polyazomethines

synonym: poly (Schiff bases)
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.08887
Polymers composed of macromolecules containing azomethine (azanylylidenemethanylylidene) linkages in the backbone: −N=CR− where R is hydrogen, or an alkyl or aryl group (structure-based polymer class name).
Notes:
  1. A polymer with only pendant azomethine groups is excluded.
  2. The name azomethine is derived from the traditional names 'azo' for azanylylidene group −N= and methine' for the methanylylidene group −CH=.
  3. The original distinction between polyazomethines and poly(Schiff base)s, which is that a group R in −N=CR− linkage cannot be hydrogen in a polyazomethine but can be hydrogen in a poly(Schiff base), making polyazomethines a subclass of poly(Schiff base)s, has nearly completely disappeared.
Example:
Source:
PAC, 2022, 94, 15. (Glossary of terms relating to electronic, photonic and magnetic properties of polymers (IUPAC Recommendations 2021)) on page 55 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'polyazomethines' 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.08887 RIS BibTex EndNote
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