What Is Syndiotactic in Chemistry?
Adjective Chemistry. (Of a Polymer Molecule) Having a Regular Alternation of Opposite Configurations at Successive Regularly Spaced Positions Along the Chain...
adjective Chemistry. (of a polymer molecule) having a regular alternation of opposite configurations at successive regularly spaced positions along the chain.
What is mean by syndiotactic?
(ˌsɪndɪəʊˈtæktɪk ) adjective. chemistry. (of a stereospecific polymer) having alternating stereochemical configurations of the groups on successive carbon atoms in the chain. Compare isotactic.
What is an syndiotactic polymer?
Syndiotactic polymers
In syndiotactic or syntactic macromolecules the substituents have alternate positions along the chain. The macromolecule consists 100% of racemo diads. Syndiotactic polystyrene, made by metallocene catalysis polymerization, is crystalline with a melting point of 161 °C.
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