GB2244997A - Copolyimides for use as gas separation membranes - Google Patents

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GB2244997A
GB2244997A GB9111107A GB9111107A GB2244997A GB 2244997 A GB2244997 A GB 2244997A GB 9111107 A GB9111107 A GB 9111107A GB 9111107 A GB9111107 A GB 9111107A GB 2244997 A GB2244997 A GB 2244997A
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A copolyimide is prepared by dissolving 3,3',5,5'-tetramethyl-4,4'-diaminodiphenyl-methane in a solvent, (b) adding to the diamine solution a mixture of 1,4-bis-(3,4-dicarbophenoxy)-2,5-di-tertiary-butylbenzene dianhydride and 3,3',4,4'-bensophenonetetracarboxylic dianhydride in a weight percent ratio from 20:1 to 1:1, and (c) allowing the reactant to polymerise. Membranes, suitable for gas separations and micro- and ultra-filtration applications, may be prepared by dissolving the copolyimide in a solvent, spreading the resultant solution onto a substrate, allowing the solvent to evaporate and subsequently removing the membrane from the substrate. The membrane may be crosslinked with UV radiation.

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POLYMER SYNTHESIS The present invention relates to novel polyimides and in particular to methods of synthesis of crosslinked aromatic polyimides suitable for use as gas separation membranes.
It is known to synthesise aromatic polyimides by reaction of dianhydrides with diamines and to cast a gas separation membrane from the polyimide. However membranes prepared by known processes are limited in gas separation applications by lack of either sufficient selectivity or permeability. The present invention relates to a novel polyimide, its preparation and the method of forming membranes from the polyimide which have improved selectivities and permeabilities.
Thus according to the present invention there is provided a copolyimide comprising 95-50% of structural repeating unit A and 5-50% of structural repeating unit B.
According to a further aspect of the invention there is provided a method of synthesising a copolyimide (as hereinabove described) comprising the steps of (a) dissolving TM diamine in a suitable solvent (b) adding to the diamine solution a mixture of BHDA and BTDA dianhydrides in a weight percent ratio from 20 to 1 and (c) allowing the reactants to polymerise where: TM is
BHDA is
and BTDA is
According to a further aspect of the invention there is provided a method of forming a gas separation membrane from a copolyimide (as hereinabove described) comprising the steps of dissolving the copolyimide in a solvent, spreading the resultant solution onto a substrate, allowing the solvent to evaporate to form a membrane on the substrate and subsequently removing the membrane.
Suitable solvents include chloroform, diohloromethane, tetrahydrofuran, n-methylpyrolidone (NMP), dimethylformamide (DMF), dimethylacetamide. The weight percent of polymer in the solvent is preferably in the range 1-5%.
It is also envisaged that the gas separation membrane can also be produced by use of the phase inversion technique, thereby producing asymmetric gas separation membranes.
The invention will now be described by way of example only.
Dense films were cast from a 3 wt % solution of the above polymer in chloroform. After solvent evaporation the films were annealed at 2000C for 3 days. The films were then tested for pure gas (02, N2, CH4, H2) permeabilities at 35"C and 6.5 bar (6.5 x 105 Pa), with the following results: 02 permeability 9.28 Barrer N2 permeability 1.89 Barrer 02/N2 selectivity 4.9 CH4 permeability 1.81 Barrer H2 permeability 81.8 Barrer H2/CH4 selectivity 45 The above films were then exposed to the UV radiation from a Hanovia 500 watt medium pressure mercury arc lamp (film 11 cm from lamp) for 20 minutes at 25 C, on one side. After UV irradiation, the films became insoluble in chloroform, dichloromethane or n-methyl pyrrolidone (NMP), good solvents for the uncrosslinked polymer.
The above irradiated films were tested for pure gas permeabilities, with the following results: 2 permeability 3.40 Barrer N2 permeability 0.265 Barrer 02/N2 selectivity 13 H2 permeability 74.8 Barrer CH4 permeability 0.115 Barrer H2/CH4 selectivity 650 Although the ratio of BHDA:BTDA used in the above example was 80:20, this ratio may be varied, the Z BTDA being say 5 to 50%.
The oxygen/nitrogen separation characteristics of the UV crosslinked polymer are very good and compare well with the commercially available polyetherimide Ultem 1000 (General Electric) having O2/N2 selectivities of the order 7 and oxygen permeabilities of 0.5 Barrer.
The copolyimide was synthesised as follows: 2.54 g (0.01 mole) of 3,3',5,5'-tetramethyl-4,4'- diaminodiphenylmethane (development product from Seika and Co., Japan) was dissolved in 40 cm3 N,N-dimethylacetamide (DMAC) and then 4.112 g (0.008 mole) of 1,4-bis-(3,4-dicarbophenoxy)-2,5- di-tertiary-butylbenzene dianhydride was added and the mixture was heated to 50-600C for 10 minutes to dissolve the anhydride. Then 0.644 g (0.002 mole) of 3,3',4,4'-benzophenonetetracarboxylic dianhydride was added. The mixture was allowed to react for 24 hours and the resulting polyamic acid was imidized with a mixture of 10 cm3 of an equivolume mixture of acetic anhydride and pyridine. After six hours reaction the product was precipitated into methanol.After drying the polymer was redissolved in chloroform (70 cm3) and reprecipitated into methanol, filtered and dried. The yield was 7 g (almost theoretical). The whole of the synthesis and work-up were carried out in a laboratory illuminated with inactive sodium light.
The tertiary butyl dianhydride was synthesised as follows:4-fluorophthalic anhydride (7.3 g, 0.044 mol.) 2,5 di-tertiary-butyl hydroquinone (4.44 g, 0.02 mol.), spray-dried potassium fluoride (5.8 g, 0.1 mol.) and dry dimethyl acetamide (45 ml) were heated together at reflux with stirring and under a dry nitrogen atmosphere for five hours. The resultant mixture was cooled, poured into ice, filtered to dryness. The dried product was recrystallised from acetic anhydride, filtered, washed with ether and dried. The yield of product was 5.65 g (55%) at 96.9% purity by HPLC. Further recrystallisation from acetic anhydride gave a product which was 99.3% pure.
3,3'5,5' -tetramethyl-4, 4' -diaminodiphenylmethane TM diamine
1,4-bis-(3,4-dicarbophenoxy)-2,5-di-tertiary-butylbenzene dianhydride = BHDA dianhydride
3,3',4,4'-benzophenonetetracarboxylic dianhydride = BTDA dianhydride
The resultant cross linked membranes can be used for microfiltration and ultrafiltration applications as well as for gas separations.

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1. A copolyimide comprising 95-50% of structural repeating unit A and 5-50% of structural repeating unit B.
2. A method of synthesising a copolyimide comprising the steps of (a) dissolving TM diamine in a suitable solvent (b) adding to the diamine solution a mixture of BHDA and BTDA dianhydrides in a weight percent ratio from 20:1 to 1:1 and (c) allowing the reactants to polymerise.
3. A method of forming a gas separation membrane from a copolyimide according to claim 1 comprising the steps of dissolving the copolyimide in a solvent, spreading the resultant solution onto a substrate, allowing the solvent to evaporate to form a membrane on the substrate and subsequently removing the membrane.
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US5248319A (en) * 1992-09-02 1993-09-28 E. I. Du Pont De Nemours And Company Gas separation membranes made from blends of aromatic polyamide, polymide or polyamide-imide polymers
US5266100A (en) * 1992-09-02 1993-11-30 E. I. Du Pont De Nemours And Company Alkyl substituted polyimide, polyamide and polyamide-imide gas separation membranes
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US5248319A (en) * 1992-09-02 1993-09-28 E. I. Du Pont De Nemours And Company Gas separation membranes made from blends of aromatic polyamide, polymide or polyamide-imide polymers
US5266100A (en) * 1992-09-02 1993-11-30 E. I. Du Pont De Nemours And Company Alkyl substituted polyimide, polyamide and polyamide-imide gas separation membranes
US6706088B2 (en) * 2000-06-02 2004-03-16 Nissan Chemical Industries Method for controlling membrane permeability by microwave and method for producing organic separation membrane
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