macromonomer

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Polymer or @[email protected] the molecules of which each have one @[email protected] that acts as a @[email protected], so that each polymer or @[email protected] contributes only a single @[email protected] to a chain of the product polymer.
Notes:
  1. The @[email protected] or @[email protected] of a macromonomer yields a comb or @[email protected]
  2. Macromonomers are also sometimes referred to as macromers. The use of the term 'macromer' is strongly discouraged.
Source:
PAC, 2004, 76, 889. (Definitions of terms relating to reactions of polymers and to functional polymeric materials (IUPAC Recommendations 2003)) on page 896 [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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