Term: regular polymer
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.R05249

Definition:
A polymer composed of regular macromolecules, regular star macromolecules or regular comb macromolecules. A polymer consisting of star macromolecules with arms identical with respect to constitution and degree of polymerization is considered to be regular. Analogously, a polymer consisting of comb macromolecules with the sub-chains between the branch points of the main chain and the terminal sub-chains of the main chain identical with respect to constitution and degree of polymerization and the side-chains identical with respect to constitution and degree of polymerization is considered to be regular.

Related Terms:
1) regular macromolecules (http://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.R05247).
2) regular star macromolecules (http://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.S05935-1).
3) regular comb macromolecules (http://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.C01186-1).
4) constitution (http://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.C01282).
5) degree of polymerization (http://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.D01569).
6) comb macromolecules (http://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.C01186-2).
7) star macromolecules (http://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.S05935-2).

Source: PAC, 1996, 68, 2287. 'Glossary of basic terms in polymer science (IUPAC Recommendations 1996)' on page 2302 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199668122287)

Citation: 'regular polymer' 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.R05249

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