Chapter 7: Applications of SuFEx Click Chemistry in Polymer Science

Sulfur(vi) fluoride exchange (SuFEx) was identified as another embodiment of click chemistry by Sharpless and colleagues in 2014. Since its discovery, SuFEx click chemistry has sparked numerous applications in synthetic chemistry, chemical biology, polymer science, etc. This chapter introduces the use of SuFEx to prepare functional polymers and the post-modification of polymers. We believe that the simplicity, practicality and the orthogonal nature of SuFEx click chemistry, along with the 3D connectivity of the –S(vi)– node, will provide exciting new opportunities in polymer science.