Controlled fragmentation of copolycarbonates of bisphenol A and thermosensitive diols derived from diphenylethane initiators was studied together with dissociation of monomeric model compounds. Fragmentation was carried out in solution and in bulk under extremely different conditions of matrix viscosity. The kinetics of degradation were studied with gas chromatography, gel permeation chromatography, differential scanning calorimetry, UV spectroscopy, and small angle neutron scattering. Fragmentation of the copolymers in bulk states showed always ''cage effects'' and, in the glassy state, also ''delayed-response effects': which are typical for solid-state reactions.