A series of new poly(amide imide)s was prepared from new diacid containing sulfone, ether, amide and imide groups
with various aromatic diamines. The diacid was synthesized via four steps, starting from reaction of 4-aminophenol
with 4-nitrobenzoyl chloride in the presence of propylene oxide afforded N-(4-hydroxy phenyl)-4-nitrobenzamide. In
the second step, reduction of nitro group resulted in preparation of 4-amino-N-(4-hydroxy phenyl) benzamide. In
the next step for the preparation of diamine, the reaction of 4-amino-N-(4-hydroxy phenyl) benzamide with bis-
(4-chlorophenyl) sulfone in the presence of K2CO3 was achieved. The prepared sulfone ether amide diamine was reacted
with two moles of trimellitic anhydride to synthesize related sulfone ether amide imide diacid. The precursors and final
monomer were characterized by FT-IR, H-NMR and elemental analysis. Direct polycondensation reaction of the sulfone ether amide imide diacid with different diamines in the presence of triphenyl phosphite afforded five different poly
(sulfone ether amide imide amide)s. The obtained polymers were fully characterized and their physical properties
including thermal behavior, thermal stability, solubility, and inherent viscosity were studied.