Reverse iodine-transfer polymerization

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CHM-013500",
  "term": "Reverse iodine-transfer polymerization",
  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "A form of iodine-transfer polymerization in which the starting mixture holds a conventional radical initiator, for example AIBN or benzoyl peroxide, together with molecular iodine rather than a preformed alkyl iodide. Initiator radicals react with iodine to form the alkyl iodide chain-transfer agent in situ, and polymerization then proceeds by degenerative iodine transfer between growing chains and dormant iodo-terminated chains. In direct iodine-transfer polymerization the alkyl iodide is added at the start instead.",
  "subject": "Polymer",
  "see_also": [
    "iodine-transfer polymerization"
  ],
  "references": [
    "PAC, 2022, 94, 1093. 'Terminology for chain polymerization (IUPAC Recommendations 2021)' on page 1113 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2020-1211)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/reverse-iodine-transfer-polymerization/"
}