ladder macromolecule

https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.L03441
A
double-strand macromolecule
consisting of an uninterrupted
sequence
of rings, with adjacent rings having two or more atoms in common. Alternatively, a ladder macromolecule is a
double-strand macromolecule
with
constitutional unit
joined to each other through four atoms, two on one side and two on the other side of each
constitutional unit
.
Source:
PAC, 1996, 68, 2287. (Glossary of basic terms in polymer science (IUPAC Recommendations 1996)) on page 2295 [Terms] [Paper]