本研究利用N,N- dimethyl-p-phenylenediamine與4-fluoronitrobenzene,於DMSO溶劑中,以氟化銫(CsF)為媒介進行芳香性親核取代反應,得到4,4′-Dinitro- 4′′-(dimethylamino)triphenylamine,隨後再進行聯胺和Pd/C催化還原反應,進而製得一種新型具有三苯胺結構的芳香族二胺單體4,4′-diamino-4′′-(dimethylamino)- triphenylamine。之後,再利用上述製得的二胺單體和一系列芳香族二酐進行聚縮合反應,製備一系列新型、具有二甲胺基取代的三苯胺結構芳香族聚醯亞胺。這些聚合物具有優異的耐高溫特性,它們的玻璃轉移溫度介於299∼324 ℃之間,它們在500 ℃之前不會產生明顯的熱裂解,在氮氣中分解5%的熱損失溫度為425 ℃以上,而在空氣中分解5%的熱損失溫度為442 ℃以上。塗佈在ITO玻璃上的聚合物薄膜,其循環伏安(CV)圖皆顯示出二對可逆的氧化還原峰,聚醯亞胺的第一半波氧化電位約在0.49∼0.59 V附近,第二半波氧化電位約在0.93∼0.96 V之間。這些聚合物具有良好的電致變色特性,他們在中性態為淡黃色,在一階氧化態時呈現綠色,二階氧化態會呈現藍紫色。
4,4′-Diamino-4′′-(dimethylamino)triphenylamine was synthesized by the cesium fluoride (CsF)-mediated nucleophilic displacement reaction of 1-fluoro-4-nitrobenzene with N,N-dimethyl-p-phenylenediamine in dimethyl sulfoxide, followed by palladium- catalyzed hydrazine reduction of the intermediate compound 4,4′-dimitro- 4′′-(dimethylamino)triphenylamine. This newly synthesized diamine monomer was polycondensed with various aromatic tetracarboxylic dianhydrides to produce a series of novel triphenylamine-based polyimides with pendent dimethylamino substituents. These polymers showed high glass transition temperatures between 299 and 324 ℃, and they were stable up to a temperature above 500 ℃. The 5 % weight-loss temperatures of these polymers in nitrogen and air were higher than 425 and 442 ℃, respectively. Cyclic voltammograms of the polyimides showed two reversible redox waves with half-wave oxidation potentials (E1/2) of 0.49-0.59 V and 0.93-0.96 V (versus Ag/AgCl), respectively, in an acetonitrile solution. The polyimide films revealed good stability of electrochromic characteristics, with a coloration change of the film from the pale yellow neutral form to the green semioxidized form, and the purple-blue fully oxidized state. The coloration change was followed by UV-Vis spectroscopy.