catenane polymer

https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.15310
Polymer composed of macromolecules consisting of physically catenated macrorings that have no atom in common and cannot be separated unless chemical bonds are broken.
Notes:
  1. A catenane polymer can be graphically represented as follows:
    catenane polymer
  2. A catenane-polymer main chain resembles a jewelry or technical chain of physically interlocked rings.
  3. A catenane polymer can be a linear, branched, or network polymer.
Source:
PAC, 2009, 81, 1131. (Glossary of class names of polymers based on chemical structure and molecular architecture (IUPAC Recommendations 2009)) on page 1175 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'catenane polymer' 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.15310 RIS BibTex EndNote
TextXMLJSON