Synthesis and characterization of novel soluble triphenylamine‐containing aromatic polyamides based on N,N′‐bis(4‐aminophenyl)‐N,N′‐diphenyl‐1,4‐phenylenediamine

A new triphenylamine‐containing aromatic diamine, N, N′‐bis(4‐aminophenyl)‐N, N′‐diphenyl‐1,4‐phenylenediamine, was prepared by the condensation of N,N′‐diphenyl‐1,4‐phenylenediamine with 4‐fluoronitrobenzene, followed by catalytic reduction. A series of novel aromatic polyamides with triphenylamine units were prepared from the diamine and various aromatic dicarboxylic acids or their diacid chlorides via the direct phosphorylation polycondensation or low‐temperature solution polycondensation. All the polyamides were amorphous and readily soluble in many organic solvents such as N, N‐dimethylacetamide and N‐methyl‐2‐pyrrolidone. These polymers could be solution cast into transparent, tough, and flexible films with good mechanical properties. They had useful levels of thermal stability associated with relatively high glass‐transition temperatures (257–287 °C), 10% weight‐loss temperatures in excess of 550 °C, and char yields at 800 °C in nitrogen higher than 72%. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 40: 2810–2818, 2002     

Synthesis and properties of new soluble aromatic polyamides and polyimides on the basis of N,N′‐bis(3‐aminobenzoyl)‐N,N′‐diphenyl‐1,4‐phenylenediamine

A new N‐phenylated amide (N‐phenylamide) unit containing aromatic diamine, N,N′‐bis(3‐aminobenzoyl)‐N,N′‐diphenyl‐1,4‐phenylenediamine, was prepared by the condensation of N,N′‐diphenyl‐1,4‐phenylenediamine with 3‐nitrobenzoyl chloride, followed by catalytic reduction. Two series of organosoluble aromatic poly(N‐phenylamide‐imide)s and poly(N‐phenylamide‐amide)s with inherent viscosities of 0.58–0.82 and 0.56–1.21 dL/g were prepared by a conventional two‐stage method and the direct phosphorylation polycondensation, respectively, from the diamine with various aromatic dianhydrides and aromatic dicarboxylic acids. All polyimides and polyamides are amorphous and readily soluble in many organic solvents such as N,N‐dimethylacetamide and N‐methyl‐2‐pyrrolidone. These polymers could be solution cast into transparent, tough, and flexible films with high tensile strengths. These polyimides and polyamides had glass‐transition temperatures in the ranges of 230–258 and 196–229 °C, respectively. Decomposition temperatures of the polyimides for 10% weight loss all occurred above 500 °C in both nitrogen and air atmospheres. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 40: 2564–2574, 2002     

Synthesis and characterization of N-phenylated aromatic polyureas from N,N′ -dichloroformyl-p-dianilinobenzene and N,N′ -bistrimethylsilyl-diamines

NovelN-phenylated aromatic polyureas having inherent viscosities of 0.13–0.35 dL/g were synthesized by the solution polycondensation of N,N′-dichloroformyl-p-dianilinobenzene with N,N′-bistrimethylsilyl derivatives of bis(4-aminophenyl)ether, piperazine, and p-dianilinobenzene in sulfolane. Except the polyurea containing piperazine unit, the other polyureas were amorphous and readily soluble in a variety of organic solvents such as tetrahydrofuran. The polyurea derived from p-dianilinobenzene, which has no vulnerable hydrogen on the urea linkage, did not melt below 350°C and was stable up to 450°C in air.     

Polymidines. V. Poly[(3,3-diphenyl-2,6-phthalimidinediyl)-carbonyl(3,3-diphenyl-6,2-phthalimidine)]s

A new diphthalide monomer, bis(3,3-diphenyl-6-phthalidyl) ketone, was polymerized with six diamines: 1,6-diaminohexane, benzidine, p-phenylene diamine, p,p′-diaminodiphenyl ether, p,p′-diaminodiphenylmethane, and 4,4′-diaminodiphenylsulfone. Solution polymerization in benzhydrol, biphenyl, or p-phenylphenol solvents gave low-molecular-weight polymers (inherent viscosity 0.13 dl/g or less) which were soluble in chloroform and dimethylformamide. TGA data showed 10% weight losses at 445–525°C in air and 475–540°C in nitrogen for the aromatic backbones. Yields ranged from 47 to 78%. The application of continuous vacuum to the polymerization allowed the removal of water by-product and resulted in a light-colored polymer.     

Effect of structure on the thermal stability of polyimides

Polyimides with different proportions of m-phenylene and p-phenylene (or p,p′-biphenylene) were prepared by polymerizing different molar ratios of m-phenylene diamine and p-phenylene diamine (or p,p′-diaminobiphenyl) with pyromellitic dianhydride in dimethylformamide at 0°C. Chemical cyclodehydration of polyamic acids resulted in the corresponding polyimides. Polymers were characterized by infrared (IR), viscosity, and density measurements. Viscosity and density of polymers decreased with an increase on m-phenylene groups in the backbone. The thermal and thermooxidative stabilities were investigated by dynamic thermogravimetry. Stability decreased when m-phenylene groups were introduced in the backbone.     

Polymeric adducts of rhodium(II) tetraacetate with aliphatic diamines: natural abundance 13C and 15N CPMAS NMR investigations

Complexation properties of dimeric rhodium(II) tetracarboxylates have been utilised in chemistry, spectroscopy and organic synthesis. Particularly, the combination of these rhodium salts with multifunctional ligands results in the formation of coordination polymers, and these are of interest because of their gas‐occlusion properties. In the present work, the polymeric adducts of rhodium(II) tetraacetate with flexible ligands exhibiting conformational variety, ethane‐1,2‐diamine, propane‐1,3‐diamine and their N,N′‐dimethyl‐ and N,N,N′,N′‐tetramethyl derivatives, have been investigated by means of elemental analysis, ¹³C CPMAS NMR, ¹⁵N CPMAS NMR and density functional theory modelling. Elemental analysis and NMR spectra indicated the axial coordination mode and regular structures of (1 : 1)_n oligomeric chains in the case of adducts of ethane‐1,2‐diamine, N,N′‐dimethylethane‐1,2‐diamine N,N,N′,N′‐tetramethylethane‐1,2‐diamine and N,N,N′,N′‐tetramethylpropane‐1,3‐diamine. Propane‐1,3‐diamine and N,N′‐dimethylpropane‐1,3‐diamine tended to form heterogeneous materials, composed of oligomeric (1 : 1)_n chains and the additive of dirhodium units containing equatorially bonded ligands. Experimental findings have been supported by density functional theory modelling of some hypothetical structures and gauge‐invariant atomic orbital calculations of NMR chemical shifts. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Synthesis and thermal study of polyamides and polyaspartimides

Copolymers were synthesized by polyaddition reactions of aromatic diamine (4,4′-sulphonyl dianiline) and aliphatic diamines (1,2-diaminoethane and 1,3-diaminopropane) with N,N′-arylenebismaleimides (N,N′-m-phenylene-N,N′-p-phenylene-, and N,N′-benzidine-). They were characterized by elemental analysis, i.r. spectra and viscosity. The thermal behaviour of copolymers was studied using Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA). All the copolymers are stable up to 270°. Polyamides are less stable than polyaspartimides.     

6,6′‐Di­methoxy‐2,2′‐[(1R,2R)‐cyclo­hexane‐1,2‐diyl­bis­(nitrilo­methyl­idyne)]­diphenol: three C—H⃛O hydrogen bonds generate a three‐dimensional framework

Molecules of the title compound, alternatively called (R,R)‐N,N′‐bis(3‐methoxysalicylidene)‐trans‐cyclohexane‐1,2‐diamine, C₂₂H₂₆N₂O₄, contain two intramolecular O—H⃛N hydrogen bonds and adopt a conformation with approximate twofold rotational symmetry. The mol­ecules are linked by three C—H⃛O hydrogen bonds [H⃛O = 2.45–2.55 Å, C⃛O = 3.329 (2)–3.398 (2) Å and C—H⃛O = 142–172°] into a continuous framework.     

新型含吡啶酰胺基希夫碱多齿配体的合成,光谱,晶体结构及抑菌活性研究

采用稀释法与胺5倍过量合成了一种新型的含吡啶环的开链二胺1a（N，N′-双(2-氨基乙基)－2，6-吡啶二甲酰胺）。此外，合成了六个新型多齿希夫碱配体N，N′－双(β－R－苯甲醛亚胺基乙基)－2，6－吡啶二甲酰胺[其中，R=H(2a)，o-OH(2b)，p-OH(2c)，m-NO₂(2d)，p- N(CH₃)₂(2e)]及N，N′-双[γ-水杨醛亚胺基正丙基]－2，6－吡啶二甲酰胺2f。通过元素分析,紫外－可见光谱，红外光谱，氢核磁共振谱及质谱对化合物进行了表征。通过化合物2e的单晶结构X－射线单晶衍射分析表明该晶体属于立方晶系P－1空间群，其晶胞参数为：a=11.010(2) nm，b=13.865(3) nm，c=9.6537(19) nm，α=102.77(2)º，β=92.07(3)º，γ=87.98(3)º，V=1435.7(5) nm³，Z=2，D_c=1.230 mg•cm^-3，M_r=531.66。微量热法检测了化合物对大肠杆菌的抑制作用，并初步分析了化合物结构与抗菌活性之间的关系。实验结果表明，所有化合物都对大肠杆菌有抑制作用，其中水杨醛希夫碱的抑菌活性最好。     

Energetic propane‐1,3‐diaminium and butane‐1,4‐diaminium salts of N,N′‐dinitroethylenediazanide: syntheses,crystal structures and thermal properties

The acidity of the amine H atoms and the consequent salt formation ability of ethylenedinitramine (EDNA) were analyzed in an attempt to improve the thermal stability of EDNA. Two short‐chain alkanediamine bases, namely propane‐1,3‐diamine and butane‐1,4‐diamine, were chosen for this purpose. The resulting salts, namely propane‐1,3‐diaminium N,N′‐dinitroethylenediazanide, C₃H₁₂N₂²⁺·C₂H₄N₄O₄^2?, and butane‐1,4‐diaminium N,N′‐dinitroethylenediazanide, C₄H₁₄N₂²⁺·C₂H₄N₄O₄^2?, crystallize in the orthorhombic space group Pbca and the monoclinic space group P2₁/n, respectively. The resulting salts display extensive hydrogen‐bonding networks because of the presence of ammonium and diazenide ions in the crystal lattice. This results in an enhanced thermal stability and raises the thermal decomposition temperatures to 202 and 221 °C compared to 180 °C for EDNA. The extensive hydrogen bonding present also plays a crucial role in lowering the sensitivity to impact of these energetic salts.     

Polymers from 1,3-dipole addition reactions: The sydnone dipole

An investigation of the suitability of certain 1,3 dipole addition reactions as polymerization reactions was carried out. Reaction of p-phenylene-3,3′-disydnone and N,N′-hexamethylenedisydnone with the dipolarophiles m- and p-diethynylbenzene, m-divinylbenzene, and p-benzoquinone gave moderate molecular weight polymers containing pyrazole or pyrazoline units along the polymer backbone. The polymers are crystalline and have inherent viscosities of 0.4–0.6. The thermogravimetric analyses of the finely powdered polyprazoles showed breaks near 420°C. in air and 500°C. in nitrogen atmospheres.     

Two N,N′‐diaryl‐2,2,2‐trichloroethane‐1,1‐diamines: hydrogen‐bonded supramolecular structures in one and two dimensions

The molecules of 2,2,2‐trichloro‐N,N′‐diphenylethane‐1,1‐diamine, C₁₄H₁₃Cl₃N₂, are linked into (040) sheets by a combination of C—H...Cl and C—H...π(arene) hydrogen bonds. In 2,2,2‐trichloro‐N,N′‐bis(4‐methylphenyl)ethane‐1,1‐diamine, C₁₆H₁₇Cl₃N₂, the molecules are linked into C(7) chains by two independent C—H...Cl hydrogen bonds and one Cl...Cl contact.     

Highly stable electrochromic polyamides based on N,N‐bis(4‐aminophenyl)‐N′,N′‐bis(4‐tert‐butylphenyl)‐1,4‐phenylenediamine

A new triphenylamine‐containing aromatic diamine monomer, N,N‐bis(4‐aminophenyl)‐N′,N′‐bis(4‐tert‐butylphenyl)‐1,4‐phenylenediamine, was synthesized by an established synthetic procedure from readily available reagents. A novel family of electroactive polyamides with di‐tert‐butyl‐substituted N,N,N′,N′‐tetraphenyl‐1,4‐phenylenediamine units were prepared via the phosphorylation polyamidation reactions of the newly synthesized diamine monomer with various aromatic or aliphatic dicarboxylic acids. All the polymers were amorphous with good solubility in many organic solvents, such as N‐methyl‐2‐pyrrolidinone (NMP) and N,N‐dimethylacetamide, and could be solution‐cast into tough and flexible polymer films. The polyamides derived from aromatic dicarboxylic acids had useful levels of thermal stability, with glass‐transition temperatures of 269–296 °C, 10% weight‐loss temperatures in excess of 544 °C, and char yields at 800 °C in nitrogen higher than 62%. The dilute solutions of these polyamides in NMP exhibited strong absorption bands centered at 316–342 nm and photoluminescence maxima around 362–465 nm in the violet‐blue region. The polyamides derived from aliphatic dicarboxylic acids were optically transparent in the visible region and fluoresced with a higher quantum yield compared with those derived from aromatic dicarboxylic acids. The hole‐transporting and electrochromic properties were examined by electrochemical and spectro‐electrochemical methods. Cyclic voltammograms of the polyamide films cast onto an indium‐tin oxide‐coated glass substrate exhibited two reversible oxidation redox couples at 0.57–0.60 V and 0.95–0.98 V versus Ag/AgCl in acetonitrile solution. The polyamide films revealed excellent elcterochemical and electrochromic stability, with a color change from a colorless or pale yellowish neutral form to green and blue oxidized forms at applied potentials ranging from 0.0 to 1.2 V. These anodically coloring polymeric materials showed interesting electrochromic properties, such as high coloration efficiency (CE = 216 cm²/C for the green coloring) and high contrast ratio of optical transmittance change (ΔT%) up to 64% at 424 nm and 59% at 983 nm for the green coloration, and 90% at 778 nm for the blue coloration. The electroactivity of the polymer remains intact even after cycling 500 times between its neutral and fully oxidized states. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 47: 2330–2343, 2009     

Polyimides based on 2,5‐bis(4‐aminophenoxy)biphenyl

A diamine monomer II , 2,5‐bis(4‐aminophenoxy)biphenyl, was prepared through a nucleophilic substitution reaction of phenylhydroquinone and p‐chloronitrobenzene in the presence of potassium carbonate in N,N‐dimethylformamide, followed by catalytic reduction with hydrazine and Pd/C. A series of all‐aromatic, organosoluble polyimides bearing pendent phenyl groups were synthesized from the diamine with six kinds of commercial dianhydrides via a conventional two‐stage process. For improving solubility of polypyromellitimide, copolypyromellitimides with arbitrary solubilities were prepared from II and a pair of dianhydrides, which were mixed at certain molar ratios. These polymers showed good solubilities in N‐methyl‐2‐pyrrolidone and m‐cresol. The softening temperatures of these polyimides were recorded between 206 and 269 °C. Polymers had glass‐transition temperatures at 230–286 °C and 10% weight‐loss temperatures above 521 °C in air or nitrogen atmospheres. Their films had high tensile moduli and strengths. Excellent properties of these polyimides are attributed to the incorporation of the pendent phenyl group in diamine II . © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 40: 429–438, 2002; DOI 10.1002/pola.10116     

Thermal reactions of N,N′ bis(p-nitrophenyl)sulfamide and p-benzoquinone dioxime–acid mixtures

N,N′ Bis(p-nitrophenyl)sulfamide and p-benzoquinone dioxime–acid mixtures were found to undergo an abrupt reaction when heated to give a black polymeric material. These polymeric materials exhibited thermal stability (TGA in N₂) up to 500°C and were insoluble in all solvents including hot concentrated sulfuric acid. From analytical data, structural formulae have been assigned to the polymeric materials that are logically derivable from the starting materials.     

One‐dimensional C—H...N hydrogen‐bonded polymers in flexible tetrapyridyl systems

In N,N,N′,N′‐tetrakis(2‐pyridylmethyl)propane‐1,3‐diamine, C₂₇H₃₀N₆, (I), and N,N,N′,N′‐tetrakis(2‐pyridylmethyl)butane‐1,4‐diamine, C₂₈H₃₂N₆, (II), the twofold rotational symmetry of (I) favours the formation of a one‐dimensional hydrogen‐bonded polymer with two columns of C—H...N hydrogen bonds, while the inversion symmetry of (II) allows the formation of a one‐dimensional hydrogen‐bonded polymer stabilized by four columns of C—H...N hydrogen bonds. The possible role played by the chain length of the linking alkanediamine in determining the type of supramolecular architecture in this series of compounds is discussed.     

Poly-as-triazines

Two high molecular weight (η_inh > 1.0) soluble poly-as-triazines have been prepared by the solution polycondensation in m-cresol of 2,6-pyridinediyl dihydrazidine with p,p′-oxybis(phenyleneglyoxal hydrate) and with p,p′-oxydibenzil. Thermal characterization of the poly-as-triazines by TGA showed polymer decomposition temperatures of ～400°C after a 300°C cure in argon. Poly-as-triazines exhibited weight losses <8% after aging in static air at 316°C for 200 hr. Clear yellow films cast for m-cresol solutions exhibited good flexibility and toughness even after aging at 316°C for 200 hr in air and after refluxing in 10% aqueous potassium hydroxide solution for 24 hr.     

Preparation and properties of N-phenylated aromatic polyamides from N,N′-diphenyl-p-phenylenediamine and aromatic diacid chlorides

N-Phenylated aromatic polyamides and copolyamides derived from N,N′-diphenyl-p-phenylenediamine, isophthaloyl, and terephthaloyl chloride were prepared by high-temperature solution polycondensation in anisole at 155°C. Factors that influenced the reaction, such as monomer concentration, solvent, temperature, and time, were studied to determine the optimum conditions for the preparation of high molecular weight polymers. Compared with analogous unsubstituted aromatic polyamides, the N-phenylated polymers exhibited better solubility in chlorinated and amide solvents, reduced crystallinity, and lower glass transition temperatures (above 200°C). All polymers except the polyterephthalamide could be solvent-cast, as well as hot-pressed, into transparent flexible films.     

Synthesis and characterization of novel aromatic polyamides from 3,4-bis(4-aminophenyl)-2,5-diphenylfuran and aromatic diacid chlorides

A new highly phenylated heterocyclic diamine, 3,4-bis(4-aminophenyl)-2,5-diphenylfuran, was synthesized in three steps from 4–-nitrodeoxybenzoin. The low temperature solution polycondensation of the diamine with various aromatic diacid chlorides afforded tetraphenylfuran-containing aromatic polyamides with inherent viscosities of 0.2–0.8 dL/g. Copolyterephthalamides were obtained from the diamine and 4,4′-oxydianiline. The polyamides were generally soluble in a wide range of solvents that included N,N-dimethylacetamide, N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone, pyridine, and m-cresol. Glass transition temperatures of the polyamides and copolyamides ranged from 302–342°C, and 10% weight loss was observed above 480°C in nitrogen.     

Preparation of polyhydrouracils and polyiminoimidazolidinones

Polyhydrouracils and polyiminoimidazolidinones were prepared by ring formation along the chain of appropriately substituted polyureas. Cyclization of 2-carbomethoxy-ethyl-substituted polyureas in a polyphosphoric acid medium gave the polyhydrouracils. The polyurea precursors were prepared from N,N′-bis(2-carbomethoxyethyl)-1,6-hexanediamine and N,N′-di(2-carbomethoxyethyl)-1,4-cyclohexanebis(methylamine) with methylenebis(4-phenyl isocyanate), 2,4-toluene diisocyanate, and 3,3′-dimethoxy-4,4′-biphenylene diisocyanate. These polyureas were soluble in m-cresol, dimethylformamide, and chloroform, had inherent viscosities of up to 0.8, and could be cast into tough films. The polyhydrouracils had similar physical properties and could also be cast into films. The polyhydrouracils melted at temperatures 100–150°C higher than their polyurea precursors. Polyiminoimidazolidinones were prepared by cyclization of α-cyanoalkyl-substituted polyureas in the presence of n-butylamine. The intermediate polyureas, which were not isolated, were prepared from methylenebis(4-phenyl isocyanate) with N,N′-bis(1-cyanocyclohexyl)-1,6-hexanediamine, N,N′-bis(1-cyanocyclohexyl)-m-xylylenediamine and N,N′-bis(1-cyanocyclopentyl)-1,6-hexanediamine. The polyiminoimidazolidinones were soluble in m-cresol, dimethylformamide, and chloroform and had low inherent viscosities of 0.14–0.28. Thermogravimetric analyses showed that the polyhydrouracils underwent rapid decomposition at 400°C, whereas an analogous unsubstituted polyurea decomposed at 300°C. On the other hand, the polyiminoimid-azolidinones showed no greater thermal stability than the unsubstituted polyurea.