| 摘要 |
Disclosed is a process for producing stably a polyarylene sulfide of high purity and high molecular weight by contacting a dihalogeno aromatic compound with an alkali metal sulfide in a polar solvent which comprises, as a first stage, reacting a dihalogeno aromatic compound with an alkali metal sulfide in a polar solvent in the presence of a lithium compound and in the presence of substantially no water at 200 DEG -270 DEG C. with concentration of remaining alkali metal sulfide being 5.5 g/l-polar solvent or less in terms of sulfur; then adding water in an amount of 1.0-10 mols per 1 mol of said alkali metal sulfide; and, thereafter, as a second stage, carrying out the reaction at 220 DEG -280 DEG C. Preferred dihalogeno aromatic compound is p-dichlorobenzene, preferred alkali metal sulfide is sodium sulfide and/or lithium sulfide and preferred lithium compound is lithium chloride and/or lithium sulfide.
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