| Abstract: | Several isoimides substituted with hydroxylated substituents were prepared, and allowed to react with acryloyl chloride to form the corresponding acrylate esters. The acrylates were polymerized free radically using AIBN as the initiator yielding medium molecular weight polyacrylates. Upon warming the prepared polyacrylates or treatment with base most of the isoimide pending groups rearranged to the stable form of the corresponding imides. These rearrangements were accompanied by increase in softening points of the polymers forming thermally more stable resins. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci A: Polym Chem 35: 3125–3130, 1997 |
