New aromatic diamines containing a multiring flexible skeleton for the synthesis of thermally stable polyimides

Abstract Multi-ring aromatic diamines bearing a long alkyl chain (C 6 , C 8 or C 16 ) were obtained from the corresponding dinitro compounds synthesized by a Friedel–Crafts alkylation of substituted mesitylenes by paranitrobenzyl chloride. The bismaleimide synthesized from the diamine bearing a C 16 chain formed a thermostable polyimide.