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Chemistry & Chemical Reactivity

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Chapter23: Carbon: Not Just Another Element

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a) What is the functionality of TMP and AA, respectively

b)i if you start with 2 mol of TMP and 3 mol of AA, will you be running into a risk forming a cross-linked polyester during polymerization, and why?

You are preparing polyesters from the following two monomers:
CH,OH
CH,CH C-CH,OH
CH-OH
HO,C COH
Trimethylolpropane (TMP)
Adipic acid (AA)

Definition Definition Chemical process in which one or more monomers combine to produce a very large chain-like molecule called a polymer. The functional groups present on the monomers and their steric effects are responsible for polymerization through a sequence of reactions that vary in complexity. There exists a stable covalent chemical bond between monomers that sets apart polymerization from other processes.

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