Process for preparing arylene sulfide polymer with addition of aqueous alkali metal carboxylate prior to termination of polymerization

摘要

A process for preparing high molecular weight arylene sulfide polymers by dehydrating an aqueous mixture of a sulfur source and a cyclic organic amide to form a dehydrated mixture, contacting the dehydrated mixture with a dihaloaromatic compound to produce a polymerization mixture, polymerizing the polymerization mixture and recovering the arylene sulfide polymer wherein an aqueous alkali metal carboxylate mixture is added to the polymerization mixture after the conversion of the dihaloaromatic compound is about 40 percent to about 30 minutes prior to entering into termination of the polymerization. In another embodiment, a process for preparing high molecular weight arylene sulfide polymers by contacting an essentially anhydrous sulfur source, a cyclic organic amide, and a dihaloaromatic compound to form a polymerization mixture, polymerizing the polymerization mixture and recovering the arylene sulfide polymer wherein an aqueous alkali metal carboxylate mixture is added to the polymerization mixture after the conversion of the dihaloaromatic compound is about 40 percent to about 30 minutes prior to entering into termination of the polymerization.