Patent ID: 8669341

Claim:
A method for forming liquid crystalline polymer, the method comprising: melt polymerizing two or more monomers in the presence of an aromatic amide oligomer to form a prepolymer, wherein the oligomer has a molecular weight of from about 325 to about 5,000 grams per mole and has the following general formula (I): wherein, ring B is a 6-membered aromatic ring wherein 1 to 3 ring carbon atoms are optionally replaced by nitrogen or oxygen, wherein each nitrogen is optionally oxidized, and wherein ring B may be optionally fused or linked to a 5- or 6-membered aryl, heteroaryl, cycloalkyl, or heterocyclyl; R 5 is halo, haloalkyl, alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, heteroaryl, cycloalkyl, or heterocyclyl; m is from 0 to 4; X 1 and X 2 are independently C(O)HN or NHC(O); R 1 and R 2 are independently selected from aryl, heteroaryl, cycloalkyl, and heterocyclyl; and thereafter, solid-state polymerizing the prepolymer to form the liquid crystalline polymer.