M. Rillich et al., POLYMERS CONTAINING FORMAMIDINE GROUPS .4. COPOLYFORMAMIDINES PREPARED FROM TRIETHYL ORTHOFORMATE, BENZIDINE AND VARIOUS DIAMINES, Macromolecular chemistry and physics, 196(5), 1995, pp. 1635-1644
Fully aromatic and aromatic-aliphatic polyformamidines were prepared b
y high-temperature solution polycondensation of the appropriate diamin
es with triethyl orthoformate (TEOF). Copolyformamidines of benzidine
(4,4'-biphenyldiamine) with p-phenylene and trans-1,4-cyclo-hexylene u
nits, respectively, showed liquid-crystalline behaviour. Both series o
f copolyformamidines differ distinctly in crystallinity. This has been
discussed with respect to sequence distribution, which was determined
by C-13 NMR spectroscopy.