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Heat‐resistant polyimides and polyamides prepared from 2, 7‐diamino‐9‐dicyanomethylene‐fluorene
Author(s) -
Diakoumakos Constantinos D.,
Mikroyannidis John A.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.1994.070541308
Subject(s) - fluorene , char , yield (engineering) , catalysis , polymer chemistry , polyamide , diamine , phenylmagnesium bromide , acetic acid , acetic anhydride , fluorenone , maleic anhydride , chemistry , polymer , malononitrile , curing (chemistry) , charring , materials science , organic chemistry , nuclear chemistry , copolymer , reagent , pyrolysis , metallurgy
9‐Fluorenone was nitrated with fuming nitric acid to yield 2,7‐dinitro‐fluorenone (1). It was condensed with malononitrile in the presence of glacial acetic acid and a catalytic amount of piperidine to afford 2,7‐dinitro‐9‐dicyanomethylene‐fluorene (2). It was catalytically hydrogenated to the corresponding diamine (3). The latter was used as starting material for the preparation of new polyimides and polyamides bearing dicyanomethylene units. In addition, a bismaleimide was synthesized from the reaction of 3 with maleic anhydride and subsequent cyclodehydration of the intermediate bismaleamic acid. The FTIR spectra of polymers were in agreement with those of the synthesized model compounds. The polymers and bismaleimide yielded crosslinked resins upon curing at 300°C for 40 h in the presence of a catalytic amount of 4,4′‐diaminodiphenylmethane. They were stable up to 355–430°C in N 2 or air and afforded anaerobic char yield of 52–57% at 800°C. © 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.