Xanthates in RAFT Polymerization

This bibliographic review of xanthate-mediated RAFT polymerization underlines some fundamental aspects of this class of singular transfer agents and exhaustively covers the related academic literature since the first edition of this handbook. It includes xanthate synthesis, polymerization conditions, kinetic studies, monomers, polymers with complex architectures, xanthate end-group removal, and industrial applications of RAFT using xanthate transfer agents.