The footprints of a macromolecular synthetic chemist were left on the sands of time. Novel anionic addition polymerization of fluorinated vinyl monomers, which generally show poor homopolymerization reactivity, has been developed. Anionic polyaddition has been achieved by the double Michael addition of bis(2-trifluoromethylacrylate)s to active methylene compounds. Radical addition of fluorinated vinyl monomers with many organic compounds possessing carbon–hydrogen bonds has been accomplished and amplified to the polyaddition reaction to incorporate fluorinated vinyl monomers into polymer main chains. The facile carbon–carbon bond formation reactions have been accomplished by the aid of fluorine substituents.
