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229: 105: 327: 38: 715: 155:, which is usually understood to have a large number of units, possibly thousands or millions. However, there is no sharp distinction between these two concepts. One proposed criterion is whether the molecule's properties vary significantly with the removal of one or a few of the units. 466:
In the oil and gas industry, green oil refers to oligomers formed in all C2, C3, and C4 hydrogenation reactors of ethylene plants and other petrochemical production facilities; it is a mixture of C4 to C20 unsaturated and reactive components with about 90%
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Oligomer molecule: A molecule of intermediate relative molecular mass, the structure of which essentially comprises a small plurality of units derived, actually or conceptually, from molecules of lower relative molecular
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refer to molecules with two, three, four, five, and six units, respectively. The units of an oligomer may be arranged in a linear chain (as in
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An oligomer with a specific number of units is referred to by the Greek prefix denoting that number, with the ending
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is a chemical process that converts monomers to macromolecular complexes through a finite
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is a self-assembling multimer of 72 pentamers held together by local electric charges.
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A pentamer unit of the major capsid protein VP1. Each monomer is in a different color.
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which could be derived, actually or conceptually, from smaller molecules,
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Jenkins, A. D.; Kratochvíl, P.; Stepto, R. F. T.; Suter, U. W. (1996).
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is an oligomerization carried out under conditions that result in
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Some biologically important oligomers are macromolecules like
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An oligomer of 198:); or a more complex structure (as in 48:, a cyclic oligomer, and its monomer, 287:is called an oligopeptide or just a 24: 629:Compendium of Chemical Terminology 551:Compendium of Chemical Terminology 428:is an oligomeric oil used to make 25: 752: 707: 713: 352: 70: 664: 646: 342:, or by weaker forces such as 13: 1: 671:Ghashghaee, Mohammad (2018). 507: 461: 389:that comprises the shell of 7: 485: 124:. The name is composed of 10: 757: 654:"Chemicals & Polymers" 591:Pure and Applied Chemistry 29: 217:; otherwise one may use 440:degree of polymerization 400:are oligomeric, such as 387:major capsid protein VP1 190:); a closed ring (as in 32:Hexamer (disambiguation) 689:10.1515/revce-2017-0003 642:10.1351/goldbook.T06260 605:10.1351/pac199668122287 564:10.1351/goldbook.O04286 116:that consists of a few 412:widely used to soften 340:condensation reactions 331: 268: 200:tellurium tetrabromide 53: 329: 231: 194:, a cyclic trimer of 40: 722:at Wikimedia Commons 317:peptide nucleic acid 299:(simple sugars). An 497:Oligomery (botany) 332: 295:is an oligomer of 269: 54: 736:Polymer chemistry 718:Media related to 598:(12): 2287–2311. 556:oligomer molecule 16:(Redirected from 748: 717: 701: 700: 668: 662: 661: 650: 644: 621: 615: 609: 607: 581: 566: 543: 537: 536: 534: 532: 518: 502:Protein oligomer 384: 383: 380: 379: 376: 373: 370: 367: 364: 361: 358: 279:; for instance, 267:of the next one. 266: 208: 202:, a tetramer of 111: 110: 109: 108: 101: 98: 97: 94: 91: 88: 85: 82: 79: 76: 21: 756: 755: 751: 750: 749: 747: 746: 745: 726: 725: 710: 705: 704: 669: 665: 652: 651: 647: 622: 618: 582: 569: 544: 540: 530: 528: 526:Merriam-Webster 520: 519: 515: 510: 488: 464: 436:Oligomerization 408:are oligomeric 402:liquid paraffin 355: 351: 301:oligonucleotide 297:monosaccharides 293:oligosaccharide 264: 260: 254:carboxylic acid 219:hetero-oligomer 207: 203: 140:, "parts". An 118:repeating units 104: 103: 73: 69: 35: 28: 23: 22: 18:Oligomerisation 15: 12: 11: 5: 754: 744: 743: 738: 724: 723: 709: 708:External links 706: 703: 702: 683:(5): 595–655. 677:Rev. Chem. 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The term 321:Morpholinos 285:amino acids 258:amine group 46:crown ether 730:Categories 531:25 October 522:"Oligomer" 508:References 456:chromosome 426:Polybutene 281:hemoglobin 146:oligomeric 43:15-crown-5 741:Oligomers 720:Oligomers 697:103664623 469:aliphatic 462:Green oil 422:crude oil 244:(black), 240:(green), 142:adjective 128:elements 58:chemistry 486:See also 452:telomere 416:such as 348:multimer 307:such as 273:proteins 223:collagen 188:melamine 176:pentamer 172:tetramer 144:form is 122:monomers 114:molecule 66:oligomer 610:Quote: 480:alkenes 476:alkanes 289:peptide 250:alanine 242:glycine 209:with a 180:hexamer 162:: thus 153:polymer 112:) is a 695:  472:dienes 410:esters 246:serine 238:valine 178:, and 168:trimer 131:oligo- 693:S2CID 624:IUPAC 613:mass. 546:IUPAC 478:plus 430:putty 396:Many 291:. 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Oligomerisation
Hexamer (disambiguation)

15-crown-5
crown ether
ethylene oxide
chemistry
biochemistry
/əˈlɪɡəmər/

molecule
repeating units
monomers
Greek
oligo-
-mer
adjective
polymer
dimer
trimer
tetramer
pentamer
hexamer
melam
melamine
1,3,5-trioxane
formaldehyde
tellurium tetrabromide
cube
collagen

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