Spontaneous termination

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CHM-011244",
  "term": "Spontaneous termination",
  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "A termination reaction in a chain polymerization that is a unimolecular process involving only the active center of a growing polymer chain. This process does not require interaction with a terminator, a monomer, a solvent molecule, or another polymer chain. Spontaneous termination is observed in some cationic polymerizations where the chain end rearranges to a non-propagating state.",
  "subject": "Polymer",
  "references": [
    "PAC, 2008, 80, 2163. 'Glossary of terms related to kinetics, thermodynamics, and mechanisms of polymerization (IUPAC Recommendations 2008)' on page 2184 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac200880102163)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/spontaneous-termination/"
}