Tacticity

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CHM-011796",
  "term": "Tacticity",
  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "The arrangement of the stereochemical configurations of the configurational repeating units in a macromolecule. It describes the relative stereochemistry of adjacent chiral centers along the polymer backbone. Tacticity can be classified as isotactic, syndiotactic, or atactic, each leading to different physical properties for the polymer.",
  "subject": "Polymer",
  "see_also": [
    "chain",
    "configurational repeating unit",
    "main chain",
    "regular block",
    "regular macromolecule",
    "regular oligomer molecule"
  ],
  "references": [
    "PAC, 1996, 68, 2287. 'Glossary of basic terms in polymer science (IUPAC Recommendations 1996)' on page 2292 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199668122287)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/tacticity/"
}