Term: condensative chain polymerization
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.09009

Definition:
Chain polymerization in which the individual propagation steps are condensation reactions.

Note: Condensative chain polymerization appears under a variety of names, which include: chain-growth condensation polymerization, chain-growth polycondensation, catalyst-transfer polymerization, catalyst-transfer condensation polymerization, catalyst-transfer polycondensation. The use of terms that indicate CCP to be a form of polycondensation is deprecated as being inconsistent with the IUPAC definition of that term.

Example: The polymerization of potassium 5-cyano-4-methyl-2-propylphenolate initiated by (4-fluorophenyl)(4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)methanone to make an aromatic polyether, in which <span title="substance">\(\ce{KF}\)</span> is the condensate.

Example: Array

Related Term: catalyst-transfer polymerization (http://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.09010).

Source: PAC, 2022, 94, 1093. 'Terminology for chain polymerization (IUPAC Recommendations 2021)' on page 1140 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2020-1211)

Citation: 'condensative chain 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.09009

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