Abstract:
1. A COMPOUND HAVING THE FORMULA CHEMICAL STRUCTURE:
HC*C-R''-((-CO-N(-)-CO-)>R" CO-)>R" WHEREIN R IS POLY(ARYLENE ETHER) OR POLY(ARYLENE THIOETHER), R'' IS ARYLENE OR DIARYLENE ETHER, N IS AN AVERAGE FROM 1 TO ABOUT 10, AND R" IS
Abstract:
THIS DISCLOSURE DESCRIBES A METHOD OF PROVIDING SELFCURING AND CURED HYDRIXYLATED OR NONHYDROXYLATED POLYAROMATICS OR POLYARYLENES SUCH AS POLYHENYLENES, POLYPHENOLPHENYLENES, POLYPHENYLSILANES, AND POLYPHENYLETHERS, AND MIXTURES THEREOF WHICH ARE PREPARED FROM CORRESPONDING AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS OR MIXTURES OF PHENOLS WITH SUCH AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS AND AROMATIC MANNICH BASES USING A STRONG PROTONIC OR NON-PROTONIC ACID, FOR EXAMPLE, STRONG LEWIS ACID CATALYSTS. THE CURED POLYMERS EXHIBIT IMPROVED ADHESION CHARACTERISTS, AND PROVIDE COMPOSITIONS WITH IMPROVED STRENGTH. THE DISCLOSURE MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBES THE METHOD OF PREPARATION OF IMPROVED CURABLE AND CURED PRODUCTS, OF SAID POLYAROMATIC POLYMERS PARTIALLY CURED AND THE CURING THEREOF WITH AROMATIC MANNICH BASES OF POLY(A-(DIALKYLAMINOMETHYL))PHENYL, OR HOMOLOGOUS BIPHENYL, TERPHENYL OR PHENOL DERIVATIVES, ISOMERS OF SAME, AND MIXTURES THEREOF, WITH AN ACID MATERIAL.