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Two multiring, flexible dicarboxylic acids, 4,4'-[isopropylidenebis(1,4-phenylene)dioxy] dibenzoic acid (3) and 4,4'-[hexafluoroisopropylidenebis(1,4-phenylene)dioxyldibenzoic acid (3-F), were synthesized through the nucleophilic fluorodisplacement ofp-fluorobenzonitrile by the dipotassium bisphenolates of the corresponding bisphenol precursors followed by alkaline hydrolysis. Two series of aromatic polyamides 5a–k and 5a–k-F containing both ether and isopropylidene or hexafluoroisopropylidene linkages between phenylene units were prepared by direct polycondensation of diacids 3 and 3-F, respectively, with various aromatic diamines using triphenyl phosphite and pyridine as condensing agents in aN-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP) solution containing dissolved calcium chloride. The resulting polyamides of 5 and 5-F series have inherent viscosities of 0.92–1.29 dL/g and 0.60–0.92 dL/g, respectively. Most of these polymers are amorphous in nature, are soluble in polar solvents such as NMP,N,N-dimethylacetamide (DMAc), andN,N dimethylformamide (DMF), and can afford tough and flexible films by solution casting. Differential scanning calorimetry shows Tgs ranging from 175 to 239 °C for the 5 series polyamides and ranging from 172 to 267 °C for the 5-F series polymers. Both classes of polyamides show good thermal stability, with the 5-F series polyamides being more stable.
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Hsiao, SH., Yu, CH. Aromatic polyamides bearing ether and isopropylidene or hexafluoroisopropylidene links in the main chain. J Polym Res 3, 247–256 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01493495
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