Polymeric condensation products of halomethylated diphenyl ethers and amines and process for making same

Claim 1

A THERMOPLASTIC SUBSTANTIALLY LINEAR CONDENSATION POLYMER OBTAINED BY THE REACTION IN AN INERT POLAR SOLVENT AND AT A TEMPERATURE BETWEEN ABOUT 20*C. AND 100*C. OF CHEMICALLY EQUIVALENT AMOUNTS OF (1) A HALOMETHYLATED DIPHENYL ETHER CONTAINING NOT MORE THAN 4 HALOMETHYL RADICALS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF CHLOROMETHYL AND BROMOMETHYL RADICALS, SAID DISPHENYL ETHER HAVING AN AVERAGE OF FROM 1.5 UP TO 2.5 HALOMETHYL GROUPS PER DIPHENYL ETHER NUCLEUS, AND (2) AN AMINE SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF (A) SECONDARY AMINES HAVING THE FORMULA: R-NH-R AND (B) DITERTIARY AMINES HAVING THE FORMULA: R-N(-R)-R''-N(-R)-R WHEREIN EACH R IS INDIVIDUALLY SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF PHENYL, ALKYL RADICALS HAVING FROM 1 TO 10 CARBON ATOMS, HYDROXYALKYL RADICALS HAVING FROM 2 TO 6 CARBON ATOMS, AND CYCLOALKYL RADICALS HAVING FROM 5 TO 6 CARBON ATOMS, AND WHEREIN R AND R TAKEN TOGETHER WITH THE NITROGEN ATOM FORM A RING CONTAINING 4 TO 5 CARBON ATOMS AND R'' IS A BIVALENT ORGANIC HYDROCARBON RADICAL SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF POLYMETHYLENE AND PHENYLENE.