Title: initialization
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - initialization
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.08956
Status: current

Definition
Process for converting a starting coordination complex or precatalyst into an active catalyst.

Related Term
- precatalyst: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/08938

Source
- PAC, 2022, 94, 1093. 'Terminology for chain polymerization (IUPAC Recommendations 2021)' on page 1122 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2020-1211)

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Citation: Citation: 'initialization' 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.08956
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