08968 IUPAC Gold Book - reversible-addition-fragmentation chain-transfer agent 10.1351/goldbook.08968 08968 current synonyms: chain-transfer agent (CTA) (in RAFT polymerization), RAFT agent 1 Chain-transfer agent that provides chain transfer by a reversible-addition-fragmentation mechanism. RAFT agents are mediating agents in RAFT polymerization. 2-Cyanopropan-2-yl dithiobenzoate in the polymerization of methyl methacrylate. 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 PAC, 2022, 94, 1093. 'Terminology for chain polymerization (IUPAC Recommendations 2021)' on page 1125 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2020-1211) https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/08968/html https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/08968/json https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/08968/plain 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 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. If you are interested in licensing the Gold Book for commercial use, please contact the IUPAC Executive Director at executivedirector@iupac.org . 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. 2026-06-21T21:11:28+00:00