Title: redox polymer
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - redox polymer
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.R05210
Status: current

Definition
Polymer containing groups that can be reversibly reduced or oxidized.

Notes
1) Reversible redox reaction can take place in a polymer main-chain, as in the case of polyaniline and quinone/hydroquinone polymers, or on side-groups, as in the case of a polymer carrying ferrocene side-groups.
2) Use of the term 'redox resin' is strongly discouraged.

Related Term
- resin: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/RT07166

Source
- PAC, 2004, 76, 889. 'Definitions of terms relating to reactions of polymers and to functional polymeric materials (IUPAC Recommendations 2003)' on page 897 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac200476040889)

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Citation: Citation: 'redox polymer' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.R05210
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