Abstract

A two-step synthesis of polyimide reaction from dianhydride and diamine was followed by both infrared (IR) and Raman spectroscopy in situ in this case study. In the first step, the two reactants form poly(amide acid), which resulted in substantial spectral changes easily detected by both spectroscopic techniques. The reaction was found to occur rapidly and reached completion within tens of minutes at room temperature. In the second step, trimethylamine (catalyst) and acetic anhydride (dehydration agent) were added to form the five-member imide ring. Interestingly, different spectral changes were observed using IR and Raman spectroscopic methods due to their different responses toward the various functional groups involved. Conclusive evidence was also obtained based on the Raman results to demonstrate a long-lived intermediate species, which was harder to observe in the IR results. This work provides a good case study of the combined use of different vibrational spectroscopy techniques to extract maximum information from a reaction system.

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