Metal-catalyzed radical polyaddition as a novel polymer synthetic route

K Satoh, M Mizutani, M Kamigaito

Index: Satoh, Kotaro; Mizutani, Masato; Kamigaito, Masami Chemical Communications, 2007 , # 12 p. 1260 - 1262

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Abstract

A new class of polymerizations was developed via metal-catalyzed C–C bond forming radical polyaddition; the monomers were designed to have a reactive C–Cl bond, which can be activated by the metal catalysts to generate a carbon radical species, along with a CC double bond, to which the carbon radical generated from another molecule adds to form a C– C backbone polymer with an inactive C–Cl pendant.