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Group transfer polymerization — A critical overview
Author(s) -
Bywater Stanley
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
makromolekulare chemie. macromolecular symposia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.257
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1521-3900
pISSN - 0258-0322
DOI - 10.1002/masy.19930670127
Subject(s) - polymerization , group (periodic table) , transfer (computing) , chain transfer , silicon , mechanism (biology) , chemistry , materials science , polymer chemistry , chemical physics , computer science , physics , polymer , organic chemistry , radical polymerization , quantum mechanics , parallel computing
Available evidence on the mechanism of group transfer polymerization is presented. The data are discussed in terms of the possibility that the chain carriers are enolate anions rather than the originally suggested pentacoordinate silicon complexes.