focal unit

https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.09613

Core unit of a dendrimer molecule that comprises only one dendron

Source:
PAC, 2019, 91, 523. 'Nomenclature and terminology for dendrimers with regular dendrons and for hyperbranched polymers (IUPAC Recommendations 2017)' on page 530 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2016-1217)