An
irregular polymer, the molecules of which are derived from only one species of
monomer but which display a variety of structural features more appropriate for description
in
copolymer
terms.
Note:
Where appropriate, adjectives specifying the types of '
copolymer' may be applied to '
pseudo-copolymer'. The term statistical pseudo-copolymer, for instance, may be used to describe an
irregular polymer in the molecules of which the sequential distribution of configurational units obeys
known statistical laws.
Source:
PAC, 1996, 68, 2287
(Glossary of basic terms in polymer science (IUPAC Recommendations 1996))
on page 2300
Cite as:
IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by
A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997).
XML on-line corrected version: http://goldbook.iupac.org (2006-) created by M. Nic,
J. Jirat, B. Kosata; updates compiled by A. Jenkins. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8.
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.
