NEW AND IMPROVED PROCESS OF PRODUCING POLYCARBOXY PENDANT POLYCARBONAMIDE POLYMERS SUITABLE FOR CYCLIZATION INTO POLYIMIDES BY FORMING A DISPERSION OF EACH REACTANT, THAT IS, A TETRACARBOXYLIC ACID (OR A CORRESPONDING MONO OR DIANHYDRIDE) AND A DIAMINE RESPECTIVELY, IN AN INERT SUBSTANTIALLY NON-POLAR, ORGANIC SUBSTANTIALLY ANHYDROUS LIQUID; AND THEN ADDING A POLAR ORGANIC SOLVENT SLOWLY TO THE DISPERSION EITHER CONTINUOUSLY OR INTERMITTENTLY, WITH STIRRING AND APPROPIATE HEAT CONTROL, WHEREBY SAID REACTANTS REACT TO FORM SAID POLYCARBOXYL PENDANT POLYCARBONAMIDE.