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The development of reversible-deactivation radical polymerization (RDRP) has made a great contribution not only in controlling the molecular weight and terminal structures but also in the precise synthesis of copolymers. An additional design for controlled propagation via RDRP could lead to control of the order of repeating units, that is, the ‘sequence control’, which has been recognized as the ultimate control of precision polymerizations. In this review article, some concepts and methodologies are summarized for synthesizing sequence-controlled polymers based on RDRP.
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This work was partially supported by Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology (PRESTO) from the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST to MO, JPMJPR13K2), Strategic International Collaborative Research Program (SICORP) from The French National Research Agency (ANR) and JST (to MO) and KAKENHI Grant Number 15H03816 (Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) to MO).
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Ouchi, M., Sawamoto, M. Sequence-controlled polymers via reversible-deactivation radical polymerization. Polym J 50, 83–94 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/pj.2017.66
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