By chemical modification of natural rubber, it is possible to modify its basic properties (for instance, improvement of gas permeability, resistance to oils or fire resistance) or to prepare new polymeric materials for specific applications (for instance, photocrosslinkable rubbers and rubbers support of active molecules). The purpose of the present paper is to give an overview of recent works carried out in the field of new rubber derivatives for specific applications, especially dealing with natural rubber degradation and products derived from liquid rubbers of type 1,4-polyisoprene (liquid natural rubbers, synthetic polyisoprenes) and/or their epoxidized forms. A reflexion on the perspectives of researches on natural rubber or its derivatives is given in conclusion.
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