Title: dendritic constitutional repeating unit
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - dendritic constitutional repeating unit
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.09607
Status: current

Definition
Constitutional repeating unit of connectivity $c \ge 3$ connected to $c$ other constitutional repeating units.

Notes
1) Examples of dendritic constitutional repeating units of connectivity $c = 3$ connected to three other constitutional repeating units are given in figures in dendron direction and hyperbranched oligomer.
2) Dendritic constitutional repeating units belong to the class of branch constitutional repeating units.

Related Terms
- branch constitutional repeating units: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/09602
- dendron: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/09611
- dendron direction: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/09612
- hyperbranched oligomer: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/09616

Source
- PAC, 2019, 91, 523. 'Nomenclature and terminology for dendrimers with regular dendrons and for hyperbranched polymers (IUPAC Recommendations 2017)' on page 528 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2016-1217)

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Citation: Citation: 'dendritic constitutional repeating unit' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.09607
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