Title: reversible-addition-fragmentation chain-transfer agent
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - reversible-addition-fragmentation chain-transfer agent
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.08968
Status: current

Definition
Chain-transfer agent that provides chain transfer by a reversible-addition-fragmentation mechanism.

Note
RAFT agents are mediating agents in RAFT polymerization.

Example
2-Cyanopropan-2-yl dithiobenzoate in the polymerization of methyl methacrylate.

Related Terms
- Chain-transfer agent: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/08947
- RAFT polymerization: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/08935
- mediating agents: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/08964

Source
- PAC, 2022, 94, 1093. 'Terminology for chain polymerization (IUPAC Recommendations 2021)' on page 1125 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2020-1211)

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Citation: Citation: 'reversible-addition-fragmentation chain-transfer 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.08968
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