Provide is a curable composition for imprints, capable of effectively suppressing chipping of the cured pattern. A curable composition for imprints comprising (A) curable compound and (B) photo-polymerization initiator, having a moisture content ratio, relative to the total weight of all components excluding solvent, of less than 0.8% by weight.

A liquid crystal composition used for forming an optically anisotropic film having excellent amine resistance, and an optically anisotropic film, an optical film, a polarizing plate, an image display apparatus, and a polymerizable compound. The liquid crystal composition contains a first polymerizable compound represented by Formula (1) and a second polymerizable compound represented by Formula (2), in which a content of the second polymerizable compound is 1% by mass or more with respect to a total mass of the first polymerizable compound and the second polymerizable compound.

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It is an object of the present invention to provide a monomer which can provide a cured product having both high toughness and rigidity. The present invention is a (meth)acrylate (D) which is a reaction product of a thiol compound (A) having two or more mercapto groups; an iso(thio)cyanate compound (B) having two or more iso(thio)cyanato groups; and a hydroxy (meth)acrylate compound (C) having one or more polymerizable groups.

According to one embodiment, a composition including a compound is provided. The compound includes a linking group containing 2 to 18 carbon atoms, a polymerizable functional group bonded to the linking group, a first reactive group bonded to the linking group, and a second reactive group bonded to the linking group. The polymerizable functional group includes at least one of a (meth)acryloyl group or a vinyl group. The first reactive group includes at least one selected from the group consisting of a thiol group, a disulfide group, and a thiocyanate group. The second reactive group includes at least one selected from the group consisting of an alkoxysilane group, a chlorosilane group, and a hydroxyl group.

An object of the present invention is to provide a liquid crystal composition in which precipitability of a liquid crystal compound is suppressed, a liquid crystal compound, a liquid crystal cured layer, an optical film, a polarizing plate, and an image display device. The liquid crystal composition of the present invention contains a first liquid crystal compound represented by Formula (1) and a second liquid crystal compound represented by Formula (2), in which both the first liquid crystal compound and the second liquid crystal compound have a maximal absorption wavelength in a wavelength range of 280 to 420 nm.

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