Organic Chemistry
Organic chemistry is closely linked to polymers. Most commodity polymers and specialty are made by high yielding organic reactions. Macro has developed a set of resources that can be iintegrated directly into the second year organic curriculum or beyond We hope you benefit from our resources for organic chemistry including
Polymers
This 5-slide set introduces students to how familiar acyl substitution reactions that create esters and amides can be used to make polymers like PET and Nylon-6,6.
This 10-slide set differentiates step-growth and chain-growth mechanisms. Students explore how to make familiar polymers like polypropylene and polystyrene using ionic and radical propagating sites.
We are familiar with small molecule stereoisomers displaying different properties, such as affecting the rotation of polarized light. In polymers, the effects of stereochemistry are much more dramatic. In 7 slides, students apply the concept of R/S stereocenters and extends it to considering how neighboring stereocenters along a polymer backbone can interact to affect the properties of the polymer. Students are introduced to the required vocabulary, synthetic concerns for controlling stereochemistry, and examples of polymer stereochemistry in nature.