Crosslinkable or chain extendable polyarylpolyamines and films thereof

A composition comprising at least one compound corresponding to Formula (I) or (II);

• ##STR33## wherein:
• E is independently in each occurrence a hydroxy, glycidyl ether, acrylate ester, methacrylate ester, ethenyl, ethynyl, vinylbenzyloxy, maleimide, nadimide, trifluorovinyl ether, a cyclobutene bound to adjacent carbons on Ar.sup.2, or a trialkylsiloxy;
• Ar.sup.1 and Ar.sup.2 are independently in each occurrence a di- or multivalent C.sub.6-18 aryl moiety or a di- or multivalent C.sub.4-17 aryl moiety containing one or more heteroatoms of nitrogen, oxygen or sulfur;
• R.sup.1 is independently in each occurrence a single bond;
• sulfur;
• oxygen;
• C.sub.1-20 divalent hydrocarbyl;
• a divalent silyl or a polysilyl moiety having a C.sub.1-10 hydrocarbyl;
• a C.sub.1-20 divalent hydrocarbyl further containing one or more of oxygen, sulfur, an arylamine, a carbonyl, a carbonyloxy, an amide, sulfinyl, sulfonyl, an aryl phosphinyl, or an aryl phosphine oxide;
• or a C.sub.1-20 hydrocarbyl-substituted siloxy or polysiloxy;
• R.sup.2 is independently in each occurrence C.sub.1-20 hydrocarbyl, C.sub.1-20 hydrocarbyloxy, hydrocarbyl thioether, C.sub.1-20 hydrocarbyl sulfonyl, C.sub.1-20 hydrocarbyl sulfinyl, or two adjacent R.sup.2 bonded to two aromatic rings which are bonded to the same nitrogen atom may form a direct bond between the two aromatic rings or be bonded to a divalent sulfur or oxygen;
• R.sup.3 is independently in each occurrence a C.sub.1-20 hydrocarbyl moiety or a moiety corresponding to the formula --Ar.sup.1 (R.sup.2)--Ar.sup.2 --E;
• R.sup.4 is independently in each occurrence hydrogen, a C.sub.1-20 hydrocarbyl moiety, --Ar.sup.2 (R.sup.2)--E or a moiety corresponding to Formula (III) ##STR34## with the proviso that each poly(tertiary di- or polyarylamine) contains two or more units which are --Ar.sup.2 (R.sup.2)--E;
• m is a number of from about 0 to about 50;
• and
• n is a number of from about 1 to about 50.