Synthesis Characterization and Glass Reinforcement of Poly(urethane-imide)s-III
Poly(urethane-imide)s (PUIs) were prepared by the intermolecular Diels-Alder (DA) reaction of methylenedi-4,1-phenylenebis(2-furanyl-methylcarb-amate) (MPBFC) with various bismaleimides. The DA reaction was carried out in 1,4-dioxane as solvent as well as in bulk, followed by aromatization of tetrahydro-phthalimide intermediates in the presence of acetic anhydride. All the polymers were characterized by elemental analysis, IR spectral studies and thermogravfmetry. The PUts exhibit moderate thermal stability. MPBFC and bismaleimides were polymerized (at 145 + 10 C) by an in situ DA intermolecular reaction into moderately thermally stable PUls-glass fibre composite (i.e. laminates) and were characterized by their chemical resistance and mechanical properties.