Abstract
AbstractInsight into the supramolecular structure formed by a polymethacrylate with a highly tapered side chain is obtained from parallel X‐ray analysis of oriented fibers of the polymer and its monomeric precursor. The polymer is poly(2‐{2‐[2‐(2‐methacryloyloxyethoxy)ethoxy]ethoxy}ethyl 3,4,5‐tris(p‐dodecyloxybenzyloxy)benzoate) (abbreviated to 12‐ABG‐4EO‐PMA); the monomeric precursor is the hydroxy‐terminated side chain 2‐{2‐[2‐(2‐hydroxyethoxy)‐ethoxy]ethoxy}ethyl 3,4,5‐tris(p‐dodecyloxybenzyloxy)benzoate (12‐ABG‐4EO‐OH). The polymer and precursor both form ordered solid state structures that are converted to columnar hexagonal liquid crystalline (φh) phases at approximately 40°C and 50°C, respectively. The ordered solid state structures consist of ordered hexagonally packed cylindrical columns, in which the monomer units are probably packed with helical symmetry. For the polymer at 25°C, the column diameter is 60.4Å with an axial repeat of 5.03Å containing eight monomer units. For the precursor at 25°C, the column diameter is reduced to 53.5Å, probably due to the absence of the polymer backbone from the center of the column, and the axial repeat is doubled to 10.04Å. The X‐ray data are compatible with a tighter winding of the monomers in a helical structure, but otherwise suggest that there are common features in the stacking of the aromatic groups in the two structures.
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