Preferred Label : crosslinking;
IUPAC definition : Reaction involving sites or groups on existing macromolecules or an interaction between
existing macromolecules that results in the formation of a small region in a macromolecule
from which at least four chains emanate.;
Scope note : a reaction of a reactive chain end of a linear macromolecule with an internal reactive
site of another linear macromolecule results in the formation of a branch point, but
is not regarded as a crosslinking reaction.; the small region may be an atom, a group of atoms, or a number of branch points connected
by bonds, groups of atoms, or oligomeric chains.;
Origin ID : CT07136;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- See also
Reaction involving sites or groups on existing macromolecules or an interaction between
existing macromolecules that results in the formation of a small region in a macromolecule
from which at least four chains emanate.
