Aromatic polyimides and the process for preparing them

Abstract

Abstract A polyimide has the recurring unit <FORM:0982914/C3/1> where R is a tetravalent radical containing at least one ring of 6 carbon atoms having benzenoid unsaturation, the four carbonyl groups being attached directly to separate carbon atoms in a ring of the R radical and each pair of carbonyl groups being attached to adjacent carbon atoms in a ring of the R radical, and R1 is a divalent benzenoid radicle of the formula <FORM:0982914/C3/2> , <FORM:0982914/C3/3> or <FORM:0982914/C3/4> where R11 is <FORM:0982914/C3/5> where R111 and R1111 are alkyl or aryl groups. The polyimides may be prepared via the corresponding polyamide acids. Many polyimide-forming reactants are specified. The examples describe the preparation of polyimides from pyromellitic dianhydride and:-(1) bis(4-aminophenyl) diethyl silane; and (2) (a) phenyl-bis-(4-aminophenyl) phosphine oxide; (b) bis-(4: aminophenyl) - N - methylamine; (c) bis - (4 -aminophenyl) diethyl siloxane, and (d) bis-(4-aminophenyl) phenyl phosphonate. Specifications 903,272 and 980,274 also are referred to.ALSO:A substrate is coated with a polyimide having the recurring group: <FORM:0982914/B1-B2/1> where R is a tetravalent radical containing at least one ring of 6 carbon atoms having benzeneoid unsaturation, the four carbonyl groups being attached directly to separate carbon atoms in a ring of the R radical and each pair of carbonyl groups being attached to adjacent carbon atoms in a ring of the R radical, and R1 is a divalent benzenoid radical of the formula: <FORM:0982914/B1-B2/2> where R11 is: <FORM:0982914/B1-B2/3> where R111 and R1111 are alkyl or aryl groups. The polyimides are made via the corresponding polyamide-acids which may be applied in solution to the substrates and cured in situ. Specified substrates are copper, brass, aluminium or steel in the form of sheets, wires or screening; glass in the form of sheets, fibres, foams or fabrics; wood, paper; polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene, polyethylene terephthalate; polytetrafluoroethylene, copolymers of tetrafluoroethylene with hexafluoropropylene and polyurethanes in the form of sheets, fibres, foams, fabrics, or screening. In Example 1, glass plates are coated by casting with a polyamide-acid made from bis-(4-aminophenyl)diethyl silane and pyromellitic dianhydride, the coating being converted to polyimide by heating. Specifications 903,272 and 980,274 also are referred to.

Inventors

• 👤 Edwards Walter Murray

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