Title: polyvinyl halide
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - polyvinyl halide
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.15259
Status: current

Definition
Polymer prepared from a vinyl halide (monohalogenoethene).



Notes
1) A molecule of a regular polyvinyl halide is described by the constitutional repeating unit: \[\ce{-[-CHX-CH2\bond{-}]_{n}\bond{-}}\] where \(\ce{X}\) is \(\ce{F}\), \(\ce{Cl}\), \(\ce{Br}\), or \(\ce{I}\).
2) Polyvinyl halides 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 1144 (https://doi.org/10.1351/PAC-REC-08-01-30)

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Citation: Citation: 'polyvinyl halide' 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.15259
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