Title: polyparabanic acid
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - polyparabanic acid
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.15292
Status: current

Definition
Polymer composed of macromolecules containing imidazolidine-2,4,5-trione (parabanic acid) rings in the backbone:  



Notes
1) Polyparabanic acids are a subclass of polyimides.
2) Parabanic acid is not an IUPAC-approved name for imidazolidine-2,4,5-trione.

Source
- PAC, 2009, 81, 1131. 'Glossary of class names of polymers based on chemical structure and molecular architecture (IUPAC Recommendations 2009)' on page 1161 (https://doi.org/10.1351/PAC-REC-08-01-30)

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Citation: Citation: 'polyparabanic acid' 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.15292
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