Thermal‐initiated reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer polymerization of methyl methacrylate in the presence of oxygen

Abstract A novel reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer polymerization (RAFT) of methyl methacrylate (MMA) in the presence of oxygen was carried out for the first time without added chemical initiators. The polymerization was mediated by 2‐cyanoprop‐2‐yl 1‐dithionaphthalate (CPDN) or cumyl dithionaphthalenoate (CDN) as RAFT agent. The polymerization demonstrated the features of a living/controlled radical polymerization. The …