The invention relates to a process for the manufacture of polyetherketoneketones, comprising:-reacting an aromatic
ether or a mixture of aromatic ethers, which comprises at least 50 mol% of 1, 3-bis (4-phenoxybenzoyl)
benzene, 1, 4-bis (4-phenoxybenzoyl)
benzene, or a mixture thereof, and-reacting the aromatic
ether or the mixture of aromatic ethers, which comprises at least 50 mol% of 1, 3-bis (4-phenoxybenzoyl)
benzene, 1, 4-bis (4-phenoxybenzoyl) benzene, or a mixture thereof; in some embodiments, 1, 3-bis (4-phenoxybenzoyl) benzene and / or 1, 3-bis (4-phenoxybenzoyl) benzene are contacted with
acyl chloride or a mixture of
acyl chloride and a Lewis acid in all or a portion of a reaction
solvent, with respect to the total moles of aromatic
ether (s), to form a reaction mixture, 1, 3-bis (4-phenoxybenzoyl) benzene and / or 1, 3-bis (4-phenoxybenzoyl) benzene and / or 1, 3-bis (4-phenoxybenzoyl) benzene. The 1, 4-bis (4-phenoxybenzoyl) benzene is substantially insoluble in the reaction
solvent at the end of the contacting step; and-polymerizing the reaction mixture, the
polymerization being carried out at least partially at a temperature Tp greater than or equal to 50 DEG C; said method is characterized in that it comprises a step-by-step heating of the reaction mixture until an acceleration of the
polymerization reaction is achieved, the step-by-step heating step being carried out at an average heating rate selected from the range from 0.65 DEG C / min to 2.5 DEG C / min; one or more chain terminators are optionally added during the process.