Carboxylic acids undergo condensation reactions with amines to form amides.

• Draw the structural formula of the amide formed from a carboxylic acid and an amine, given their structural formulae or vice versa.
• Draw the structural formula of a polyamide, given the structural formula(e) of the monomer(s) or vice versa.

Reference sheet: Functional groups

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Amides may be hydrolysed under acidic or alkaline conditions.

• Identify the products of acidic or alkaline hydrolysis of an amide or polyamide, given the appropriate structural formula.

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Practice: Polymer