Terminal constitutional repeating unit

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CHM-011876",
  "term": "Terminal constitutional repeating unit",
  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "A constitutional repeating unit located at the end of a main chain or a side chain within a macromolecule. This unit is bonded to only one other constitutional repeating unit, distinguishing it from units within the chain that are bonded to two or more. In dendrimers and hyperbranched polymers, these terminal units form the molecule's outer surface and their number is directly related to the degree of branching.",
  "subject": "Polymer",
  "see_also": [
    "dendron",
    "hyperbranched macromolecule"
  ],
  "references": [
    "PAC, 2019, 91, 523. 'Nomenclature and terminology for dendrimers with regular dendrons and for hyperbranched polymers (IUPAC Recommendations 2017)' on page 535 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2016-1217)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/terminal-constitutional-repeating-unit/"
}