The Hantzsch reaction in polymer chemistry: synthesis and tentative application

Abstract

The Hantzsch reaction, one of the oldest and most famous multicomponent reactions (MCRs), has been introduced into polymer chemistry recently as an efficient coupling tool to prepare multifunctional polymers. In this mini-review, we summarized recent results of polymer preparation through the Hantzsch reaction, including polycondensation, post-polymerization modification (PPM), one-pot strategy, etc. Since the Hantzsch products provide unique fluorescence properties to thereof obtained polymers, the primary applications of these multifunctional polymers in bio-related fields have also been discussed.