Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.

Tomomi Okumura

Shoji Tamai

Hideaki Oikawa

Yuichi Okawa

Takashi Kuroki

Yoshihiro Sakata

Atsushi Shibuya

Yasunori Yoshida

Masaji Yoshimura

Hiroyasu Kido

Kayako Yanagihara

This invention provides crosslinkable-group-containing polyimides of various known thermoplastic polyimide backbone structures, which are provided with far better heat resistance, chemical resistance and mechanical properties than known polyimides of the structures without impairing excellent moldability or formability, superb sliding property, low water absorption property, outstanding electrical properties, high thermal oxidation stability and high radiation resistance, all of which are inherent to the structures.

Polyimide containing crosslinkable group and process for producing the same

A thermoplastic polyimide having good thermal stability, comprising a repeating unit represented by the chemical formula (1), a molecular terminal being composed of the chemical formula (2) and/or chemical formula (3), characterized in that: a melt viscosity ratio calculated by the numerical formula (1) and/or the numerical formula (3) is within a numerical range shown in the numerical formula (2) and/or the numerical formula (4) and 1,3-bis(4-aminophenoxy)benzene represented by the chemical formula (3) for production of the above polyimide, characterized in that the content of an azo compound is from 0.0 to 0.2%. The thermoplastic polyimide of the present invention has excellent characteristics {circle around (1)} to {circle around (4)} described below. {circle around (1)} It is superior in thermal stability on melting. That is, the degree of lowering of the fluidity on melting with a lapse of time is small and it is possible to apply to conventional melt molding. {circle around (2)} It has high heat resistance. {circle around (3)} It is superior in productivity. {circle around (4)} It is superior in dimensional accuracy.

Crystalline polyimide for melt molding with satisfactory thermal stability

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Tomomi Okumura