ARYLIDENE POLYMERS .9. SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION, AND MORPHOLOGY OF NEW POLYESTERS OF DIARYLIDENECYCLOALKANONES CONTAINING THIANTHRENE UNITS

New polyesters containing thianthrene tetraoxide were synthesized by the interaction of 2,7-dichloroformylthianthrene-5,5',10, 10'-tetraoxide with 2,5-bis(p-hydroxybenzylidene)cyclopentanone, 2,5-divanillylidenecyclopentanone, 2,6-bis(p-hydroxybenzylidene)-cyclohexanone, 2,6-divanillylidenecyclohexanone, and 2,7-bis(p-hydroxybenzylidene)cycloheptanone by using the interfacial polycondensation technique. The resulting polyesters were characterized by elemental and spectral analyses. All the synthesized polymers readily dissolved at room temperature in dimethylsulfoxide. The thermal properties of the polymers were evaluated and correlated to their structural units by TGA and DSC measurements. X-ray analysis of polymers showed that all the polyesters are amorphous. Moreover, the morphology of a new high performance polyester, poly[oxycarbonyl-2,7-thianthrene-5,5',10,10'-tetraox-idecarbonzeoxyl(2-methoxy-p-phenylene)methylidyne(2-oxo-1,3-cyclohexanediylidenemethylidyne)methylidene(3-methoxy-p-phenylene)], has been investigated by scanning electron microscopy.