Title: reversible-deactivation coordination polymerization
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - reversible-deactivation coordination polymerization
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.08999
Status: current

Definition
Reversible-deactivation polymerization in which the chain carriers are coordination complexes.

Example
Coordinative chain-transfer polymerization (CCTP) and chain-shuttling polymerization (CSP).

Related Terms
- Coordinative chain-transfer polymerization: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/09003
- chain-shuttling polymerization: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/09001
- reversible-deactivation polymerization: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/08912

Source
- PAC, 2022, 94, 1093. 'Terminology for chain polymerization (IUPAC Recommendations 2021)' on page 1137 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2020-1211)

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Citation: Citation: 'reversible-deactivation coordination 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.08999
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