This invention provides a
polyimide using a dimerized
diamine as a
raw material, capable of forming a resin film with both low
dielectric loss tangent and excellent adhesion. The
polyimide contains, relative to all
diamine residues,
diamine residues derived from a dimerized diamine composition in the range of 40 mol% to 95 mol%, wherein the dimerized diamine composition is primarily composed of a dimerized diamine formed by replacing the two terminal
carboxylic acid groups of a
dimer acid with primary aminomethyl or amino groups, and contains, in the range of 5 mol% to 25 mol%, diamine residues derived from a diamine compound comprising a
biphenyl backbone or a
naphthalene backbone, wherein the
biphenyl backbone or the
naphthalene backbone has at least one
substituent containing an intercarbon
double bond selected from the group consisting of vinyl,
acrylate,
methacrylate, and allyl groups.