Term: chelating polymer https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.CT07154 Definition: 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. Note: Chelating polymers mostly act as ion-exchange polymers specific to ions that form chelates with chelating @L03518@ of the polymer. Related Terms: 1) ligands (http://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.L03518). 2) chelation (http://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.C01012). Source: PAC, 2004, 76, 889. 'Definitions of terms relating to reactions of polymers and to functional polymeric materials (IUPAC Recommendations 2003)' on page 895 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac200476040889) Citation: 'chelating polymer' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.CT07154 License: The IUPAC Gold Book is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) for individual terms. Disclaimer: The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) is continuously reviewing and, where needed, updating terms in the Compendium of Chemical Terminology (the IUPAC Gold Book). Users of these terms are encouraged to include the version of a term with its use and to check regularly for updates to term definitions that you are using.