Double-strand organic polymer nomenclature

Recommendations on additional aspects of macromolecular nomenclature such as that of regular double-strand (ladder and spiro) and irregular single-strand organic polymers continue to be pubHshed in I ure and Applied Chemistty (100,101). Recommendations on naming nonlinear polymers and polymer assembHes (networks, blends, complexes, etc) are expected to be issued in the near future. 

The rules of structure-based nomenclature of regular single-strand organic polymers are of fundamental importance in polymer nomenclature. The names of other kinds of polymers such as double-strand [7] and irregular polymers [8] are based on the principles given in this Report. 

International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Nomenclature of Regular Double-Strand (Ladder and Spiro) Organic Polymers (Recommendations 1993), PureAppL Chem., 65,1561-1580 (1993). International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Structure-Based Nomenclature for Irregular Single-Strand Organic Polymers (Recommendations 1994), PureAppL Chem., 66,873-889 (1994). International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Source-Based Nomenclature for Non-Linear Macromolecules and Macromolecular Assemblies (Recommendations 1997). PureAppL Chem., 69, 2511— 2521 (1997). 

Structure-based and source-based nomenclature rules have been extended to regular double-strand (ladder and spiro) organic polymers [7]. A double-strand polymer is defined as a polymer the molecules of which are formed by an uninterrupted sequence of rings with adjacent rings having one atom in common (spiro polymer) or two or more atoms in common (ladder polymer). 

The structure-based nomenclature rests upon the selection of a preferred CRU [1, 12] of which the polymer is a multiple the name of the polymer is the name of this repeating unit prefixed by poly . The unit itself is named wherever possible according to the established principles of organic nomenclature [3]. For double-strand polymers, this unit usually is a tetravalent group denoting attachment to four atoms. Since some of these attachments may be double bonds, the unit may be hexavalent or octavalent. Table 6 lists some examples. 

Table 6. Examples of structure-based nomenclature for regular double-strand (ladder and spiro) organic polymers...

Nomenclature of Regular Double-Strand (Ladder and Spiro) Organic Polymers... 

A. D. Jenkins, K. L. Loening, Nomenclature, in G. Allen, J. C. Bevington, C. Booth, C. Price (Eds), Comprehensive Polymer Science, Vol. 1, p. 13, Pergamon Press, Oxford (1989) Nomenclature of Regular Double-Strand (Ladder and Spiro) Organic Polymers (Recommendations 1993),PureAppl.Chem. 65,1561 (1993)... 

Structure-based nomenclature can also be used when the CRU backbone has no carbon atoms. An example is the polymer traditionally named poly(dimethylsiloxane) , which on the basis of structure would be named poly(oxydimethylsilylene) or poly(oxydimethylsilanediyl) . This nomenclature method has also been applied to inorganic and coordination polymers and to double-strand (ladder and spiro) organic polymers."... 

International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Nomenclature of Regular Double-Strand (Ladder and Spiro) Organic Polymers (Recommendations 199 i), Pure Appl. Chem., 65,1561-1580 (1993). 

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