INew polyimides containing substituted melamine structure in the main chain were synthesized in- N, N-dimethylacetamide by condensing pyromellitic dianhydride with 2- (R-substituted) -4, 6-bis(p- or m-aminoanilino)-l, 3, 5-triazines (R = dicyclohexylamino, 9-carbazolyl, diphenylamino and dibenzylamino). The reaction proceeded in two steps, i.e., the polyaddition and the imidation reactions,
... [Show full abstract] similar to the mechanism of polyimide formation. Intrinsic viscosity of the polymers was 0. 21∼0. 62d//g. The solubility of the polyimide increased with increasing order of the substituted groups of the 1, 3, 5-triazine ring, show below : dicyclohexylamino>9-carbazolyl>diphenylamino, dibenzylamino. Thermal decomposition of polyimides having dicyclohexylamino or dibenzylamino group occurred at a side chain but the decomposition of other polyimides both at main and side chains simultaneously.