Reversible-deactivation radical polymerization of chloroprene and the synthesis of novel polychloroprene-based block copolymers by the RAFT approach

Novel, well-defined PCP-based block copolymers (PSt- b -PCP and PMMA- b -PCP) with controlled number averaged molecular weights and molecular weight distributions can be prepared, employing EPDTB and CPDB, respectively, as the initial RAFT agent.