branch (side chain, pendant chain)

in polymers
Also contains definitions of: long-chain branch, short-chain branch
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.B00720
An @O04286@ or @M03667-1@ offshoot from a @M03667-2@.
Notes:
  1. An @O04286@ branch may be termed a short-chain branch.
  2. A @M03667-1@ branch may be termed a long-chain branch.
Source:
PAC, 1996, 68, 2287. (Glossary of basic terms in polymer science (IUPAC Recommendations 1996)) on page 2297 [Terms] [Paper]
Cite as: IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997). Online version (2019-) created by S. J. Chalk. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.
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