Aromatic polyimides (PIs) with a hexaphenylbenzene unit were synthesized from 1,4-bis[4-(4-aminophenoxy)phenyl]-2,3,5,6-tetraphenylbenzene (1) and various tetracarboxylic dianhydrides by a conventional two-step procedure that included ring-opening polymerization in N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone and subsequent thermal cyclic dehydration. The PIs were characterized by X-ray diffraction, differential scanning calorimetry, thermogravimetry, and dynamic mechanical analysis. The PIs had glass transition temperatures in the range of 289–352°C, and all the polymers were amorphous. The structure–property relationships of these PIs were examined and compared with those of the previously prepared analogous PIs from 4,4′-bis(4-aminophenoxy)biphenyl (2) and 4,4′-bis(4-amino-2-phenylphenoxy)biphenyl (3). Water absorption and dielectric constants of the PIs were also compared and discussed on the basis of imide content per repeating unit.
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