3,3'-Diaminobenzidine → benzobisimidazole Divinylene

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Reaction Steps

3,3'-Diaminobenzidine (1.508 g, 7.04 mmol) was dehydrochlorinated with 83.3 wt % deaerated PPA in accordance with the procedure enumerated in Example 1. The product of this dehydrochlorination was reacted with trans,trans-muconic acid (1.0 g, 7.04 mmol) in accordance with the procedure of Example 1. This polymerization reaction was conducted for a total of 30 hours, the first 6 hours of which were at a temperature of 100° C. and the final 24 hours at 140° C. The product of this reaction was a yellowish-brown polymerization dope. This product was precipitated in water and purified by extraction, for 3 days, with water.

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