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The 16 pages that link to Step-growth polymerization, each with the reason it gives.

• PolymerBroader topic: This mechanism builds larger molecules through reactions between monomers and growing oligomers.

• PolymerizationBroader topic: This pathway grows polymers through reactions between molecules of many sizes.

• Ring-opening polymerizationCompared with: Unlike ring-opening chain growth, high molecular weight generally develops only at high conversion.

• Chain-growth polymerizationCompared with: It forms high-molecular-weight chains through intermolecular reactions rather than active-end propagation.

• MonomerRelated: Some monomers join gradually through reactions between their functional groups.

• PolyamideRelated: This polymerization pattern allows polyamide chains to grow through repeated reactions between amine and acid-derived groups.

• Living polymerizationCompared with: It builds chains through intermolecular coupling rather than persistent active chain ends.

• Polymer chemistryBroader topic: It explains how polyesters and polyamides form as molecular weight rises.

• PolycondensationNarrower topic: Polycondensation is a step-growth process whose coupling reactions also release small molecules.

• Condensation polymerizationNarrower topic: Condensation polymerization commonly proceeds by successive reactions between functional groups on monomers and growing chains.

• Addition polymerizationCompared with: Unlike typical addition polymerization, it builds chains through repeated reactions between molecular species.

• CycloadditionRelated: Some cycloadditions join multifunctional building blocks into polymers, but the defining reaction remains ring-forming.

• Degree of polymerizationRelated: Its conversion and stoichiometric balance constrain the chain lengths that form.

• Synthetic polymerBroader topic: This route produces materials such as polyesters and polyamides.

• Radical polymerizationCompared with: Unlike radical chain growth, high molecular weight typically requires extensive conversion of functional groups.

• Polymer backboneRelated: It commonly builds backbones by joining bifunctional monomers end to end.