polythioether

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Polymers composed of macromolecules containing thioether (sulfide) linkages in the backbone: \[\ce{-S\bond{-}}\]
Notes:
  1. A polymer containing only pendent thioether groups is excluded.
  2. A polymer with sulfanediylalkan-α,ω-diyl (formerly thioalkylene), sulfanediylarenediyl (formerly thioarylene), sulfanediylmethylene, or sulfanediylphenylene constitutional repeating units is classified more narrowly as a polythioalkylene, polythioarylene, polythiomethylene, or polythiophenylene.
  3. A polymer with \(\ce{S_{x}} (x \gt 1)\) linkages is a polysulfide.
Example:
polythioether
Source:
PAC, 2009, 81, 1131. (Glossary of class names of polymers based on chemical structure and molecular architecture (IUPAC Recommendations 2009)) on page 1171 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'polythioether' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.15306 RIS BibTex EndNote
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