ABSTRACT The synthesis of well-defined degradable poly (vinyl acetate) analogues is achieved by RAFT copolymerization of 5, 6-benzo-2-methylene-1, 3-dioxepane (BMDO) and vinyl acetate (VAc) using methyl (ethoxycarbonothioyl) sulfanyl acetate (MEA) as controlling agent. Several monomer mixtures with low BMDO contents (< 30 mol%) are employed to prepare different copolymers. In all the cases, the evolution of molar masses and the ...