Abstract
Nadimide and tetrahydrophthalimide end-capped oligomers have been synthesized from a mixture of para- and meta-phenylenediamine, 4,4′-(hexafluoroisopropylidene)diphthalic anhydride (HFDA) and nadic or tetrahydrophthalic anhydride. Several percentages (25 to 50%) of metaphenylenediamine were used to obtain end-capped oligomers soluble in N-methylpyrrolidone. The tetrahydrophthalimide end-capped resins were characterized by 1H nuclear magnetic resonance and size exclusion chromatography; their rheological behaviour was compared to their nadimide analogues. As expected from statistics both nadimide and tetrahydrophthalimide end-capped oligomers exhibit similar polydispersity ratios, with a high proportion of diimides which do not contain the HFDA moiety. However, their thermal treatments lead to different behaviours. Bis-nadimides gave crosslinked insoluble materials and bis-tetrahydrophthalimides gave soluble materials in spite of the disappearance of their olefinic protons.
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