https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.T06260
The formation of an addition @O04283-1@, having uniform end groups X' ... X'' , by a @C00960@ in which a @C00963@ limits the length of the polymer ('@O04283-2@') produced. An example is the @P04740@ of styrene in bromotrichloromethane solution (X' = CCl3, X'' = Br), where Cl3C· radicals are formed in the @I03042@ step to produce Cl3C[CH2CHPh]nBr, with \(n\) greater than 1 and often less than ca. 10:
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See also:
oligomerization
Source:
PAC, 1994, 66, 1077. (Glossary of terms used in physical organic chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1994)) on page 1173 [Terms] [Paper]