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“Clicking” Polymers or Just Efficient Linking: What Is the Difference?
Author(s) -
BarnerKowollik Christopher,
Du Prez Filip E.,
Espeel Pieter,
Hawker Craig J.,
Junkers Tanja,
Schlaad Helmut,
Van Camp Wim
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201003707
Subject(s) - computer science , synonym (taxonomy) , click chemistry , set (abstract data type) , term (time) , field (mathematics) , mathematics , chemistry , combinatorial chemistry , programming language , botany , biology , physics , quantum mechanics , pure mathematics , genus
The “click” trick : Many reactions are classified as click reactions even though some are limited to certain applications. Thus, there is danger that the term “click” will become meaningless over time and simply a synonym for “successful”. To prevent this, the original click criteria are evaluated in this Essay specifically for the synthetic polymer field and a set of criteria are specified that distinguishes click from other efficient reactions.