Table 1.
Green features of ATRP and their correspondence to the 12 principles of green chemistry (Numbers indicate the level of development of a certain feature and relevance for a specific principle, in ascending order from 0 (not relevant/underdeveloped) to 3 (highly relevant/well‐developed)
| Principles | Green features of ATRP | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catalytic system | Conditions | Monomers | Materials | |||||||||||
| Ppm loading, high activity | Activator regeneration | Temporal/spatial control | Catalyst recycling | Aqueous media | Oxygen tolerance | High monomer conversion | Bulk | Scope | Biobased | Segmented copolymers, thermoplastic elastomers | Surface modification, hybrids, dispersants | Bioconjugates | Degradable polymers | |
| P1. Prevent waste | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| P2. Atom economy | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| P3. Less hazardous synthesis | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| P4. Benign chemicals | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| P5. Benign solvents & auxiliaries | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| P6. Energy efficiency | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| P7. Renewable feedstocks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| P8. Reduce derivatives | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| P9. Catalysis | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| P10. Design for degradation | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| P11. Real time analysis | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| P12. Accident prevention | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |