syndiotacticadj.
/ˌsɪndʌɪəʊˈtaktɪk/ Chemistry.
Having or designating a polymer structure in which the substituent groups alternate on either side of the backbone of the molecule.
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volumeless1946
isotactic1955
syndiotactic1956
stereoregular1959
stereoregulated1959
stereoregulating1959
stereospecific1959
1956 Natta & Corradini in Jrnl. Polymer Sci. XX. 262 We propose to call all vinyl polymers with alternating d- and l-configurations of their substituents (like 1,2-polybutadiene) ‘syndyotactic’ polymers.
1966 McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. & Technol. (rev. ed.) X. 478/2 Isotactic and syndyotactic (stereoregular) polymers are formed in the presence of complex catalysts.
1972 Physics Bull. Nov. 668/3 The cellulose molecule..is syndiotactic and hence able to crystallize.
1978 Nature 9 Feb. 508/2 Commercial atactic polystyrene..is 70% syndiotactic.
Derivatives
ˌsyndioˈtactically adv.
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syndiotactically1964
1964 Jrnl. Polymer Sci. B. 2 319 Predominantly isotactic addition may occur on heterogeneous surfaces, accompanied by conversion of the active complexes to form different..catalyst sites, which propagate predominantly syndiotactically.
ˌsyndiotacˈticity n. the property or state of being syndiotactic.
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syndiotacticity1959
1959 Jrnl. Polymer Sci. 34 9 Syndiotacticity is the corresponding arrangement. We can think of it as composed of positional and structural arrangements identical to those of isotacticity (repetition arrangements) and of a tacticity opposite to that of isotacticity (inversion tacticity).
1974 Nature 26 Apr. 758/1 If there is a high degree of syndiotacticity, a structure incorporating four monomer units per fibre repeat may be present.
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