Diversification of polymer structures is important for imparting various properties and functions to polymers, so as to realize novel applications of these polymers. In this regard, diversity-oriented polymerization (DOP) is a powerful synthetic strategy for producing diverse and complex polymer structures. Multicomponent polymerization (MCP) is a key method for realizing DOP owing to its combinatorial features and high efficiency. Among the MCP methods, Cu-catalyzed MCP (Cu-MCP) has recently paved the way for DOP by overcoming the synthetic challenges of the previous MCP methods. Here the emergence and progress of Cu-MCP, its current challenges, and future perspectives are discussed.
The authors are thankful the for financial support from the Creative Research Initiative Grant and the Nano-Material Technology Program, the Young Researcher Program (Program No. 2021R1C1C1006090), Carbon to X Project (Project No. 2020M3H7A1098281), and the Center for Convergence Research of Neurological Disorders (Grant No. 2019R1A5A2026045) through the National Research Foundation of Korea.The authors are thankful the for financial support from the Creative Research Initiative Grant and the Nano‐Material Technology Program, the Young Researcher Program (Program No. 2021R1C1C1006090), Carbon to X Project (Project No. 2020M3H7A1098281), and the Center for Convergence Research of Neurological Disorders (Grant No. 2019R1A5A2026045) through the National Research Foundation of Korea.
