Macromolecular design MADIX

NB The Rhodia process is referred to as Macromolecular Design via the Interchange of Xanthates (MADIX), yet... 

Control by degenerative transfer (DT) involves perhaps the smallest change from a eonventional free radical process of all the controlled/living polymerization proeesses developed to date. A recent review of various methods of telomer synthesis [180] diseusses the different types of transfer agents and monomers and the contribution of the teehniques of telomerization to CRP (includes discussion of iodine transfer polymerization, RAFT, and macromolecular design through interchange of xanthates (MADIX)) [181,182]. 

Perrier, S. and Pittaya, T. (2005) Macromolecular design via reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT)/xanthates (MADIX) polymerization.. Polym. Sci., Part A Polym. Chem., 43, 5347-5393. 

Although the term RAFT (an aaonym for reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer) is sometimes used in a more general sense, it was coined to describe, and is most closely associated with, the reaction when it involves thiocarbonylthio compounds. RAFT polymerization, involving the use of xanthates, is also sometimes called MADIX (macromolecular design by interchange of zanthate). The process has been reviewed by Rizzardo et Chiefari and Rizzardo, ... 

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