Macromolecular Division
Commission on Macromolecular Nomenclature
Generic Source-Based Nomenclature
for Polymers
The commission has already published two documents on the source-based
names of linear copolymers (Pure Appl. Chem. 57 1427-1440
(1985)) and nonlinear polymers (Pure Appl. Chem. 69, 2511-2521
(1997)); however, in some cases this nomenclature leads to ambiguous
names. The present document proposes a generic source-based nomenclature
that solves these problems and yields clearer source-based names. A
generic source-based name comprises two parts:
- a polymer class (generic) name followed by a colon; and
- the actual or hypothetical monomer name(s), parenthesized in the
case of a copolymer.
The formula, the structure-based name, the source-based name, and the
generic source-based name are given for each example in the document.
In some cases, only generic source-based nomenclature gives unambiguous
names, for example when a polymer has more than one name or when it
is obtained through a series of intermediate structures. The rules concern
mostly polymers with one or more types of functional group or heterocyclic
system in the main chain, but to some extent they are also applicable
to polymers with side-groups, carbon-chain polymers such as vinyl or
diene polymers, spiro and cyclic polymers, and networks.
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Comments by 28 February 2001
To Prof. Ernest Maréchal
Laboratoire de Synthèse Macromoléculaire
Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI)
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