Title: regular macromolecular rotaxane
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - regular macromolecular rotaxane
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.13974
Status: current

Definition
Macromolecular rotaxane, the structure of which essentially comprises the repetition of a single constitutional unit of the rotaxane type, referred to as the rotaxane constitutional repeating unit, rot-CRU, with all units connected identically with respect to directional sense.

Note
Structure representations of typical regular macromolecular rotaxanes are: 

Related Terms
- Macromolecular rotaxane: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/13968
- rotaxane constitutional repeating unit: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/13975

Source
- PAC, 2012, 84, 2135. 'Terminology and nomenclature for macromolecular rotaxanes and pseudorotaxanes (IUPAC Recommendations 2012)' on page 2141 (https://doi.org/10.1351/PAC-REC-11-10-15)

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Citation: Citation: 'regular macromolecular rotaxane' 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.13974
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