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We were interested in obtaining new polymeric functionalized compounds with antibacterial properties. Three components (polymeric amine, aldehyde, and phosphite) were used in the paper in a modified \u201cone-pot\u201d Kabachnik\u2013Fields reaction, in tetrahydrofuran at 60 \u00b0C, to create the N-C-P skeleton in aminophosphonate groups. Two copolymers were thus prepared starting from an acrylonitriledivinylbenzene (AN-15%DVB) copolymer containing pendant primary amine groups modified by grafting aminophosphonate groups, i.e., aminobenzylphosphonate (Bz-DVB-AN) and aminoethylphosphonate (Et-DVB-AN). The two copolymers were characterized by FT-IR spectroscopy, SEM-EDX, TGA, and antibacterial properties. It was shown that the novel products have antibacterial qualities against S. aureus and E. coli bacteria. The sample with the strongest antibacterial activity was Et-DVB-AN. We assessed how well the Weibull model and the first-order kinetic model represent the inactivation of microbial cells in our samples. The main advantage of the new antibacterial agents developed in this work is their easy recovery, which helps to avoid environmental contamination.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/molecules29246054","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,12,23]],"date-time":"2024-12-23T10:06:52Z","timestamp":1734948412000},"page":"6054","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Chemical Modification of Acrylonitrile-Divinylbenzene Polymer Supports with Aminophosphonate Groups and Their Antibacterial Activity Testing"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"29","author":[{"given":"Ileana","family":"Nichita","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Life Science \u201cKing Mihai I\u201d, 119 Calea Aradului, 300465 Timisoara, Romania"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9997-6374","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Lavinia","family":"Lupa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology and Environmental Protection, Politehnica University Timi\u0219oara, 6 Vasile Parvan Blvd., 300223 Timisoara, Romania"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4968-4709","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Aurelia","family":"Visa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"\u201cCoriolan Dr\u0103gulescu\u201d Institute of Chemistry, 24 Mihai Viteazul Blv., 300223 Timisoara, Romania"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3656-6754","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ecaterina-Stela","family":"Dragan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"\u201cPetru Poni\u201d Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, 41A Aleea Grigore Ghica Vod\u0103, 700487 Ia\u0219i, Romania"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6627-8679","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Maria Valentina","family":"Dinu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"\u201cPetru Poni\u201d Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, 41A Aleea Grigore Ghica Vod\u0103, 700487 Ia\u0219i, Romania"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Adriana","family":"Popa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"\u201cCoriolan Dr\u0103gulescu\u201d Institute of Chemistry, 24 Mihai Viteazul Blv., 300223 Timisoara, Romania"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,12,23]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"427","DOI":"10.1016\/j.arabjc.2013.12.029","article-title":"Synthesis and antimicrobial activity of \u03b1-aminophosphonates containing chitosan moiety","volume":"8","author":"Kenawy","year":"2015","journal-title":"Arab. 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