Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, Vol.37, No.3, 363-368, 1999
Thermotropic copolyamides from triethylene glycol bis(4-carboxyphenyl) ether and o-tolidine modified by kinking monomers
Copolymers of triethylene glycol bis(4-carboxyphenylether) (PEG(3)), 4,4'-diamino-3,3'-dimethylbiphenyl (o-tolidine, OT), and several kinking comonomers of dicarboxylic acids and diamines were prepared to investigate which of the comonomers is more effective to lower melting points (T(m)s) and clearing temperatures (T(i)s) of the resulting thermotropic copolyamides. In general, diamine modifiers were more effective than dicarboxylic acid ones even having the same chemical structures. All of diamines examined depressed their transition temperatures linearly with the modifier content whereas the dicarboxylic acid modifiers yielded copolymers having different profiles. m-Aminobenzoic acid, another type of comonomer producing the polyamide of the AB structure, was also examined.