Stiff And Hierarchical Chain Nature Of Atactic And Stereoregular Poly(Substituted Methylene)S

In this study, we estimated the chain nature of atactic and stereoregular poly(substituted methylene)s containing a phenylmethoxy side chain at each main-chain backbone carbon atom using synchrotron X-ray scattering to understand the topological and conformational properties of these rigid polymers. The atactic poly(substituted methylene) showed a linear chain nature. Contrastingly, the stereoregular poly(substituted methylene) exhibited a random coil structure. (c) 2018 Society of Chemical Industry