Reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer reaction conditions

A corresponding principle applies to controlled radical polymerisation performed in quite a number of modes such as nitroxide-mediated polymerisation (NMP), atom transfer radical polymerisation (ATRP), reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) or catalytic chain transfer (CCT) reactions. All of these variants of controlled radical polymerisation lead to well-defined architectures with the particular advantage that a much larger number of monomers are suitable and the reaction conditions are much less demanding than those of living ionic polymerisation reactions. 

Polymerization with reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) is a reversible deactivation radical polymerization (RDRP) a process which, with appropriate attention to reagents and reaction conditions, can possess the attributes usually associated with living polymerization. These processes are also often called hving radical polymerizations or controlled radical polymerizations. However, the use of these terms in this context is now discouraged. ... 

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