linear constitutional repeating unit

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Constitutional repeating unit connected to exactly two other constitutional repeating units.
Notes:
  1. A linear constitutional repeating unit may be connected to one or more end-groups.
  2. End-groups attached to non-terminal constitutional repeating units are sometimes termed side groups. The use of the term side group in this meaning is not acceptable.
See: hyperbranched molecule (figure)
Source:
PAC, 2019, 91, 523. (Nomenclature and terminology for dendrimers with regular dendrons and for hyperbranched polymers (IUPAC Recommendations 2017)) on page 532 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'linear 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. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.09622 RIS BibTex EndNote
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