Synthesis and properties of soluble and light-colored poly(amide-imide-imide)s based on tetraimide-dicarboxylic acid (TIDA) and various aromatic diamines:: TIDA from 4,4′-oxydiphthalic anhydride, 1,4-bis(4-amino-2-trifluoromethylphenoxy)benzene, and 3-aminobenzoic acid

A new tetraimide-dicarboxylic acid (TIDA) I was synthesized starting from 3-aminobenzoic acid (m-ABA), 4,4'-oxydiphthalic anhydride (ODPA), and 1,4-bis(4-amino-2-trifluoromethylphenoxy)benzene (BAFPB) at a 2:2:1 molar ratio in N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP). A series of organosoluble, light-colored poly(amide-imide-imide)s (PAII, IIIa-j) was prepared by triphenyl phosphite-activated polycondensation from the tetraimide-diacid I with various aromatic diamines (IIa-j). All the polymers were readily soluble in a variety of organic solvents such as NMP, N,N-dimethyl acetamide (DMAc), dimethyl sulfoxide, and even in less polar m-cresol and pyridine. Polymer films cast from DMAc had the cutoff wavelengths between 374 and 384nm and had the b* values in the range of 14.8-30.2. Polymers IIIa-j afforded tough, transparent, and flexible films, which had tensile strengths ranging from 87 to 103 MPa, elongations at break from 11% to 37%, and initial moduli from 1.9 to 2.3 GPa. The glass transition temperatures of these polymers were in the range of 242-274degreesC. They had 10% weight loss temperature above 526degreesC and showed the char yield more than 55% residue at 800degreesC in nitrogen. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.