{"term":{"id":"11535","title":"apparent monomer","longtitle":"IUPAC Gold Book - apparent monomer","doi":"10.1351\/goldbook.11535","code":"11535","status":"current","definitions":[{"id":1,"text":"Monomer which from the name of a polymer appears to have been used in the synthesis of the latter when it has actually been prepared from different precursor(s).","notes":{"1":"The term replaces both of the formerly used terms \"hypothetical monomer\" and \"implicit monomer\", which are now deemed to be obsolete."},"sources":["PAC, 2016, 88, 1073. 'Source-based nomenclature for single-strand homopolymers and copolymers (IUPAC Recommendations 2016)' on page 1075 (https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1515\/pac-2015-0702)"]}],"altoutputs":{"html":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/11535\/html","xml":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/11535\/xml","plain":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/11535\/plain"},"citation":"Citation: 'apparent monomer' 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.11535","license":"The IUPAC Gold Book is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA 4.0 International (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/) for individual terms.","collection":"If you are interested in licensing the Gold Book for commercial use, please contact the IUPAC Executive Director at executivedirector@iupac.org .","disclaimer":"The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) is continuously reviewing and, where needed, updating terms in the Compendium of Chemical Terminology (the IUPAC Gold Book). Users of these terms are encouraged to include the version of a term with its use and to check regularly for updates to term definitions that you are using.","accessed":"2026-08-02T12:01:03+00:00"}}