The synthesis of a 1,1'-bi-2-naphthol-based bis(ether anhydride) and aromatic polyimides derived therefrom

2,2'-Bis(3,4-dicarboxyphenoxy)-1,1'-binaphthyl dianhydride was used as a new monomer with various aromatic diamines to obtain polyimides by the usual two-step method. The bis(ether anhydride) was prepared by a nucleophilic substitution of I,1'-bi-2-naphthol with N-phenyl-4-chlorophthalimide, N-methyl-4-nitrophthalimide or 4-nitrophthalonitrile in aprotic polar solvent, and subsequent hydrolysis of the resulting bis(ether imide)s or bis(ether dinitrile), and then dehydration of the corresponding tetracarboxylic acid to afford the dianhydride. Most of the obtained polyimides were soluble in chloroform, pyridine, DMF, etc. The polyimide prepared from p-phenylene diamine was partial crystalline, whereas the others showed amorphous patterns in a WAXD study. These polymers have glass transition temperatures between 255-294 degrees C and 5% weight loss temperatures in the range of 502-541 degrees C in nitrogen and 473-537 degrees C in air. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.

Synthesis and characterization of novel polyimides from alicyclic dianhydride

New alicyclic Polyimides (PIs) were prepared from asymmetric alicyclic dianhydride, 5-(2,5-dioxotetrahydrofuryl)-3-methyl-cyclohexane-1,2-dicarboxylic anhydride (DOCDA) and the corresponding aromatic diamines such as p-phenylenediamine, m-phenylenediamine and oxydianiline etc. by the polycondensation in N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP) followed by chemical imidization as well as one step polyimidization in m-cresol in the presence of isoquinoline as a catalyst. The resulting PIs with glass transition temperatures ranging from 220 to 328 degrees C had the inherent viscosities within the range of 0.25 similar to 1.42 dL/g. These polymers were readily soluble in aprotic polar solvents such as NMP, dimethylacetamide (DMAc), dimethylesulfoxide (DMSO), etc. Furthermore, some of the polymers showed good solubility properties to common organic solvents like tetrahydrofurane and chlorform. Also, all of these polyimide films were tough, almost colourless, and transparent.

Laser light scattering studies of soluble high-performance polyimides: Solution properties and molar mass distributions

Two soluble high-performance polyimides, poly(BCPOBDA/DMMDA) and poly(ODPA/DMMDA), in CHCl3 at 25 degrees C have been studied using laser light scattering. We found that the z-average radius of gyration ([R(g)]) can be scaled to the weight-average molecular weight (M(w)) as [R(g)] (nm) = 4.95 x 10(-2)M(w)(0.52) and [R(g)] (nm) = 1.25 x 10(-2)M(w)(0.66) respectively for poly(BCPOBDA/DMMDA) and poly(ODPA/DMMDA), indicating that poly(ODPA/DMMDA) in CHCl3 at 25 degrees C has a more extended chain conformation than poly(BCPOBDA/DMMDA). Using the wormlike chain model approach, we found that the Flory characteristic ratios (C*) of poly(BCPOBDA/DMMDA) and poly(ODPA/DMMDA) are similar to 20 and similar to 31, respectively, indicating that both of them have a slightly extended chain conformation in comparison with typical flexible polymer chains, such as polystyrene, whose C-infinity is similar to 10. A combination of the weight-average molar mass (M(w)) with the translational diffusion coefficient distributions (G(D)) has led to D (cm(2)/s) = 3.53 x 10(-4)M(-0.579) and D (cm(2)/s) = 4.30 x 10(-4)M(-0.613) respectively for two soluble high-performance polyimides, poly(BCPOBDA/DMMDA) and poly(ODPA/DMMTA), in CHCl3 at 25 degrees C. Using these two calibrations, we have successfully characterized the molar mass distributions of the two polyimides from their corresponding G(D)s. The exponents of these two calibrations further confirm that both of the polyimides have a slightly extended coil chain conformation in CHCl3. The chain flexibility difference between these two polyimides has also been discussed.

Gas permeability in polyimides from oxydianiline and isomeric thiaphthalic dianhydride or 1,4-bis(dicarboxyphenoxy) benzene dianhydride

The gas permeability and permselectivity properties were investigated of polyimides, prepared from 3,3',4,4'- and 2,2',3,3'-thiaphthalic dianhydride (p-TDPA and m-TDPA, respectively), or 1,4-bis(3,4-dicarboxyphenoxy)- and 1,4-bis(2,3-dicarboxyphenoxy) benzene dianhydride (p-HQDPA and m-HQDPA, respectively), and 4,4-oxydianiline. The polyimides prepared from meta-dianhydrides, which have lower chain-segment packing density, possess higher permeability and lower permselectivity than those prepared from para-dianhydrides. Copyright (C) 1996 Elsevier Science Ltd.

Effects of molecular structure on the permeability and permselectivity of aromatic polyimides

Permeability coefficients of H-2, O-2, and N2 were measured under 10 atm at the temperature from ambient temperature up to 150 degrees C in a series of structurally different aromatic homo- and copolyimides, which were prepared from 4,4'-oxydianiline (ODA) or 4,4'-methylene dianiline (MDA) with various aromatic dianhydrides. The study shows that the molecular structure of the polyimides strongly influences gas permeability and permselectivity. As a result, the permeability coefficients of the polyimide membranes for each gas vary by over two orders of magnitude. In general, among the polyimide membranes studied, the increase in permeability of polymers is accompanied by the decrease in permselectivity, and the MDA-based polyimide membranes have higher permeability than ODA-based ones. Among the polyimides prepared from bridged dianhydrides, the permeability coefficients to H-2, O-2, and N-2 are progressively increased in the order BPDA < BTDA < ODPA similar to TDPA < DSDA ( SiDA < 6FDA, while H-2/N-2 and O-2/N-2 permselectivity coefficients are progressively decreased in the same order. The copolyimide membranes, which were prepared from 3,3',4,4' biphenyltetracarboxylic dianhydride (BPDA), bis(3,4-dicarboxyphenyl)dimethylsilane dianhydride (SiDA), and ODA, have favorable gas separation properties and are useful for H-2/N-2 separation applications. (C) 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

NMR Spectra of polyimides: Interpretation and local chain motion study

Three kinds of high-performance polyimides 1 (poly(ketone-imide) PKI), 2 (poly(ether-imide) PEI) and 3 (poly(oxy-imide) POI) were studied using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). The NMR spectra of the polyimides were assigned according to the comprehensive consideration of the substitution effect of different substituting groups, viz. distortionless enhancement by polarization transfer (DEPT), no nuclear Overhauser effect (NNE), analysis of relaxation time, and two-dimensional correlated spectroscopy (COSY) techniques. The structural units of these three polyimides were determined. Carbon-13 and proton relaxation times for PEI and PKI were interpreted in terms of segmental motion characterized by the sharp cutoff model of Jones and Stockmayer (JS model) and anisotropic group rotation such as phenyl group rotation and methyl group rotation. Correlation times for the main-chain motion are in the tens of picosecond range which indicates the high flexibility of polyimide chains. Correlation times for phenyl group and methyl group rotations are more than 1 order of magnitude lower and approximately 1 order of magnitude higher than that of the main chain, respectively.

Comparative study on polyimides from 3,3'- and 4,4'-linked diphthalic anhydride

1,4-Bis(2,3-dicarboxyphenoxy)benzene dianhydride, 1,4-bis (3,4-dicarboxyphenoxy)benzene dianhydride, bis(2,3-dicarboxyphenoxy) sulfide dianhydride, bis (3,4-dicarboxyphenoxy)sulfide dianhydride, and 2,3,3',4'-tetracarboxy diphenyl sulfide dianhydride were synthesized from 3-chlorophthalic anhydride and 4-chlorophthalic anhydride. Bis(2,3-dicarboxyphenyl)sulfone and bis(3,4-dicarboxyphenyl) sulfone were obtained by the oxidation of the corresponding bis(dicarboxyphenyl)sulfide by hydrogen peroxide. The polyimides from the dianhydrides mentioned above and 4,4'-oxydianiline were prepared. The properties, such as dynamic mechanical behavior, thermooxidative stability, stress-strain behavior, chemical resistance, and permeability to some gases have been in investigated for the isomeric polyimides. (C) 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

GAS PERMEABILITIES AND PERMSELECTIVITY OF PHOTOCHEMICALLY CROSS-LINKED POLYIMIDES

Photosensitive polyimide BTDA-3MPDA was modified by UV irradiation. The structure of UV-irradiated polyimides was investigated by FTIR and gel fraction measurements. The results showed that longer UV exposure time resulted in a higher extent of crosslinking. The gas permeabilities of hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen through UV-irradiated polyimides were characterized in a temperature range from 30 degrees C to 90 degrees C. Photocrosslinking resulted in a sharp decline in gas permeability for hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen through polyimide in the initial stage of photocrosslinking. Then, as the crosslinked benzophenone percentage amounted to 28-38% for hydrogen, 17-31% for oxygen and 3-28% for nitrogen, the gas permeabilities showed another sharp decline. Gas permselectivity increased significantly with the progress of photocrosslinking, and it can be adjusted in a wide range by controlling the extent of crosslinking. Arrhenius plots of gas permeability for hydrogen and oxygen through UV-irradiated polyimides are straight lines; for nitrogen, however, change in the slope of the straight line is observed and activation energies for hydrogen and oxygen permeation show abrupt increases when crosslinked benzophenone percentage amounts to about 30%. UV-irradiated polyimides with simultaneous high gas permeability and permselectivity make them ideal candidate materials for gas separation. (C) 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

The electrochemical behaviours of soluble polyimides

The electrochemical behaviours of three kinds of soluble polyimides were investigated for the first time. It was observed that the cyclic voltammograms(CVS) of these polyimides in nonaqueous solutions are obviously different from that of the poly-imide films casted on surfaces of glass carbon electrode(GCEs) in aqueous solutions.

BETA-RELAXATION IN POLYIMIDES

A series of polyimides with different structures have been synthesized and studied by dynamic mechanical analysis. The results obtained indicate that the beta relaxation in polyimides is related to the rotation of rigid segment(s) of p-phenylene and imide groups around 'hinges' such as -O-, -CH2- and so on in diamines. It is noticed that two kinds of polyimides both with [GRAPHICS] imide groups have verv weak beta relaxation below the glass transition temperature. This phenomenon is due to the fact that the configuration of chains with the above imide groups hinders the rotation of the rigid segments in the chains.

THERMAL-ANALYSIS OF POLYARYLENE ETHER SULFONES AND POLYIMIDES

Some results on the thermal analysis of polyimides and polyaryl ether sulfones, some reactions and the purity determination of the monomers, and the thermal stability and kinetic analysis of the thermo-oxidative degradation of these polymers are described.

主链含六元氮杂环聚酰亚胺的合成及性能

聚酰亚胺是一类综合性能优异的耐热高分子材料，不仅具有很高的热性能，机械性能，和化学稳定性，还具有较低的介电常数和热膨胀系数，使它在航空，航天工业，微电子工业等诸多领域获得了广泛的应用。研究发现芳杂环的引入能为聚酰亚胺带来一定特殊的性能，因而由芳杂环单体合成的聚酰亚胺一直备受关注。近年来由含氮杂环的单体合成的聚酰亚胺及其性能不断被报道，这些聚合物具有很优异的性能。研究表明这些优异的性能与酰亚胺环的对称性，芳香性和杂原子带来的极性有关。吡啶、嘧啶等芳杂环是刚性的芳杂环分子，具有很好的耐热性能及化学稳定性能，而且杂环中的N 原子又可与金属离子配位和质子化。因而，含吡啶(或嘧啶)环聚合物在具有很好的热稳定性及化学稳定性同时，还会具有较好的可加工性。本论文以硝基取代的vinamidinium salts，amidine salts和易烯醇化的羰基化合物为原料，通过在碱性条件下的环化反应得到得含吡啶环(或嘧啶环)的硝基化合物；硝基化合物用Pd/C和水合肼还原得到棒状含氮芳杂环二胺：2,5-二(4-氨基苯基)嘧啶，2-氨基-5-(4-氨基苯基)嘧啶，2-(4-氨基苯基)-5-氨基嘧啶，2,5-二(4-氨基苯基)吡啶，和2-(4-氨基苯基)-5-氨基吡啶。通过1H-NMR、13C-NMR、IR、MS及元素分析确证了含氮芳杂环二胺及其中间产物的结构。这种二胺或加一定量对苯二胺与均苯二酐(PMDA)或联苯二酐(BPDA)通过两步法聚合获得一系列聚酰亚胺，通过红外、动态力学、静态力学、热重分析、广角X-Ray衍射等实验测试了该类聚合物的结构、热性能、机械性能及结晶性能。研究表明，所得聚酰亚胺的分子链有很高的规整性，表现出很好的化学稳定性，优异的热性能和机械性能。当PPD的含量为50%时，由相同二酐单体所得的聚合物具有最好的综合性能，其中杂环中氮原子的极性对维持聚合物的热稳定性和聚合物在高温条件下的机械性能性起着很重要的作用。并将PPD的含量为50%的聚酰胺酸胶液通过干-湿纺，热亚胺化，和高温牵伸获得聚酰亚胺纤维，并研究了亚胺化条件和牵伸条件对聚酰亚胺纤维性能的影响。

区域不对称聚酰亚胺的合成及性质研究

本论文以氯代单酐为起始原料，采用过渡金属催化，合成可溶的、区域不对称聚酰亚胺和N-桥联三苯胺二酐型聚酰亚胺，并通过共聚，优化了聚酰亚胺的性能，合成了高性能聚合物新品种。本论文主要针对以下方面开展研究工作： 1. 本论文以氯代苯酐与氯代萘酐为原料，设计制备了不对称的酞酰亚胺与萘酰亚胺双氯单体。采用Ni(0)催化偶联聚合，合成了高分子量区域不对称聚酰亚胺。所得的区域不对称聚酰亚胺具有良好的综合性能(优异的溶解性、热性能、机械性能、介电性能和气体分离性能等)。 2. 利用不对称双氯单体与其它双氯取代苯基化合物偶联共聚，合成了高分子量的热塑型聚（苯-酰亚胺）材料和耐水解的磺化聚（苯-萘酰亚胺）质子传输膜材料。 3. 以4-氯代苯酐与苯胺、对叔丁基苯胺为原料，合成两种新型N-桥联三苯胺二酐：N,N-(3,4-邻苯二甲酸)苯胺二酐(I)和N,N-(3,4-邻苯二甲酸)-p-叔丁基苯胺二酐(II)。由于刚性N-苯基的引入，所得的聚酰亚胺具有良好综合性能(包括良好的溶解性能、热性能、机械性能等)。

聚酰亚胺的复合材料制备与辐射固化

热固性聚酰亚胺复合材料以其优异的耐热氧化性和机械性能而引起了广大科学工作者的兴趣.近年来人们在这方面的研究和应用已经取得了巨大的进展.研究具有低成本、易加工和耐高温（350、371℃）等优点的聚酰亚胺复合材料现已成为目前的热点之一.在该论文中,我们制备了一系列的耐高温聚酰亚胺复合材料,考核了其在室温和高温下的各项性能;我们还对低聚物添加的聚酰亚胺以及BMI浇铸体进行了低温辐射固化的研究.