Poly perylenecarboximides

Advances in the Synthesis of the Poly(perylenecarboximides) and Poly(naphthalenecarboximides) 

The present state of the synthesis of poly(naphthalenecarboximides) and poly(perylenecarboximides) containing six-memhered imide rings in the hackhones is reviewed. Recent advances in synthetic approaches provide access to polymers exhibiting high thermal stability and chemical resistance, optical conductivity, and electrographic properties. The resulting polymers are high molecular-mass, soluble products that are easily processed by traditional methods. 

The published literature reveals that research in the field of soluble 

1) Synthesis of polyimides directly from perylene-3,4,9,10-tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride (DPTA) [4, 5] using diamines as the nucleophilic comonomers which leads to improved solubility for the target polymers. 

2) Synthesis of new imide-containing monomers bearing amine or acid chloride functional groups starting from DPTA, followed by the reaction of the resultant monomers with the appropriate compounds [6-8]. 

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Karayannidis and co-workers [6] used DPTA to obtain a diacid dichloride that was allowed to react with various a,(0-alkanediols, containing from 4 to 12 methylene groups, to yield poly(ether perylenecarboximides) (inherent viscosity, r iog=0.25-0.52 dl/g) ... 

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