Terminology for Reversible-Deactivation Radical Polymerization Previously Called “Controlled” Radical or “Living” Radical Polymerization (IUPAC Terminology 2010)

Ovaj dokument definira pojmove vezane uz moderne postupke radikalske polimerizacije, gdje neki aditivi reagiraju povrativo s radikalima, omogućujući reakcijama poprimanje odlika živućih polimerizacija premda je neizbježno u određenoj mjeri zastupljena i terminacija. U novijoj tehničkoj literaturi za ove se reakcije, osim ostalih, upotrebljavaju i neformalni nazivi, "kontrolirane", "kontrolirane/ živuće", ili "živuće" polimerizacije. Ne preporučuje se uporaba tih naziva. Uporaba naziva "kontrolirana" dopušta se u slučaju kad je definirana vrsta kontrole prilikom njegova prvog spominjanja, ali puno ime koje se preporučuje za ove polimerizacije je "povrativo-deaktivacijska radikalska polimerizacija"This document defines terms related to modern methods of radical polymerization, in which certain additives react reversibly with the radicals, thus enabling the reactions to take on much of the character of living polymerizations, even though some termination inevitably takes place. In recent technical literature, these reactions have often been loosely referred to as, inter alia, “controlled”, “controlled/living”, or “living” polymerizations. The use of these terms is discouraged. The use of “controlled” is permitted as long as the type of control is defined at its first occurrence, but the full name that is recommended for these polymerizations is “reversible deactivation radical polymerization”