Polymer containing ligand groups capable of forming bonds (or other attractive interactions) between two or more separate binding sites within the same ligand group and a single atom.
Notes:
- Chelating polymers mostly act as ion-exchange polymers specific to ions that form chelates with chelating ligands of the polymer.
- See also: chelation.
Source:
PAC, 2004, 76, 889
(Definitions of terms relating to reactions of polymers and to functional polymeric materials (IUPAC Recommendations 2003))
on page 895