Title: chain conformational repeating unit
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - chain conformational repeating unit
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.C00950
Status: current

Definition
The smallest structural unit of a polymer chain with a given conformation that is repeated along that chain through symmetry operations.

Related Term
- conformation: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/C01258

Source
- Purple Book, 1st ed., p. 77 (http://old.iupac.org/publications/books/author/metanomski.html)

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Citation: Citation: 'chain conformational repeating unit' 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.C00950
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