Term: anion-activated-monomer polymerization https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.08989 Definition: Activated-monomer polymerization where the propagating species is an electrophile and activating species is anionic. Link: Related Term: activated-monomer polymerization (http://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.08907). Related Term: propagating species (http://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.08966). Source: PAC, 2022, 94, 1093. 'Terminology for chain polymerization (IUPAC Recommendations 2021)' on page 1132 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2020-1211) Citation: 'anion-activated-monomer polymerization' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.08989 License: The IUPAC Gold Book is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) for individual terms. Disclaimer: The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) is continuously reviewing and, where needed, updating terms in the Compendium of Chemical Terminology (the IUPAC Gold Book). Users of these terms are encouraged to include the version of a term with its use and to check regularly for updates to term definitions that you are using.