Condensation Polymerisation

Question 1

What is condensation polymerisation?

Answer 1

Where the different functional groups in the monomers react together to produce a polymer and a small molecule (monomers —> polymer + small molecule)

Question 2

Condensation polymerisation - alcohols + carboxylic acids

Answer 2

nOH-[]-HO + nHO-C^-O-[]-C^-O-OH —> (-O-[]-O-C^=O-[]-C^=O-)n + 2H2O

Question 3

Ester functional group

Answer 3

-COO