“…The bis(ether‐acyl chloride) monomers, 1,1‐bis[4‐(4‐chloroformylphenoxy)phenyl]cyclohexane ( 1a ) (mp 86–87 °C), 5,5‐bis[4‐(4‐chloroformylphenoxy)phenyl]‐4,7‐methanohexahydroindan ( 1b ) (mp 70–72 °C), and 9,9‐bis[4‐(4‐chloroformylphenoxy)phenyl]fluorene ( 1c ) (mp 256–258 °C), were prepared by chlorinating the corresponding bis(ether‐carboxylic acid)s16–18 with thionyl chloride in the presence of one drop of N , N ‐dimethylformamide (DMF) as a catalyst. Details of the synthesis and characterization data of these diacyl chlorides have been described in a separate article 20. The aromatic bis( o ‐aminophenol) monomers including 4,4′‐diamino‐3,3′‐dihydroxybiphenyl ( 2 ) [Tokyo Chemical Industry (TCI) Japan], 3,3′‐diamino‐4,4′‐dihydroxybiphenyl ( 3 ) (TCI), and 2,2‐bis(3‐amino‐4‐hydroxyphenyl)hexafluoropropane ( 4 ) (TCI) were of high purity and used as received.…”