Multi-component reactions (MCRs) have attracted much attention in the past decade due to their unique advantages such as high atom economy, high efficiency and simple procedure. Numerous MCRs have been developed and systematically investigated, especially those based on alkynes. Because of the efficient generation of products with well-defined structures from multi-component alkynes reactions, they are considered to be powerful techniques for the preparation of regular polymers with potential practical applications. However, the development of alkyne-based multi-component polymerization (MCP) routes is rarely reported and is still in its infancy stage. Recently, this research field has drawn increasing attention and many MCP strategies have been developed by polymer scientists as well as our research group. Herein, some up-to-date progress in the development of MCP techniques using alkynes/aldehydes/amines, alkynes/azides/amines or alcohols or H<sub>2</sub>O, and alkynes/carbonyl chloride/thiols or amines or amino acids, will be presented. Such results are anticipated to attract enthusiasm in the development of efficient MCP approaches for the synthesis of polymers with unique structures and functional properties.

Synthesis of alkyne macromolecules with structural diversity through multicomponent polymerization

250th National Meeting (2015)

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