Title: configurational homosequence
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - configurational homosequence
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.C01252
Status: current

Definition
A constitutional homosequence in which the relative or absolute configuration is defined at one or more sites of stereoisomerism in each constitutional unit in the main chain of a polymer molecule.

Related Terms
- absolute configuration: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/A00020
- constitutional homosequence: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/C01284
- constitutional unit: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/C01288
- polymer: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/P04735
- relative: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/R05260
- stereoisomerism: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/S05983

Source
- Purple Book, 1st ed., p. 36 (http://old.iupac.org/publications/books/author/metanomski.html)

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Citation: Citation: 'configurational homosequence' 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.C01252
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