{"term":{"id":"08920","title":"organometallic-mediated radical polymerization","longtitle":"IUPAC Gold Book - organometallic-mediated radical polymerization","doi":"10.1351\/goldbook.08920","code":"08920","status":"current","initialism":"<em>initialism<\/em>: OMRP","definitions":[{"id":1,"text":"Reversible-deactivation radical polymerization mediated by an organometallic reagent.","notes":{"1":"The term organometallic-meditated radical polymerization is not usually used in describing an atom-transfer radical polymerization process.","2":"The mechanism of organometallic-meditated radical polymerization may involve stable-radical-mediated polymerization (SRMP), degenerative chain-transfer radical polymerization (DTRP), atom-transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) or some combination of these depending on the specific reagents and reaction conditions."},"exams":{"1":"The best-known example of OMRP is cobalt-mediated radical polymerization, CMRP."},"links":[{"term":"Reversible-deactivation radical polymerization","url":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/\/terms\/view\/08916"},{"term":"atom-transfer radical polymerization process","url":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/\/terms\/view\/08924"},{"term":"cobalt-mediated radical polymerization","url":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/\/terms\/view\/08918"},{"term":"degenerative chain-transfer radical polymerization","url":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/\/terms\/view\/08929"},{"term":"stable-radical-mediated polymerization","url":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/\/terms\/view\/08921"}],"sources":["PAC, 2022, 94, 1093. 'Terminology for chain polymerization (IUPAC Recommendations 2021)' on page 1106 (https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1515\/pac-2020-1211)"]}],"altoutputs":{"html":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/08920\/html","xml":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/08920\/xml","plain":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/08920\/plain"},"citation":"Citation: 'organometallic-mediated radical polymerization' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351\/goldbook.08920","license":"The IUPAC Gold Book is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA 4.0 International (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/) for individual terms.","collection":"If you are interested in licensing the Gold Book for commercial use, please contact the IUPAC Executive Director at executivedirector@iupac.org .","disclaimer":"The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) is continuously reviewing and, where needed, updating terms in the Compendium of Chemical Terminology (the IUPAC Gold Book). Users of these terms are encouraged to include the version of a term with its use and to check regularly for updates to term definitions that you are using.","accessed":"2026-08-05T12:22:57+00:00"}}