Electrochemical Procedures To Determine Thermodynamic and Kinetic Parameters of Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization

Electrochemical investigation provides information about the stability, activity and halidophilicity of catalysts for Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization (ATRP). Moreover, several electrochemical tools were developed to measure thermodynamic and kinetic parameters of ATRP. These techniques enabled to determine activation rate constants spanning over 12 orders of magnitude. ATRP equilibrium constant and relevant side reactions concerning the catalyst were also examined by electrochemical methods. As such, electrochemistry enables to build a database of kinetic and thermodynamic constants of ATRP and related reactions of copper complexes.