title: Mechanism-based invention of high-speed living radical polymerization using organotellurium compounds and azo-initiators.
abstract: Kinetic analysis reveals the existence of two competing pathways in the organotellurium-mediated living radical polymerization (TERP) at elevated temperature. The rate-determining step, namely, the thermal dissociation process, could be bypassed by the addition of conventional radical initiators, and the polymerization proceeded at low temperature by the degenerative transfer-mediated polymerization. The polymerization conditions are applicable to a variety of vinyl monomers, and the desired polymers form in a highly controlled manner.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan.
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Goto
authors.forename: Yungwan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kwak
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fukuda
authors.forename: Shigeru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamago
authors.forename: Kazunori
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Iida
authors.forename: Mitsuru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakajima
authors.forename: Jun-Ichi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yoshida