One-Pot Synthesis of Aromatic Polycarbodiimide by in Situ Activation of Diamine

Abstract

A one-pot synthesis of aromatic polycarbodiimide from aromatic diamine has been developed. This method involves the preparation of carbamate by the reaction of 4, 4′-hexafluoroisopropylidenebis(p-phenyleneoxy)dianiline (6FPA) with phenylchloroformate, followed by the transformation of the carbamate with trimethylsilylchloride-triethylamine to diisocyanate, and then the polycondensation of the resulting diisocyanate in the presence of 3-methyl-1-phenyl-2-phosopholene-1-oxide. The polycarbodiimide (6FPCD) from 6FPA was obtained in quantitative yield having a number average molecular weight up to 5000. The thermal treatment of 6FPCD gave a crosslinkined polymer having a high glass transition temperature up to 200 °C.

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