Synthesis and characterization of new polyesters based on 2,5-bis[(4-chloro carboxyanilino)carbonyl]pyridine and aromatic diols

Six new polyesters 7a-f were synthesized through the solution polycondensation reaction of diacid chloride 5 with six aromatic diols 6a-f in N,N-dimethyl acetamide(DMAc) as solvent in the presence of pyridine as base.The polycondensation reaction produced a series of novel polyester containing pyridyl moiety in the main chain in high yields with inherent viscosities between 0.35 and 0.54 dL/g.The resulted polymers were fully characterized by means of FT-IR spectroscopy,elemental analyses,inherent viscosity and solubility tests.Thermal properties of these polymers were investigated by using thermal gravimetric analysis(TGA) and differentional thermal gravimetric(DTG).The glass-transition temperatures of these polyesters were recorded between 130 and 170℃by differential scanning calorimetry(DSC) and the 10%weight loss temperatures were ranging from 390 to 450℃under nitrogen.