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Chemistry · Unit 4 · Properties and structure of organic materials · Structure of organic compounds

Describe the structural features of - amino acids, tripeptides, monosaccharides and disaccharides - polyethene (LDPE and HDPE), polypropene (syntactic, isotactic and atactic) and polytetrafluorethene (Teflon). - polylactic acid (PLA), polyamide (nylon) and polyester.

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Describe the structural features of isotactic polypropene by completing the table below.

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