Thermal stability of poly(5-vinylsalicylidene) aniline homopolymer and polymer complexes of 5-vinylsalicylidene aniline with some transition metal salts Polymer complexes of 5-vinylsalieylidene aniline with some transition metal salts were prepared and eharacterised by elemental analyses, IR, electronic spectroscopy and magnetic moment measurements. Thermal stabilities of the polymer complexes were compared with poly(5-vinylsalicylidene) aniline homopolymer, and the order of stabilities of the complexes was given. The activation energies of the polymer complexes were calculated.Polymer complexes have been given a great deal of attention in the last few years [1-3]; their structures and thermal stability have been of particular interest [4][5][6]. Recently, we dealt with polymer complexes derived from 5-vinyl salicylaldehyde and 5-vinyl salieylidene anthranilie acid with some transition metal salts [7,8]. In the present investigation, polymer complexes of 5-vinylsalicylidene aniline with some transition metal salts were prepared and characterized. The thermal stabilities of the formed polymer complexes were studied and the activation energies of the degradation were calculated.