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Elastomeric polyetheresterimides

Assignee: EIDP Inc
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Filing: 1981-10-02
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Granted: 1983-02-01
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Expires: 2001-10-02
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Abstract

Abstract Thermoplastic elastomeric polyetheresterimidescomprising a multiplicity of long chain esterimide units being represented by the formula ##STR1## and short chain esterimide units being represented by the formula ##STR2## where G is a divalent radical remaining after the removal of terminal hydroxyl groups from a poly(alkylene oxide) glycol having a number average molecular weight of about 400-4000; D is a divalent radical remaining after the removal of hydroxyl groups from a diol having a molecular weight less than about 300 and Q is a divalent radical remaining after removal of amino groups from an aliphatic primary diamine having a molecular weight less than 350; with the provisos that from about 0.5 to 5 of said short chain esterimide units are present for each of said long chain esterimide units and that said polyetheresterimide has a softening point of at least 160° C.

Inventors

  • 👤 James R. Wolfe, Jr.

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-23 15:05
CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08G; C08G73/00; C08G73/06; C08G73/10; C08G73/16

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim 141 words
A thermoplastic elastomeric polyetheresterimide comprising a multiplicity of long chain esterimide units being represented by the formula ##STR7## and short chain esterimide units being represented by the formula ##STR8## where G is a divalent radical remaining after the removal of terminal hydroxyl groups from a poly(alkylene oxide)glycol having a number average molecular weight of about 400-4000; D is a divalent radical remaining after removal of hydroxyl groups from a diol having a molecular weight less than about 300 and Q is a divalent radical remaining after removal of amino groups from an aliphatic primary diamine having a molecular weight of less than 350; with the provisos that from about 0.5 to 5 of said short chain esterimide units are present for each of said long chain esterimide units and that said polyetheresterimide has a softening point of at least 160° C.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 141 words
A thermoplastic elastomeric polyetheresterimide comprising a multiplicity of long chain esterimide units being represented by the formula ##STR7## and short chain esterimide units being represented by the formula ##STR8## where G is a divalent radical remaining after the removal of terminal hydroxyl groups from a poly(alkylene oxide)glycol having a number average molecular weight of about 400-4000; D is a divalent radical remaining after removal of hydroxyl groups from a diol having a molecular weight less than about 300 and Q is a divalent radical remaining after removal of amino groups from an aliphatic primary diamine having a molecular weight of less than 350; with the provisos that from about 0.5 to 5 of said short chain esterimide units are present for each of said long chain esterimide units and that said polyetheresterimide has a softening point of at least 160° C.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 14 words
A polyetheresterimide of claim 1 having a softening point of at least 180° C.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 19 words
A polyetheresterimide of claims 1 or 2 wherein the divalent radical Q is derived from ethylene diamine or bis(4-aminocyclohexyl)methane.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 21 words
A polyetheresterimide of claims 1 or 2 wherein the divalent radical D is derived from ethylene glycol, 1,2-propylene glycol or 1,4-butanediol.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 47 words
A polyetheresterimide of claims 1 or 2 wherein the divalent radical G is derived from poly(tetramethylene oxide) glycol having a number average molecular weight of 600-2200 or ethylene oxide-capped poly(propylene oxide) glycol having a number average molecular weight of 600-2800 and containing 5-35% by weight ethylene oxide.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 45 words
A polyetheresterimide of claims 1 or 2 wherein the divalent radical Q is derived from ethylene diamine, the divalent radical D is derived from ethylene glycol and the divalent radical G is derived from poly(tetramethylene oxide) glycol having a number average molecular weight of 600-2200.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 55 words
Process for the preparation of the polyetheresterimide of claims 1 or 2 by melt condensation of a mixture of trimellitic anhydride, a primary aliphatic diamine, a poly(alkylene oxide) glycol and a molar excess of a low molecular weight diol, said trimellitic anhydride and said diamine being present in a molar ratio of 2.0:0.85 to 2.0:1.15.

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