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Poly (arylamines) and films thereof

Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Co Ltd
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Filing: 1996-08-13
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Granted: 1998-03-17
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Expires: 2016-08-13
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Abstract

Abstract A poly(arylamine) composition comprising one or more compounds of Formula (I): <IMAGE> (I) wherein: R is independently in each occurrence a C1-24 hydrocarbyl, C1-24 hydrocarboxy, C1-24 hydrocarbylthiooxy, or C1-24 hydrocarbylcarboxyl; Ar1 and Ar2 are independently in each occurrence a C6-18 aryl moiety optionally substituted with a C1-12 hydrocarbyl, C1-12 hydrocarbyloxy, C1-12 hydrocarbylthiooxy, or C1-12 hydrocarbylcarboxyl; A is independently in each occurrence hydrogen or a halogen; x is independently in each occurrence a positive number from 0 to 1; n is independently in each occurrence a whole number of from 0 to 4; and m is a number of from about 5 to about 1000.

Inventors

  • 👤 Weishi Wu
  • 👤 Edmund P. Woo
  • 👤 William R. Shiang

Bibliographic Details

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Last Synchronized 2026-11-04 15:54
CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08G; C08G73/00; C08G73/02; C08G73/026; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/31504; Y10T428/31551; Y10T428/31573; Y10T428/3158; Y10T428/31678

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 18
Claim 1
Independent Claim 114 words
A poly(arylamine) composition comprising one or more compounds of Formula (I): ##STR5## wherein: R is independently in each occurrence a C 1-24 hydrocarbyl, C 1-24 hydrocarboxy, C 1-24 hydrocarbylthiooxy, or C 1-24 hydrocarbylcarboxyl; Ar 1 and Ar 2 are independently in each occurrence a C 6-18 aryl moiety optionally substituted with a C 1-12 hydrocarbyl, C 1-12 hydrocarbyloxy, C 1-12 hydrocarbylthiooxy, or C 1-12 hydrocarbylcarboxyl; A is independently in each occurrence hydrogen or a halogen; x is independently in each occurrence a positive number from 0 to 1; n is independently in each occurrence a whole number of from 0 to 4; and m is a number of from about 5 to about 1000.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 114 words
A poly(arylamine) composition comprising one or more compounds of Formula (I): ##STR5## wherein: R is independently in each occurrence a C 1-24 hydrocarbyl, C 1-24 hydrocarboxy, C 1-24 hydrocarbylthiooxy, or C 1-24 hydrocarbylcarboxyl; Ar 1 and Ar 2 are independently in each occurrence a C 6-18 aryl moiety optionally substituted with a C 1-12 hydrocarbyl, C 1-12 hydrocarbyloxy, C 1-12 hydrocarbylthiooxy, or C 1-12 hydrocarbylcarboxyl; A is independently in each occurrence hydrogen or a halogen; x is independently in each occurrence a positive number from 0 to 1; n is independently in each occurrence a whole number of from 0 to 4; and m is a number of from about 5 to about 1000.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 102 words
A composition according to claim 1 wherein: R is independently in each occurrence a C 1-12 alkoxy, C 1-12 thioalkoxy, C 1-12 aryloxy, or C 1-12 thioaryloxy moiety optionally substituted with C 1-12 alkoxy, C 1-12 thioalkoxy, C 1-12 aryloxy, or C 1-12 thioaryloxy moieties; Ar 1 and Ar 2 are independently in each occurrence a C 6 to C 18 aromatic radical optionally substituted with C 1-12 alkoxy, C 1-12 thioalkoxy, C 1-12 aryloxy, or C 1-12 thioaryloxy moieties; A is independently in each occurrence hydrogen, chlorine or bromine; and m is a number of from about 5 to about 500.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 76 words
A composition according to claim 2 wherein: R is independently in each occurrence a C 1-5 alkoxy, C 1-5 thioalkoxy or a C 1-6 hydrocarbyl; Ar 1 and Ar 2 are independently in each occurrence derived from benzene, naphthalene or biphenyl, optionally substituted with C 1-5 alkoxy or C 1-6 hydrocarbyl; n is independently in each occurrence a whole number of 0 or 1; and m is a number of from about 5 to about 100.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 45 words
A composition according to claim 3 wherein: R is independently in each occurrence methyl or methoxy; Ar 1 and Ar 2 are independently in each occurrence derived from anisole, methoxynapthalene, benzene or toluene; and m is a number of from about 5 to about 100.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 50 words
A composition according to claim 4 wherein: Ar 1 is independently in each occurrence phenylene; Ar 2 is independently in each occurrence derived from 4-methoxyphenyl or benzene; n is independently in each occurrence a whole number of 0; and m is a number of from about 5 to about 100.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 100 words
A process for the preparation of a composition according to claim 1 which comprises contacting one or more monomers corresponding to one or more of Formulas (II) and (III): ##STR6## with a catalytic amount of a divalent nickel salt, at least a stoichiometric amount of a material capable of reducing the divalent nickel ion to the zero valent state and a material capable of acting as a ligand and an amount of a compound capable of accelerating the reaction in a polar solvent and an optional co-solvent comprising an aromatic hydrocarbon or ether under conditions sufficient to form said composition.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 44 words
The process of claim 6 wherein the monomers are prepared by contacting a haloaromatic compound with one or more diaryldiamines corresponding to one or more of Formulas (IV) and (V): ##STR7## under conditions such that compounds of Formula (II) or Formula (III) are formed.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 56 words
The process of claim 7 wherein the haloaromatic compound comprises compounds of Formula (VI): A--Ar.sup.1 --B (VI) wherein A and B are independently in each occurrence a hydrogen or halogen and Ar 1 is independently in each occurrence a C 6-18 aryl moiety optionally substituted with a moiety that does not interfere in the polymerization reaction.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 36 words
The process of claim 8 wherein A is hydrogen, chlorine or bromine and B is bromine or iodine and Ar 1 is independently in each occurrence derived from napthalene, biphenyl, anisole, methoxynapthalene, methoxybiphenyl, benzene or toluene.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 31 words
The process of claim 9 wherein one or more compounds of Formula (IV) and (V) are reacted with compounds of Formula (VI): A--Ar 1 --B in the presence of a catalyst.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 15 words
The process of claim 10 wherein the catalyst is copper powder or palladium and tri-o-tolylphosphine.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 28 words
The process of claim 11 wherein the amount of catalyst is about 0.1 mole percent to about 1000 mole percent relative to the amount of the haloaromatic compound.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 123 words
The process of claim 6 wherein the divalent nickel salt is present in am amount of from about 0.1 to about 10 mole percent based on the amount of monomer, the material capable of reducing the divalent nickel ion to the zero valent state is zinc powder and is present in an amount of about 10 to about 500 mole percent based on the amount of monomer, the material capable of acting as a ligand is triarylphosphine and is present in an amount of about 10 to about 100 mole percent based on the amount of monomer and the amount of compound capable of accelerating the reaction is present from about 10 to about 100 mole percent based on the divalent nickel salt.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim 19 words
The process of claim 6 wherein the temperature of the reaction is about 50° C. to about 150° C.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim 8 words
A film comprising the composition of claim 1.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim 32 words
A process for the preparation of a film comprising applying a composition according to claim 1 to a substrate and exposing the applied composition to conditions such that a film is formed.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim 17 words
The film of claim 15 which has a thickness of from about 0.01 to about 200 microns.

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