D. Liaw, Been-Yang Liaw, Pei-Nan Hsu
Apr 27, 2001
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Abstract
Two new bis(ether anhydride)s, 2,2‘-dimethyl-4,4‘-bis[4-(3,4-dicarboxyphenoxy)]biphenyl dianhydride (4A) and bis[4-(3,4-dicarboxy phenoxy)phenyl]diphenylmethane dianhydride (4B), were prepared in three steps starting from nitrodisplacement of 4-nitrophthalonitrile with 2,2‘-dimethylbiphenyl-4,4‘-diol and bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)diphenylmethane, respectively, followed by alkaline hydrolysis of the intermediate bis(ether dinitrile)s and subsequent dehydration of the resulting bis(ether diacid)s. A series of new highly organosoluble poly(ether imide)s were prepared from the bis(ether anhydride)s and various diamines by conventional two-stage synthesis. The resulting poly(ether imide)s had inherent viscosities in the range of 0.55−0.81 dL·g-1. GPC measurement revealed that the polymers exhibited number-average molecular weight and weight-average molecular weight up to 45 000 and 82 000, respectively. All the polymers showed typical amorphous diffraction patterns. Almost all the poly(ether imide)s showed excellent...