“…It is well known that DA NTCA exhibits low reactivity and does not form high-molecular-weight polyimides by common two-and one-step procedures in organic solvents (N,N-dimethylformamide (DMFA), N,N-dimethylacetamide (DMAA), N-methylpyrrolidone (NMP), nitrobenzene, m-cresol) in the absence of any catalyst even at temperatures as high as 200 8C (Table 1, entries 14, 16). [9] Thus, the reaction of such monomers is commonly carried out at 180-220 8C and in the presence of carboxylic acid as a catalyst (Table 1, entries 15, 17). The unique feature of our approach is the synthesis of polyimides in ILs as reaction media.…”