摘要 |
<p>An arylene sulfide polymer and a process for preparing same by contacting a sulfur source, a cyclic organic amide and a dihaloaromatic compound to produce a polymerization mixture, polymerizing the polymerization mixture and recovering the arylene sulfide polymer wherein the process is conducted in the presence of a compound having the formula <CHEM> wherein X is selected from the group consisting of bromine and iodine, Y is a non-activating or deactivating group and is selected from the group consisting of -R', -OR', -Ar', -OAr', -O<->, <CHEM> -NR'2, <CHEM> -SiR'3 and -R''SiR'3 , R' and R'' are hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1 to about 15 carbon atoms, and Ar' is selected from the group consisting of <CHEM> y</p> |