Synthesis of vinyl chloride homo- and copolymers under the conditions of controlled radical polymerization

Published data on controlled synthesis of polyvinyl chloride and of copolymers of vinyl chloride with other monomers under the conditions of radical initiation and coordination catalysis are analyzed. Prospects for using the known methods for controlled synthesis of macromolecules to obtain vinyl chloride homo- and copolymers under the conditions close to those of industrial processes are evaluated. Particular attention is paid to the use of metal complexes for preparing vinyl chloride based (co)polymers with preset values of the molecular mass and polydispersity in the living chain mode by the mechanism of atom transfer radical polymerization. The majority of papers analyzed in the review have been published in the past decade.