09001 IUPAC Gold Book - chain-shuttling polymerization 10.1351/goldbook.09001 09001 current initialism: CSP 1 Coordinative chain-transfer polymerization that involves two different catalysts showing different specificity, where chain propagation occurs sequentially on the two catalysts, allowing for the formation of segmented or multiblock copolymers. Chain-shuttling polymerization is a form of degenerative chain-transfer polymerization (DTP). chain propagation https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/08944 coordinative chain-transfer polymerization https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/09003 degenerative chain-transfer polymerization https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/08909 PAC, 2022, 94, 1093. 'Terminology for chain polymerization (IUPAC Recommendations 2021)' on page 1138 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2020-1211) https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/09001/html https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/09001/json https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/09001/plain Citation: 'chain-shuttling 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.09001 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. 2026-06-22T00:51:53+00:00