Patent ID: 7910653

Claim:
A process for making a polymer comprising polymerizing a compound of Formula (I): wherein Ar is a univalent group of Formula (II), (III), or (IV): and is optionally substituted with one or more fluorine; R f is a straight chain, branched or cyclic, perfluorinated alkylene group having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms and optionally substituted with one or more ether oxygens or halogens; m is 1-6; M is one or more of monovalent cation; Q is S, SO 2 , CO, or CR 1 R 2 , wherein R 1 and R 2 are independently branched or cyclic perfluorinated alkyl groups having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and wherein R 1 and R 2 can together form a ring; and X is chlorine, bromine, iodine, methanesulfonate, or trifluoromethanesulfonate; wherein the polymerization is performed in the presence of a zerovalent transition metal and a neutral ligand.