Abstract
Abstract With the methods of sedimentation, fractionation, and viscosimetry the influence of the reaction conditions on the molecular weight distribution of alicyclic polyimides is investigated. Under homogeneous conditions the most probable distribution occurs, whilst in the case of a two‐phase system the molecular weight distribution tends to narrow in comparison with the most probable one. The obtained data are in good agreement with the theory of the two‐phase polycondensation.