Mechanism of dithiobenzoate-mediated RAFT polymerization: A missing reaction step
2006 | journal article. A publication with affiliation to the University of Göttingen.
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- Authors
- Buback, Michael; Vana, Philipp
- Abstract
- The debate on the mechanism of dithiobenzoate-mediated RAFT polymerization may be resolved by including the reaction between a propagating radical and the star-shaped combination product from irreversible termination into the kinetic scheme. By this step, a highly reactive propagating radical and a not overly stable three-arm star species are transformed into the resonance-stabilized RAFT intermediate radical and a very stable polymer molecule. The time evolution of concentration is discussed for the main-equilibrium range of CDB-mediated methyl acrylate polymerization.
- Issue Date
- 2006
- Status
- published
- Publisher
- Wiley-blackwell
- Journal
- Macromolecular Rapid Communications
- ISSN
- 1022-1336