hydrogen bonding between chains
What hydrogen bonding between chains means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for AQA, OCR.
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Nylon 6,6 has an N-H on every amide link, so its chains hydrogen bond to one another strongly.
Strong hydrogen bonding through the N–H and C=O groups gives polyamides high melting points.
Occurs in a polyamide between the N-H of one chain and the C=O of another.
Topics that use hydrogen bonding between chains
- Condensation polymers (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
- Polyesters and polyamides (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- Condensation polymerisation
- difunctional monomers
- ester and amide links
- Acid hydrolysis of esters
- Addition polymerisation
- Amide group formation
- Amide linkage
- amino acid self-condensation
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