Synthesis and characterization of heat-resistant and soluble poly(amide-imide)s from unsymmetrical dicarboxylic acid containing 2-(triphenyl phosphoranylidene) moiety and various aromatic diamines

Abstract

An unsymmetrical and non-coplaner heterocyclic phosphorus containing dicarboxylic acid monomer, (DCA-3) is successfully synthesized with high purity. A series of novel aromatic poly(amide-imide)s having ether or/sulphur or/fluorine or/phosphorus containing phenyl moieties in their backbone are then prepared via a direct phosphorylation polycondensation of synthesized dicarboxylic acid with various aromatic diamines. Chemical structures of DCA-3 as well as resulting polymers are confirmed by FT-IR, NMR spectroscopic techniques and elemental analysis. These polymers are readily soluble in a variety of aprotic polar solvents such as NMP, DMSO, DMAc and DMF, etc. UV spectra showed that all poy(amide-imide)s films exhibit high optical transparency. In addition, the glass transition temperatures (Tg) of these polymers were determined by differential scanning calorimetry and found in the range 271–346∘C. Furthermore, thermogravimetric analysis of these polymers showed good thermal stability, 10% weight loss at temperature in excess of 538∘C and char yield at 700∘C in nitrogen ranging from 68 to 79%. From wide-angle X-ray diffraction experiments, all polymers showed amorphous behaviour.