Intermolecular chain transfer

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CHM-005959",
  "term": "Intermolecular chain transfer",
  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "Chain transfer in which the active center on one macromolecule is passed to a different macromolecule, by abstraction of an atom or group from its backbone. It leaves a dead chain and a new active site in the middle of the receiving chain, which then grows a branch, as in the long-chain branching of radically made low-density polyethylene. Intramolecular transfer, or backbiting, happens within a single chain instead.",
  "subject": "Polymer",
  "see_also": [
    "backbiting"
  ],
  "references": [
    "PAC, 2008, 80, 2163. 'Glossary of terms related to kinetics, thermodynamics, and mechanisms of polymerization (IUPAC Recommendations 2008)' on page 2178 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac200880102163)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/intermolecular-chain-transfer/"
}