Using anion-binding interactions to tackle challenging polymerizations is an ambitious goal and in its infancy. Seleno-cyclodiphosph(v)azanes are demonstrated to exert anion-binding interactions to precisely control the equilibrium between a dormant covalent precursor and active cationic species under mild conditions, thus enabling living cationic polymerization.
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Living cationic polymerization driven by anion-binding interactions. Nat. Synth 1, 761–762 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44160-022-00143-z
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