Metal Chelate Monomers as Precursors of Polymeric Materials

The principal advances and problems of the preparation of polymeric materials based on metal chelate monomers containing metal chelate cycle and functionality are analysed. The data are systematized according to methods for preparing polymeric materials: homopolymerization, copolymerization, living and controlled polymerization, grafting polymerization, electropolymerization, polycondensation, as well as synthesis of dendrimers and hyperbranched polymers based on metal chelate monomers. Special attention is paid to the effect of a metal on both the synthesis mechanism and properties of the products formed. The principal applications of polymeric materials based on metal chelate monomers are considered.