Title: rare-earth-metal-mediated coordination-addition polymerization
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - rare-earth-metal-mediated coordination-addition polymerization
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.09008
Status: current

Definition
Coordination-addition polymerization with propagation occurring within the coordination sphere of a rare-earth metal complex.

Note
The process may also involve non-rare-earth metal complexes with a sufficiently large coordination sphere (e.g., zirconium).

Source
- PAC, 2022, 94, 1093. 'Terminology for chain polymerization (IUPAC Recommendations 2021)' on page 1139 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2020-1211)

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Citation: Citation: 'rare-earth-metal-mediated coordination-addition 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.09008
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