Title: polytriazine
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - polytriazine
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.15307
Status: current

Definition
Polymer composed of macromolecules containing triazine rings in the backbone:  



Notes
1) A polytriazine is usually a branched or network polymer: 
2) A polycyanurate and an amino polymer prepared from 1,3,5-triazine-2,4,6-triamine (trivial name: melamine) are excluded; however, these polymers can be regarded as subclasses of polytriazines.
3) A molecule of a typical polytriazine contains 1,3,5-triazine rings, however, polytriazines containing 1,2,4-triazine rings and, less likely, 1,2,3-triazine rings are also possible.

Related Terms
- amino polymer: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/15245
- polycyanurate: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/15277

Source
- PAC, 2009, 81, 1131. 'Glossary of class names of polymers based on chemical structure and molecular architecture (IUPAC Recommendations 2009)' on page 1171 (https://doi.org/10.1351/PAC-REC-08-01-30)

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Citation: Citation: 'polytriazine' 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.15307
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