The present invention relates to an aromatic polyimide which has excellent heat resistance and excellent thermal dimensional stability, and which realizes low hygroscopic property, and an aromatic polyamic acid as a precursor for the aromatic polyimide. Provided are an aromatic polyamic acid including a structural unit represented by the following general formula (1), and an aromatic polyimide obtained by imidating the aromatic polyamic acid. The aromatic polyamic acid or the aromatic polyimide can be a copolymerization-type aromatic polyamic acid or aromatic polyimide having another structural unit:
where, Ar
1
represents a tetravalent organic group produced from a tetracarboxylic acid having one or more aromatic rings, and R represents a hydrocarbon having 2 to 6 carbon atoms.
本发明涉及一种具有优异耐热性和优异热尺寸稳定性的芳香族聚
酰亚胺,实现低吸湿性能,并提供作为该芳香族聚
酰亚胺前体的芳香族聚酰胺。提供了一种包括下述一般式(1)所表示的结构单元的芳香族聚酰胺和通过对芳香族聚酰胺进行
酰亚胺化而得到的芳香族聚
酰亚胺。芳香族聚酰胺或芳香族聚
酰亚胺可以是具有另一种结构单元的共聚型芳香族聚酰胺或芳香族聚
酰亚胺:其中,Ar1表示由具有一个或多个芳环的四
羧酸产生的四价有机基团,而R表示具有2至6个碳原子的碳氢化合物。