Synthesis and helical properties of <i>N</i>
-substituted <i>p</i>
-benzamide random copolymers possessing chiral/achiral and (<i>S</i>
)/(<i>R</i>
) side chains
Randomcopolymers of poly(p‐benzamide)s having a methyl‐substituted tri(ethylene glycol) unit as a chiralsidechain and a nonsubstituted tri(ethylene glycol) or branching alkyl unit as an achiralsidechain were synthesized by copolymerization of N‐substituted 4‐aminobenzoic acid ester monomers with a base in the presence of an initiator. Copolymerizations of the chiral (S)‐monomer with N‐tri(ethylene