𝔖 Bobbio Scriptorium
✦   LIBER   ✦

Preparation and properties of a new aromatic polyamide with an ethoxycarbonyl pendant group: Poly(4,4′-diamino-2′-ethoxycarbonyl-benzanilide terephthalamide)

✍ Scribed by Seog Joo Kang; Sung Il Hong; Chong Rae Park


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2000
Tongue
English
Weight
171 KB
Volume
38
Category
Article
ISSN
0887-624X

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis


A new aromatic polyamide containing a pendant ethoxycarbonyl group was successfully synthesized from the reaction between 4,4Ј-diamino-2Ј-ethoxycarbonylbenzanilide and terephthaloyl chloride. The new polymer was soluble in organic solvents such as N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone and dimethylacetamide, and a tough and transparent film was cast from the polymer solution with viscosities ranging from 2.6 to 5.6 dL/g. When the polymer film was heat-treated at a temperature greater than 300 °C, a cyclization reaction occurred between the ethoxycarbonyl group and the adjacent amide bond to form a benzoxazinone unit in the polymer backbone. The thermal decomposition onset temperature of the cyclized film was about 523 °C, which was somewhat lower than that of poly(p-phenylene terephthalamide) (PPTA; 566 °C); however, the decomposition rate was slower than that of PPTA to yield a higher char residue. The dispersion temperature of the uncyclized poly(4,4Ј-diamino-2Ј-ethoxycarbonylbenzanilide terephthalamide) (PDEBTA) was about 340 °C, whereas that of the cyclized PDEBTA was not clear.