The object of the present invention is to provide a vinyl
monomer containing a superacidic ester group useful in the production of ionomers for
polymer electrolyte fuel cells, and its production process. In addition, another object of the present invention is to provide a
polymer produced from said vinyl
monomer and its production process, as well as a process for producing a
polymer containing a superacidic group from said polymer. The inventive vinyl
monomer contains a haloalkyl ester group of a
superacid, wherein the number of carbon atoms of the haloalkyl ester group is no more than 10, and the
halogen in the haloalkyl group is
chlorine and / or
fluorine. A polymer containing said vinyl monomer as a repeating unit can be converted to a polymer containing a
superacid group using at least one procedure of 1)
heat treating at 50° C. to 350° C., and 2) contacting with a protic compound.