A series of new, fluorinated poly(ester-imides)s has been synthesized by solution condensation, in a high-boiling-point solvent, of dihydroxy compounds containing imide and hexafluoroisopropylidene units with diacid chlorides containing preformed ester groups. Solutions of these polymers in NMP or in a mixture of trifluoroacetic acid with chloroform were cast into colourless, thin, flexible films having a low dielectric constant. These polymers show high thermal stability, with the initial decomposition temperature being over 400cC. The glass transition temperature is in the range 215-272C for fully aromatic structures and is about 170 TC for those polymers containing some ethylene groups along with aromatic ones. All these characteristics are discussed and compared with those of related poly(esterimide)s which do not contain 6F groups.
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