title: Controlled radical polymerization of vinyl acetate mediated by a vanadium complex.
abstract: Initiation of the polymerization of vinyl acetate with azobis(isobutyronitrile) in the presence of a vanadium bis(iminopyridine) complex generates vanadium-capped dormant polymer chains with excellent correlation between molecular weight and conversion and good molecular weight distributions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Prince Edward Island, 550 University Avenue, Charlottetown, PE, Canada C1A 4P3. mshaver@upei.ca
authors.forename: Michael P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Shaver
authors.forename: M Emre
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Hanhan
authors.forename: Michael R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Jones