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, denote an
alkyl or
alkoxy radical having 1 to 15 C 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 a way 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, Cl, CF3 or CHF2, and to the use thereof for an active-matrix display, in particular based on the VA, PSA, PA-VA, SS-VA, SA-VA, PS-VA, PALC, IPS, PS-IPS, FFS or PS-FFS effect.