Preferred Label : chain reaction;
IUPAC definition : A reaction in which one or more reactive reaction intermediates (frequently radicals)
are continuously regenerated, usually through a repetitive cycle of elementary steps
(the 'propagation step'). For example, in the chlorination of methane by a radical
mechanism, Cl· is continuously regenerated in the chain propagation steps:
In chain polymerization reactions, reactive intermediates of the same types, generated
in successive steps or cycles of steps, differ in relative molecular mass, as in:;
Origin ID : C00960;
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A reaction in which one or more reactive reaction intermediates (frequently radicals)
are continuously regenerated, usually through a repetitive cycle of elementary steps
(the 'propagation step'). For example, in the chlorination of methane by a radical
mechanism, Cl· is continuously regenerated in the chain propagation steps:
In chain polymerization reactions, reactive intermediates of the same types, generated
in successive steps or cycles of steps, differ in relative molecular mass, as in:
