Molecular structure investigations on fluorine containing polyazomethines by means of the MALDI–TOF–MS technique

Three new aromatic polyazomethines have been synthesized by solution polycondensation reactions of terephthalic dialdehyde with fluorine containing aromatic diamines. The polymers were obtained in high yields. The investigation of these polymers by means of matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization–time-of-flight–mass spectrometry (MALDI–TOF–MS) proved the initial members of the four theoretical possible series of the corresponding oligomers with 2–10 repeating units per molecule.