Polycondensation
Repeated amide bond formation gives polyamide-related materials such as nylon-family fibres and engineering plastics.
- Reagents
- diamine + dicarboxylic acid
- Conditions
- condensation polymerisation
- Reaction class
- condensation polymerisation
- Equation
- diamine + dicarboxylic acid -> polyamide
Overview
Repeated amide bond formation gives polyamide-related materials such as nylon-family fibres and engineering plastics.
Transformation
Amide chemistry → Polyamide-related materials
- Equation
- diamine + dicarboxylic acid -> polyamide
- Reagents
- diamine + dicarboxylic acid
- Environment
- condensation polymerisation
- Reaction class
- condensation polymerisation
- Mechanism
- condensation polymerisation
- Evidence level
- industrial reference
Scope and limitations
- Scope
- Amide links form polyamide chains from suitable diamine and dicarboxylic-acid monomers.
- Limitations
- Industrial process control is not shown in this record.
Related reactions
- Activation for amide formation: Carboxylic acids → Amide chemistry
Carboxylic acids or activated acid derivatives connect to amide-bond formation.
- Polyamide formation: Dicarboxylic acids → Polyamide-related materials
Dicarboxylic acids condense with diamines to form polyamides.
- Polyamide formation co reactant: Diamines → Polyamide-related materials
Diamines condense with dicarboxylic acids to form polyamides.
References
- Hydrogenation of Adiponitrile to Hexamethylenediamine over Raney Ni and Co CatalystsYounghyun Lee; Sung Woo Lee; Hyung Ju Kim; Yong Tae Kim; Kun-Yi Andrew Lin; Jechan Lee · Applied Sciences · 2020
Supports adiponitrile hydrogenation to hexamethylenediamine, a nylon-6,6 monomer route.