Patent ID: 7038004

Claim:
A process, comprising a) reacting monomer A with monomer B to give arylene ether monomer C and b) reacting monomer C with another monomer D to give a polymer, wherein: monomer A is HX 1 —Q 1 —X 1 H; monomer B is arylene ether monomer C is monomer D is Q 1 comprises at least one aryl or heteroaryl group; Q 2 comprises at least one aryl or heteroaryl group; X 1 is O bonded directly to an aryl carbon of Q 1 ; X 2 is O bonded directly to an aryl carbon of Q 2 ; Z is a linker comprising at least one —(C(R 2 ) 2 )— group; Y is a single bond or a linker group; L is a nucleophilic aromatic leaving substituent, R 1 is independently at each occurrence H, a halogen, an alkyl group, a heteroalkyl group, an aryl group, or a heteroaryl group; and R 2 is independently at each occurrence H, an alkyl group, or a heteroalkyl group.