Abstract
AbstractUnique macromolecular helicity inversion of stereoregular, optically active poly(phenylacetylene) derivatives induced by external achiral and chiral stimuli is briefly reviewed. Stereoregular, cis‐transoidal poly(phenylacetylene)s bearing an optically active substituent, such as (1R,2S)‐norephedrine (poly‐1) and β‐cyclodextrin residues (poly‐2), show an induced circular dichroism (ICD) in the UV‐visible region of the polymer backbone in solution due to a predominantly one‐handed helical conformation of the polymers. However, poly‐1 undergoes a helix‐helix transition upon complexation with chiral acids having an R configuration, and the complexes exhibit a dramatic change in the ICD of poly‐1. Poly‐2 also shows the inversion of macromolecular helicity responding to molecular and chiral recognition events that occurred at the remote cyclodextrin residues from the polymer backbone; the helicity inversion is accompanied by a visible color change. A similar helix‐helix transition of poly((R)‐ or (S)‐(4‐((1‐(1‐naphthyl)ethyl)carbamoyl)phenyl)acetylene) is also briefly described.
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