Issue 54, 2020

Recent progress to construct calixarene-based polymers using covalent bonds: synthesis and applications

Abstract

The combination of supramolecular chemistry and polymer sciences creates a great possibility to afford calixarene-based polymers offering unique features and applications. The enhancement of calixarene's versatility in this manner has made chemists better able to achieve different objectives in host–guest chemistry. The calixarene-based polymers can be divided into covalent polymers and supramolecular polymers regarding the interactions. Although there are several studies available on the calixarene-based supramolecular polymers, there is a paucity of studies on the calixarene-based covalent polymers. In this paper, the most recent developments and applications of the calixarene-based covalent polymers in the last two decades have been reviewed. We have particularly focused on the polymers, including those where the calixarene molecules have been used as macromonomers and polymerize through covalent bonds. Moreover, covalent polymers or solid supports functionalized with calixarenes are highlighted as well.

Graphical abstract: Recent progress to construct calixarene-based polymers using covalent bonds: synthesis and applications

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
30 Jun 2020
Accepted
26 Aug 2020
First published
03 Sep 2020
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

RSC Adv., 2020,10, 32690-32722

Recent progress to construct calixarene-based polymers using covalent bonds: synthesis and applications

R. Zadmard, F. Hokmabadi, M. R. Jalali and A. Akbarzadeh, RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 32690 DOI: 10.1039/D0RA05707J

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