TY - JOUR AU - Trotta, Jacob T.; Fors, Brett P. TI - Organic Catalysts for Photocontrolled Polymerizations SN - 0936-5214 SN - 1437-2096 PY - 2016 JO - Synlett JF - Synlett LA - EN VL - 27 IS - 05 SP - 702 EP - 713 ET - 2016/01/21 DA - 2016/03/01 KW - catalysis KW - photochemistry KW - radicals KW - polymers KW - electron transfer AB - Photocontrolled polymerization is an emerging field of study in which catalysis with organic-based dyes has enabled the practical and inexpensive synthesis of well-defined, spatially and temporally controlled polymeric structures. Herein, we review the current progress in the development of organic catalysts for photoregulated polymerizations. In particular, we highlight advances in metal-free variants of photomediated controlled radical polymerizations. In addition, we examine how the unique properties of these catalysts allow the development of two mechanistically distinct chain-growth polymerizations controlled by light.1 Introduction2 Photocontrolled Atom-Transfer Radical Polymerization (ATRP)3 Photocontrolled Reversible Addition–Fragmentation Chain Transfer (RAFT)4 Reversible Complexation-Mediated Polymerization (RCMP)5 Photocontrolled Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization (ROMP)6 Conclusion and Future Outlook PB - © Georg Thieme Verlag DO - 10.1055/s-0035-1561264 UR - http://www.thieme-connect.de/products/ejournals/abstract/10.1055/s-0035-1561264 ER -