Branched, high molecular weight, thermoplastic polyarylene ethers containing nitrile groups, and their preparation

摘要

Branched, high molecular weight, thermoplastic polyarylene ethers which contain nitrile groups and are composed of repeating units of the formula I -E1-O-E2-O- where E1 is a radical derived from a dihalobenzene compound and E2 is a radical derived from a bisphenol, and contain from 0.01 to 5 mol %, based on the radical E1, of one or more radicals derived from polyhalo compounds of the formulae <IMAGE> (II) <IMAGE> (III) <IMAGE> (IV) <IMAGE> (V) <IMAGE> (VI) where X is fluorine or chlorine, and their preparation.