Activated-monomer polymerization

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CHM-000175",
  "term": "Activated-monomer polymerization",
  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "A chain polymerization in which each propagation step is a reaction between the growing chain end, frequently a neutral nucleophile such as a hydroxyl group, and an activated monomer, a protonated or otherwise cationic or anionic form of the monomer. The chain end itself is not the charged species. It occurs in the cationic ring-opening polymerization of cyclic ethers and lactones when alcohols are present.",
  "subject": "Polymer",
  "see_also": [
    "activated monomer",
    "anion-activated-monomer polymerization",
    "cation-activated-monomer polymerization",
    "propagating species",
    "chain propagation"
  ],
  "references": [
    "PAC, 2022, 94, 1093. 'Terminology for chain polymerization (IUPAC Recommendations 2021)' on page 1098 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2020-1211)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/activated-monomer-polymerization/"
}