Injection moldable amide-imide terpolymers containing divalent aromatic quinone radicals

Claim 2

An injection moldable polyamide terpolymer capable of undergoing imidization consisting essentially of the following recurring structures containing amido linkages: ##STR8## wherein an arrow denotes isomerism and wherein R consists essentially of R 1 , R 2 , R 3 and R 4 and R 1 is a divalent aromatic quinone radical containing at least two aromatic rings having from 14 to 26 carbon atoms, R 2 and R 3 are different and are divalent aromatic hydrocarbon radicals of from 6 to 10 carbon atoms joined directly or by stable linkages consisting of --O--, methylene, ##STR9## and --S-- radicals, and R 4 is a saturated alkylene radical of from 2 to 10 carbon atoms and wherein the mole ratio of the R 1 containing units to the sum of the R 2 , R 3 and R 4 containing units is about 1:99 to about 1:9.

Claim 3

The terpolymer of claim 1 wherein R comprises R 1 , R 2 and R 3 and the mole ratio of the R 1 containing units to the sum of the R 2 and R 3 containing units is about 1:99 to about 1:9.

Claim 4

The terpolymer of claim 2 wherein R 1 has the following formula: ##STR10## wherein Z and Z' are the same or different and are divalent aromatic moieties containing from 1 to 3 benzene rings, Y is a stable linkage selected from the group of ##STR11## and --CH 2 --, and Y' is selected from the group of ##STR12## and wherein the mole ratio of the R 2 and R 3 containing units is about 3:7 to about 7:3.

Claim 5

The terpolymer of claim 2 wherein R 1 is: ##STR13##

Claim 6

The terpolymer of claim 2 wherein R 1 is: ##STR14##

Claim 7

An injection moldable polyamide consisting essentially of the recurring structures containing both amido and imido linkages: ##STR15## wherein R consists essentially of R 1 , R 2 , R 3 and R 4 and R 1 is a divalent aromatic quinone radical containing at least two aromatic rings having from 14 to 26 carbon atoms, R 2 and R 3 are different and are divalent aromatic hydrocarbon radicals of from 6 to 10 carbon atoms joined directly or by stable linkages consisting of --O--, methylene, ##STR16## and --S-- radicals, and R 4 is an alkylene radical of from 2 to 10 carbon atoms and wherein the mole ratio of the R 1 containing units to the sum of the R 2 , R 3 and R 4 containing units is about 1:99 to about 1:9.

Claim 8

An injection moldable polyamide consisting essentially of the recurring structures containing both amido and imido linkages: ##STR15## wherein R consists essentially of R 1 , R 2 , R 3 and R 4 and R 1 is a divalent aromatic quinone radical containing at least two aromatic rings having from 14 to 26 carbon atoms, R 2 and R 3 are different and are divalent aromatic hydrocarbon radicals of from 6 to 10 carbon atoms joined directly or by stable linkages consisting of --O--, methylene, ##STR16## and --S-- radicals, and R 4 is an alkylene radical of from 2 to 10 carbon atoms and wherein the mole ratio of the R 1 containing units to the sum of the R 2 , R 3 and R 4 containing units is about 1:99 to about 1:9.

Claim 9

The terpolymer of claim 1 wherein the mole ratio of the R 2 and R 3 containing units is about 3:7 to about 7:3.

Claim 10

The terpolymer of claim 7 wherein R 1 has the following formula: ##STR17## wherein Z and Z' are the same or different and are divalent aromatic moieties containing from 1 to 3 benzene rings, Y is a stable linkage selected from the group of ##STR18## and --CH 2 --, and Y' is selected from the group of ##STR19## and wherein the mole ratio of the R 2 and R 3 containing units is about 3:7 to about 7:3.

Claim 11

The terpolymer of claim 2 wherein R 1 is: ##STR20##

Claim 12

The terpolymer of claim 6 wherein R 1 is: ##STR21##

Claim 13

An injection moldable terpolymer consisting essentially of recurring A units of structures containing amido linkages: ##STR22## wherein an arrow denotes isomerism and recurring B units of structures containing both amido and imido linkages: ##STR23## wherein an arrow denotes isomerism and wherein both A and B units consists essentially of R 1 , R 2 , R 3 and R 4 and R 1 is a divalent aromatic quinone radical containing at least two aromatic rings having from 14 to 26 carbon atoms, R 2 and R 3 are different and are divalent aromatic hydrocarbon radicals to from 6 to 10 carbon atoms joined directly or by stable linkages consisting of --O--, methylene, ##STR24## and --S-- radicals, and R 4 is an alkylene radical of from 2 to 10 carbon atoms and wherein the mole ratio of the R 1 containing units to the sum of the R 2 , R 3 and R 4 containing units is about 1:99 to about 1:9, and wherein the proportion of A and B units runs from about 1 mole percent A units and about 99 mole percent B units to about 99 mole percent A units and about 1 mole percent B units, and wherein said terpolymer is further characterized by having a flow rate in the range of about 1 to about 400 grams per 10 minutes, at 99 percent solids content.

Claim 14

An injection moldable terpolymer consisting essentially of recurring A units of structures containing amido linkages: ##STR22## wherein an arrow denotes isomerism and recurring B units of structures containing both amido and imido linkages: ##STR23## wherein an arrow denotes isomerism and wherein both A and B units consists essentially of R 1 , R 2 , R 3 and R 4 and R 1 is a divalent aromatic quinone radical containing at least two aromatic rings having from 14 to 26 carbon atoms, R 2 and R 3 are different and are divalent aromatic hydrocarbon radicals to from 6 to 10 carbon atoms joined directly or by stable linkages consisting of --O--, methylene, ##STR24## and --S-- radicals, and R 4 is an alkylene radical of from 2 to 10 carbon atoms and wherein the mole ratio of the R 1 containing units to the sum of the R 2 , R 3 and R 4 containing units is about 1:99 to about 1:9, and wherein the proportion of A and B units runs from about 1 mole percent A units and about 99 mole percent B units to about 99 mole percent A units and about 1 mole percent B units, and wherein said terpolymer is further characterized by having a flow rate in the range of about 1 to about 400 grams per 10 minutes, at 99 percent solids content.

Claim 15

The terpolymer of claim 11 wherein R comprises R 1 , R 2 , and R 3 and the mole ratio of R 1 containing units to the sum of the R 2 and R 3 containing units is about 1:99 to about 1:9.

Claim 16

The terpolymer of claim 12 wherein R 1 has the following formula: ##STR25## wherein Z and Z' are the same or different and are divalent aromatic moieties containing from 1 to 3 benzene rings, Y is a stable linkage selected from the group of ##STR26## and --CH 2 -- and Y' is selected from the group of ##STR27## and wherein the mole ratio of the R 2 and R 3 containing units is about 3:7 to about 7:3.

Claim 17

The terpolymer of claim 13 wherein the proportion of A and B units runs from about 30 mole percent A units and about 70 mole percent B units to about 70 mole percent A units and 30 mole percent B units.

Claim 18

The terpolymer of claim 13 wherein R 1 is: ##STR28##

Claim 19

The terpolymer of claim 15 wherein R 2 is: ##STR29##

Claim 20

The terpolymer of claim 14 wherein R 1 is: ##STR30##

Claim 21

The terpolymer of claim 17 wherein R 2 is: ##STR31##

Claim 22

The terpolymer of claim 13 wherein the terpolymer is in the form of a molded object.