sup.23—CO—O—, —O—CO—NR.sup.24— or —NR.sup.25—CO—NR.sup.26— where R.sup.21-R.sup.26 are hydrogen or C1-C6 alkyl group; R.sup.4-R.sup.9 are hydrogen, methyl group or chlorine; one of f and k is integer of 1 to 3 with the other being integer of 0 to 3; g, j, m and q are integer of 1 to 20; and h, i, n and p are 0 or 1.

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