Each of nine chiral isocyanides, R*-N=C, in enantiomerically pure or almost pure form, is polymerized to the corresponding poly(iminomethylene), [R*-N=C<]n. The group R* either contains at least one substituent (carboxylic ester, phenyl, phosphinyl) or is unsaturated (C=C, C=C). The polymers are of the rigid-rod type with a helical main chain of carbon atoms. Because of the chirality of R*-N=C either the P or the M helix is preferentially formed. CD spectra and optical rotation at 578 nm are determined and compared with those of the model compounds R*-N=CH(i-C4H9) and the monomers. This comparison and earlier calculations on [i-C4H9-N=C<]n allowed the assignment to each polymer of the excess screw sense. The screw sense is also theoretically predicted by two approaches, a thermodynamic and a kinetic one. The latter approach gives an appreciably better fit with the experimental results.

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Die Darstellung der beiden Triphenylphosphin enthaltenden Poly‐(iminomethylene) (V) und (X) werden beschrieben.