The present invention relates to compounds having at least one C-C triple bond of the formula (I) having neutral dielectric anisotropy, and to the use thereof for high-frequency components, to liquid-crystalline media comprising the compounds and to high-frequency components comprising these media, especially antennas, specifically for the giga- and terahertz sector. The liquid-crystalline media serve, for example, to shift the phase of microwaves for tunable 'phased-array' antennas.