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. 2020 Apr 3;25(7):1648. doi: 10.3390/molecules25071648

Scheme 6.

Scheme 6

Photoinduced iron-catalyzed ATRP undergoing a homolytic cleavage of the Fe-Br bond under visible light irradiation to generate the activator L/FeII and a Br radical, which can add to the monomer (MMA) and initiate new chains [103,105]. Polymerization can be performed without the need for use of conventional alkyl halide initiators using just the monomer and the catalyst.