Polyisocyanide derivatives with controlled main-chain helical structure

摘要

The object is to provide: a method for producing a polymer having a stable right-handed or left-handed helical structure from a single type of monomer in a per-selective manner and controlling the proportion between a polymer having the right-handed helical structure and a polymer having the left-handed helical structure; and a polymeric material which can be used for the formation of any of the right-handed and left-handed helical structures. Thus, disclosed are: a method for production of a polyisocyanide derivative having a stable helical main chain structure with a right-handed or left-handed helix or a mixture thereof from a single type of monomer by polymerizing an aromatic isocyanate having a substituent harboring a structure -CONH in the aromatic ring and a hydrophobic moiety having 6 or more carbon atoms in a polymerization solvent, wherein the direction of the helix depends on the polarity of the polymerization solvent; a poly(aromatic isocyanide) derivative produced by the method; and an aromatic isocyanide which is useful as a monomer for use in the production of the poly(aromatic isocyanide) derivative.