PREPARATION OF LIQUID CRYSTALLINE COPOLYESTERS WITH SPACERS BASED ON BISPHENOL-A,BISPHENOL-S OR POLYSULFONE BY DIRECT POLYCONDENSATION

摘要

Four series of copolyesters were synthesized by direct polycondonsation reaction between aromatic dicarboxylic acids and bisphenols by using tosyi chloride and N, N-dimethylformamide ( DMF ) in pyridine under mild conditions. The electron-rich hydroxyl groups of bisphenols favoured the polycondensation reaction and the order of relative reactivities of bisphenols is as follow:bisphenoI-A hydroquinone ～bisphenol-S chlorohydroquinone. The mesomorphic properties of copolyesters were examined by birefringence under polarizing microscope, melt transparency. DSC and X-ray diffraction. The minimum molar fraction of mesogenic units needed for the appearance of liquid crystallinity is not higher than 0. 1 despite of the different varieties and lengths of the spacers studied.