Thermoplastic wholly aromatic polyimide esters and process for producing the same.

摘要

Disclosed herein are a thermoplastic wholly aromatic polyimide ester consisting essentially of structural units represented by the general formulas I, II, III, and IV: <CHEM> wherein X and Y are either -O- or -CO- and may be either identical with or different from each other, n is an integer of 0 or 1, X group and imide group in unit II are present at para or meta position to each other, two carbonyl groups in unit IV are present at para or meta position to each other, and each end of units I, II, III, and IV is bonded to another end through ester bond, and wherein the polyimide ester has a melt viscosity of 1.0 to 1.0 x 10<5> Pa.s measured at a shear stress of 0.025 MPa and a temperature of 300 to 400 DEG C; and a process for producing the thermoplastic wholly aromatic polyimide ester.