Relationship between one-electron transition-metal reactivity and radical polymerization processes.
Controlled radical polymerization has come along in leaps and bounds following the development of efficient transition-metal catalysts for atom-transfer radical polymerization. Another type of controlled radical polymerization process, namely organometallic radical polymerization, uses the reversible formation of metal-carbon bonds. Metals are also implicated in catalytic chain transfer, a process that involves the abstraction of hydrogen atoms. This Minireview discusses the importance of one-electron transition-metal reactivity in metal-mediated controlled radical polymerization processes.
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Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination, CNRS UPR 8241, 205 Route de Narbonne, 31077 Toulouse cedex, France. poli@lcc-toulouse.fr