branch (side chain, pendant chain) (B00720) (original) (raw)

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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]

Citation: 'branch (side chain, pendant chain)' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 3rd ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2006. Online version 3.0.1, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.B00720 RIS BibTex EndNote