Qf. Zhou et al., SYNTHESIS AND PROPERTY OF SHISH-KEBAB TYPE LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE POLYMERS WITH CHIRAL CARBONS, Macromolecular symposia, 118, 1997, pp. 183-188
New polymers with chiral carbons and with rod-like mesogenic units bei
ng stringed at waist (as the ''kebabs'') by the main-chain (as the ''s
hish'' or ''skewer'') were synthesized and studied. All the chiral pol
ymers are optically highly active and have strong tendency of nematic
phase formation.