Reaction [1]:
Mechanism [2]:
Specific example [3]:
Highlights and Significance:
- ATRP is a controlled radical process for polymerization of styrenic, acrylic, and methacrylic monomers. [4]
- The radical termination reaction is not fast because the concentration of active radicals is low. [5]
- External visible light stimulation ATRP has a high responding speed and excellent functional group tolerance. [6]
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4. Moineau, C.; Minet, M.; Teyssié, P.; Jérôme, R., Synthesis and Characterization of Poly (methyl methacrylate)-block-poly (n-butyl acrylate)-block-poly (methyl methacrylate) Copolymers by Two-Step Controlled Radical Polymerization (ATRP) Catalyzed by NiBr2 (PPh3) 2, 1. Macromolecules 1999, 32 (25), 8277-8282.
5. Fantin, M.; Isse, A. A.; Venzo, A.; Gennaro, A.; Matyjaszewski, K., Atom transfer radical polymerization of methacrylic acid: a won challenge. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138 (23), 7216-7219.
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