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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 1990
Filed:
Dec. 23, 1988
W Dirk Klobucar, Baton Rouge, LA (US);
Adam Nugent, Jr, Baton Rouge, LA (US);
Ronald C Zumstein, Baton Rouge, LA (US);
Ethyl Corporation, Richmond, VA (US);
Abstract
Described is a process for producing, in particulate form, aromatic polyimides based on one or more 2,2-bis[4-(aminophenoxy)phenyl]hexafluoropropanes. The process involves forming a solution of an equimolar mixture of (1) an aromatic tetracarboxylic dianhydride and (2) a 2,2-bis[4-(aminophenoxy)phenyl]hexafluoropropane as the sole or predominant aromatic diamine in (3) a solvent composed of (i) tetrahydrofuran, or (ii) one or more alkyltetrahydrofurans having a normal boiling point below 100.degree. C., or (iii) a mixture of (i) and (ii), and heating and agitating such solution in a closed reaction system under super-atmospheric pressure such that a separate phase of particulate aromatic polyimide is formed. The process avoids difficulties caused by the tendency of the wet polyimide polymer to agglomerate into stringy or tacky masses which can foul reactor and agitator surfaces.