Review of Materials Revolution so far.

Reactions of Amines:
September 2009. Write an equation for the reaction of 1-
aminopropane with:
SL MR2 is about Making and Breaking polymers. The polymers are ___________________ polymers which mean that when they a. water and use this to explain why the
were made, many monomers joined together and small molecules such as water were also produced. Two types of polymer in the MR2 solution is alkaline and why the amine is
Storyline are poly _________ and poly _________. In Polymer revolution at AS, ___________________ polymers were studied. called a base
When the monomers join together, no small molecules are lost. This is typical of monomers which are _____________________.

Polyamides polyamides polyamide b. with hydrochloric acid and describe what

Polyesters polyesters polyesters polyesters effect this will have on the smell

Making a polyester: Making Nylon-6,5

Write an equation for the formation of a polyester from butanedioc acid
and ethane-1,2-diol. Use full structural formulae.
Give the skeletal formulae of the two monomers used
in industry.
c. ethanoyl chloride and explain why this
reaction is sometimes called an acylation
reaction
Draw the repeating unit in the polymer.

Recrystallisation:
Breaking esters - hydrolysis: Why is the acyl chloride often used in the lab? You have some hexanedioic acid which may have the
Write the structural formulae of the products of hydrolysis of ethyl imputities 1,6-diaminohexane and nylon. You need to
methanoate purify the acid.
a. heat and reflux with dilute HCl What type of amide is the polymer? 1. You dissolve the hexanedioc acid in the
minimum quantity of hot water. Why use the
minimum quantity?
You decant or filter to remove any solid. Which
Breaking amides - hydrolysis:
b. heat and reflux with dilute NaOH impurity is removed? Explain why only this
This is bond ________________ involving
impurity is removed.
_________________.
Write the structural formulae of the products of
O 2. Which crystals will appear on cooling? Why
are these the ones produced?
CH3 C N CH3
hydrolysis of :
H
Breaking polyseters - hydrolysis: a. heat and reflux with moderately 3. The crystals are filtered and washed with
Give two examples from the Storylines of where the hydrolysis of concentrated HCl cold water. Why cold water rather than hot?
polyesters is utilized:

b. heat and reflux with moderately 4. The crystals are dried in an oven. Their
concentrated NaOH melting point is then determined. How do you
know that the crystals are pure from the
melting point??