New resins were obtained by polycondensation of N, N′-dimethylhexamethylenediamineand phthalic acid.These resins were characterized by their better solubilities into commonorganic solvents, different from general linear poly-amides.The author has attempted tostudy the chemical structure of these polymers, and has made the measurements of the solutionviscosity in benzene.The calculated intrinsic viscosity were compared with the molecularweight by the cryoscopic method in benzene solution. Houwink-Sakurada's equation wasapplicable to these solutions, and two constants were calculated by a graphic method.Theintrinsic viscosity-molecular weight relationship, [η] =6.9×10
-6M
1.05was obtained. It was shown that the Staudinger's equation was applied to these polymers. The anormality of η
sp/c-c curve was observed at the region of relatively higher molecular weights.It seemed to be appropiate to think that these results were all due to the special shape and property of the polymer molecule.
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