Functional polythiiranes 9: Stilbene mesogen side chain polythiirane

Polythiirane containing pendant mesogenic stilbene units was synthesized by ring opening polymerization of the corresponding monomer. The synthetic co nvergent pathway used for the monomer synthesis involved several steps incl uding a Wittig reaction in order to obtain the stilbene unit. The insoluble polymer was characterized by high resolution CP/MAS 13C NMR. The thermotro pic liquid crystalline mesomorphism of the polymer was studied by conventio nal methods. A mechanical dynamical thermal analysis completes the polymer characterization.