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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2004
Hiroki Oguro, Kanagawa, JP;
Shuta Kihara, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsuyoshi Bito, Kanagawa, JP;
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In the process of the present invention, a solvent-soluble polyimide is produced by polycondensing at least one tetracarboxylic acid component with at least one diamine component in a solvent in the presence of a tertiary amine. The tetracarboxylic acid component is selected from the group consisting of tetracarboxylic dianhydrides represented by the following formula 1: wherein R is as defined in the specification, and tetracarboxylic acids and their derivatives represented by the following formula 2: wherein R and Yto Yare as defined in the specification. Unlike the conventional techniques using an excessively large amount of a chemical imidation agent such as acetic anhydride and a chemical imidation catalyst such as triethylamine, in the process of the present invention, the solvent-soluble polyimide having a high polymerization degree is easily produced in a solvent with good productivity by using only a catalytic amount of the tertiary amine.