摘要 |
Novel thermosetting imide resins are obtained by reacting an N,N'-bisimide of an unsaturated dicarboxylic acid with the hydrazide of an amino acid, preferably in the molar proportion between about 1.1 and about 10.0. The resulting prepolymerization products can also be prepared in organic solvents or diluents. By heating at atmospheric pressure or under pressure to a temperature between about 100 DEG C. and about 350 DEG C. and preferably between about 160 DEG C. and 260 DEG C., if desired, in the presence of curing catalysts or inhibitors, the prepolymerization products are cured and hardened to substantially insoluble, infusible, highly cross-linked imide resins of superior stability at high temperatures. Solutions of the prepolymerization products have the advantage that they are stable at room temperature for an almost unlimited period of time without any substantial increase in their viscosity.
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