08980 IUPAC Gold Book - living anionic polymerization 10.1351/goldbook.08980 08980 current 1 Anionic polymerization in which chain termination and irreversible chain transfer are absent. Anionic polymerizations, controlled anionic polymerizations and reversible-deactivation anionic polymerizations should not be described as living if there is a non-zero probability of chain termination or irreversible chain transfer. chain termination https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/08946 controlled anionic polymerizations https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/08979 reversible-deactivation anionic polymerizations https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/08981 PAC, 2022, 94, 1093. 'Terminology for chain polymerization (IUPAC Recommendations 2021)' on page 1128 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2020-1211) https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/08980/html https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/08980/json https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/08980/plain Citation: 'living anionic 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.08980 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. 2026-08-05T13:40:11+00:00