{"term":{"id":"13984","title":"threadable ring","longtitle":"IUPAC Gold Book - threadable ring","doi":"10.1351\/goldbook.13984","code":"13984","status":"current","synonym":"<em>synonym<\/em>: threadable cycle","definitions":[{"id":1,"text":"Key part of a macrocyclic component: molecular ring (cycle) large enough to be threaded onto a linear subchain of a threading component.","notes":{"1":"A threadable ring (cycle) should be distinguished from other smaller, non-threadable rings within a complex macrocyclic component, such as benzene, cyclooctane, or similar rings."},"links":[{"term":"macrocyclic component","url":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/\/terms\/view\/13965"},{"term":"threading component","url":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/\/terms\/view\/13985"}],"sources":["PAC, 2012, 84, 2135. 'Terminology and nomenclature for macromolecular rotaxanes and pseudorotaxanes (IUPAC Recommendations 2012)' on page 2144 (https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1351\/PAC-REC-11-10-15)"]}],"altoutputs":{"html":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/13984\/html","xml":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/13984\/xml","plain":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/13984\/plain"},"citation":"Citation: 'threadable ring' 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.13984","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":"2026-06-21T16:26:49+00:00"}}