Title: mediating agent
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - mediating agent
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.08964
Status: current

Definition
Species that mediates polymerization in reversible-deactivation polymerization.

Example
The aminoxyl radical in aminoxyl-mediated radical polymerization (AMRP) and the RAFT agent in RAFT polymerization.

Related Terms
- RAFT agent: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/08968
- RAFT polymerization: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/08935
- aminoxyl-mediated radical polymerization: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/08917
- reversible-deactivation polymerization: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/08912

Source
- PAC, 2022, 94, 1093. 'Terminology for chain polymerization (IUPAC Recommendations 2021)' on page 1124 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2020-1211)

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Citation: Citation: 'mediating agent' 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.08964
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