Process for preparing poly(arylene sulfide) polymers using cyclic arylene sulfide oligomers
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1. A process for preparing a poly(arylene sulfide) polymer which comprises:
- contacting reactants consisting essentially of at least one dihaloaromatic compound, a sulfur source, a polar organic compound, water and cyclic oligomers of the formula ##STR4## wherein 4≦
n≦
15, under polymerization conditions sufficient to form said poly(arylene sulfide) polymer.
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A process is provided for producing a poly(arylene sulfide) polymer which employs as a reactant cyclic arylene sulfide oligomers.
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1. A process for preparing a poly(arylene sulfide) polymer which comprises:
contacting reactants consisting essentially of at least one dihaloaromatic compound, a sulfur source, a polar organic compound, water and cyclic oligomers of the formula ##STR4## wherein 4≦
n≦
15, under polymerization conditions sufficient to form said poly(arylene sulfide) polymer.- View Dependent Claims (2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
- 3. A process according to claim 3 wherein said molecular weight modifying agent is an alkali metal carboxylate.
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