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Cyclic Polymers by Ring‐Closure Strategies
Author(s) -
Josse Thomas,
De Winter Julien,
Gerbaux Pascal,
Coulembier Olivier
Publication year - 2016
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.201601677
Subject(s) - closure (psychology) , ring (chemistry) , polymer , polymer science , macromolecule , task (project management) , computer science , nanotechnology , chemistry , materials science , biochemical engineering , organic chemistry , engineering , systems engineering , political science , law , biochemistry
The preparation of cyclic macromolecules has always represented a challenging task for polymer science, mainly because of difficulties in connecting chain extremities together. Initiated by the pioneering studies of Jacobson and Stockmayer, preparative pathways to cyclic polymers have been considerably improved within the last two decades thanks to the advent of both controlled polymerizations and efficient coupling reactions in organic chemistry. This Review aims to provide a critical up‐to‐date overview and illustrate the considerable efforts that have been made in the past few years to improve the availability of macrocycles for industrial and academic investigations through the use of the ring‐closure approach. Particular attention is paid to methods for the preparation of monocycles over more complex architectures, since the latter are usually derived from the former.