Preparation of polyarylene sulphides with ketone or pinacone

摘要

This invention relates to a process for the preparation of polyarylene sulphides, preferably polyphenylene sulphide (PPS), whose fusion viscosities can be adjusted to specified values, from alkali metal sulphides and polyhalogenated aromatic compounds in a polar solvent in the presence of a ketone or pinacone. The resulting polyarylene sulphides which have specified fusion viscosities are distinguished by high stability of the melt and low chlorine content. They cause little corrosion in the reaction vessels used for their preparation.