Humic Acid is a natural polymer with high functionality which is omnipresent in Nature, but was up to now hardly considered as an object of polymer synthesis. We review the known structural properties of natural humic acids which are remarkably uniform, independent of source and origin and environment. We then present its simple retrosynthesis in the lab based on a hydrothermal polycondensation process. The for a polymer very unusual properties of Humic Acid, such as pH and redox buffering, strong ion binding, but also its ability to bind and carry both hydrophobic and very hydrophilic molecules make artificial humic acid also an exciting choice as a functional polymer for technical purposes.

腐殖酸是一种高官能度的天然聚合物，在大自然中无处不在，但到现在为止还几乎没有被认为是聚合物合成的对象。我们回顾了天然腐殖酸的已知结构特性，这些结构特性非常均匀，不受来源，来源和环境的影响。然后，我们在实验室中基于水热缩聚过程介绍了其简单的逆合成反应。对于聚合物，腐殖酸具有非常不同寻常的特性，例如pH和氧化还原缓冲作用，强离子结合能力，以及其结合并携带疏水性和非常亲水性分子的能力，使得人造腐殖酸成为工业级功能性聚合物的一个令人兴奋的选择。目的。