Synthesis and NMR study of amide and imide derivatives of PMR‐15 monomeric units

Abstract

AbstractVariations in PMR‐15 composite properties could be due to by‐products formed during the polymerization cycle. In order to identify these compounds, various condensation products derived from the three monomeric constituents of the resin: NE, BTDE, and MDA, have been synthesized and fully characterized by spectroscopic methods, mainly by 1H‐ and 13C‐NMR. In these products, one or two MDA amino groups are replaced by amido or imido groups, leading to mono‐ and di‐substituted MDA derivatives. Monosubstituted derivatives were obtained by first protecting one MDA amino group with a terbutoxycarbonyl group (Boc). The MDA's CH2 bridge of these molecules gives rise, in their 1H NMR spectra, to a characteristic resonance singlet, the position of which can be correlated to the nature of the amino substituents through 1H chemical shift increments. The latter provide a useful tool to predict the CH2, shifts in other compounds. Similar substituent increments are proposed for the chemical shifts of the MDA aromatic protons and carbon atoms.