Determination of rate constants for the activation step in atom transfer radical polymerization using the stopped-flow technique

T Pintauer, W Braunecker, E Collange, R Poli…

Index: Pintauer, Tomislav; Braunecker, Wade; Collange, Edmond; Poli, Rinaldo; Matyjaszewski, Krzysztof Macromolecules, 2004 , vol. 37, # 8 p. 2679 - 2682

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Abstract

The synthesis of macromolecules with well-defined compositions, architectures, and functionalities represents an ongoing effort in the field of polymer chemistry. Over the past few years, atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) has emerged as a very powerful and robust technique to meet these goals. 1-3 The basic working mechanism of ATRP (Scheme 1) involves a reversible switching between two oxidation states of a transition metal ...