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Organic Chemistry III

Amides and condensation polymers

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Overview

Acyl chlorides forming amides, condensation polymerisation to polyesters from dicarboxylic acids and diols and to polyamides from dicarboxylic acids and diamines, their ester and amide linkages, and the water eliminated as each linkage forms.

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What functional group linkage is present in the repeat unit of polyamides?

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What type of linkage is present in the repeat unit of a polyester?

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What two types of monomer react together to form a polyester?

Questions from this subtopic

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  1. 1

    What type of organic compound reacts with ammonia or amines to form amides?

    Model answer

    Acyl chlorides.

  2. 2

    What type of polymerisation reaction produces a polyamide?

    Model answer

    Condensation polymerisation.

  3. 3

    What small molecule is typically eliminated during the formation of a polyamide?

    Model answer

    Water.

  4. 4

    What type of linkage is present in the repeat unit of a polyester?

    Model answer

    Ester linkages (-COO-).

  5. 5

    What two types of monomer react together to form a polyester?

    Model answer

    Dicarboxylic acids and diols.

  6. 6

    What type of condensation polymer is formed when a dicarboxylic acid reacts with a diamine?

    Model answer

    A polyamide

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BIonisation energy removes electrons from the metal atoms.
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