Crosslinked resins prepared from an N,N'-bis-imide and a schiff base

Claim 1

A stable heat curable composition consisting essentially of (a) an unsaturated N,N'-bis-imide having the formula ##EQU9## wherein A is an alkylene group containing from 2 to 12 carbon atoms; cycloalkylene group containing from 4 to 6 carbon atoms, a xylylene group, an arylene group selected from phenylene, tolylene, biphenylene, naphthylene; a substituted arylene group of the formula ##SPC6## wherein Z is sulfur, carbonyl, --NH, N--(lower)alkyl, --O--, N-phenyl, sulfonyl, an alkylene group of from 1 to 3 carbon atoms, R 6 and R 7 are independent and each is hydrogen, chloro, or bromo, (lower)alkyl of from 1 to 5 carbon atoms, or (lower)alkoxy containing from 1 to 5 carbon atoms; Q is a divalent radical containing olefinic unsaturation having the formula ##EQU10## wherein R 3 is hydrogen, methyl, bromo or chloro; R 4 is hydrogen, methyl, bromo or chloro; From about 0.5 to 0.166 mole equivalents per mole equivalent of (a) of a Schiff base having the formula ##EQU11## wherein R 1 and R 2 independently is hydrogen, an alkyl group containing from 1 to 12 carbon atoms, an aryl group containing from 6 to 12 carbon atoms, an alkaryl group containing from 7 to 15 carbon atoms, an aralkyl group containing from 7 to 15 carbon atoms, chlorophenyl, alkoxyphenyl, said alkoxy containing from 1 to 5 carbon atoms, or together with the carbon to which they are attached form a monocyclic ring containing 5 to 6 carbon atoms, with the proviso that only one of R 1 or R 2 may be hydrogen at the same time; and A is an alkylene group containing from 2 to 12 carbon atoms; cycloalkylene group containing from 4 to 6 carbon atoms, a xylylene group, an arylene group selected from phenylene, tolylene, biphenylene, naphthylene, a substituted arylene group of the formula ##SPC7## wherein Z is sulfur, carbonyl, --NH, --N(lower)alkyl, --O--, --N-- phenyl, sulfonyl, an alkylene group of from 1 to 3 carbon atoms, R 6 and R 7 are independent and each is hydrogen, chloro, or bromo, (lower)alkyl of from 1 to 5 carbon atoms, (lower) alkoxy containing from 1 to 5 carbon atoms, or a group having the formula ##SPC8## wherein Y is a covalent bond or --NH, and R 8 is phenyl piperidino, hydrogen, diphenylamino or di(lower)alkyl amino.