Isomeric and Substituent Effects in Some Dibenzoylbenzene-Diamine Polymers

摘要

An investigation was undertaken to determine the properties of a series of polymers based upon various aromatic diamines and several isomeric diketones. Consequently, six isomeric polymers were synthesized by the acid catalyzed polycondensation of p- and m-dibenzoylbenzene with o-, p-, and m-phenylenediamine. Two fluorine containing, isomeric polymers were also synthesized by condensing m-dibenzoylbenzene with tetrafluoro-m-phenylenediamine and tetrafluoro-p-phenylenediamine. Comparative thermal stabilities of the products both in air and under a nitrogen atmosphere were investigated by thermogravimetric analysis. Several of the polymers exhibited a high degree of thermal stability and all of the polymers exhibited essentially the same resistance to initial thermal decomposition in the oxidative as well as the non-oxidative atmosphere. A correlation of molecular structure and geometry with thermal stability and solubility is discussed and a mechanism for initial thermal decomposition of some of the polymers is proposed. (Author)