Synthesis of pyridine-based poly(N-arylenebenzimidazole sulfone)

Poly（N-arylenebenzimidazole pyridine sulfone）（PNABIPS） has been prepared via the aromatic nucleophilic displacement reaction of 2,6-bis（2-benzimidazoly）pyridine（BBP） with bis（4-fluorophenyl） sulfone.BBP was synthesized by reaction of 2,6- pyridinedicarboxylic acid with 1,2-phenylenediamine in polyphosphoric acid.The chemical structure of BBP was confirmed by FTIR, HRMS,¹H NMR and ¹³C NMR.The characterization of the polymer was performed with FT-IR,¹H NMR,elemental analysis, GPC,XRD,DSC,TGA and solubility tests.The polymer was obtained in quantitative yield with M_n value 12,600 and M_w value 28,300,respectively.DSC and TGA measurements show that the glass transition temperature（T_g） is 312℃ and 5%weight loss temperature is 434℃ in nitrogen and 545℃ in air,respectively.In addition,the novel polymer exhibits good solubility,which can be dissolved in common organic solvent at room temperature.