The present invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium which comprises at least one compound of the formula I, in which R1 and R1* each, independently of one another, demote an alkyl or alkoxy radical having 1 to 15C atoms, where, in addition, one or more CH2 groups in these radicals may each be replaced, independently of one another, by -C=C- -CF2O -OCF2- -CH=CH- -O- -CO-O- -O-CO- in such away that O atoms are not linked directly to one another, and in which, in addition, one or more H atoms may be replaced by halogen, L1 and L2 each, independently of one another, denote F, C1, CF3 orCHF2, and to the use thereof for an active-matrix display, in particular based on the VA, PSA, PA-VA, SS-VA,PS-VA,PALC,IPS,PS-IPS,PPS or PS-FFS effect.