Title: polyvinyl ether
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - polyvinyl ether
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.15258
Status: current

Definition
Polymer prepared from a vinyl ether.

Notes
1) A molecule of a regular polyvinyl ether is described by the constitutional repeating unit:  where \(\ce{R}\) is alkyl, aryl, or heteroaryl or substituted alkyl, substituted aryl, or substituted heteroaryl.
2) Polyvinyl ethers are a subclass of vinyl polymers.

Related Term
- vinyl polymers: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/15262

Source
- PAC, 2009, 81, 1131. 'Glossary of class names of polymers based on chemical structure and molecular architecture (IUPAC Recommendations 2009)' on page 1143 (https://doi.org/10.1351/PAC-REC-08-01-30)

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Citation: Citation: 'polyvinyl ether' 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.15258
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