Abstract A family of polymer-attached phenanthrolines was prepared from solvothermal copolymerization of divinylbenzene with N-(1, 10-phenanthroline-5-yl) acrylamide in different ratios. The polymer-supported copper catalysts were obtained through typical impregnation with copper (II) salts. The polymers and supported copper catalysts have been characterized by N 2 adsortion, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission ...