(1) A. N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 28 ul. Vavilova, 119991 Moscow, Russian Federation
Abstract:
The influence of isomerism of difluorobenzophenone on the efficiency of polycondensation and the properties of homo- and copoly(arylene ether ketones) was studied. The latter were prepared by the reaction of 2,4"- and 4,4"-difluorobenzophenone with potassium diphenolates of bisphenol À and phenolphthalein in N,N-dimethylacetamide. A high content of an admixture of the 2,4"-isomer in 4,4"-difluorobenzophenone decreases the molecular weight of related poly(arylene ether ketones) and has no substantial effect on their glass transition temperature.