Question

When glycol is heated with dicorboxylic acid the product are

Options

• Polyesters

• Poly ethers

• Polyethylene

• No reaction at all

Answer 1

Polyesters

Explanation:

The correct answer is polyesters.

\[\begin{array}{cc}
\phantom{}\ce{H2C - OH}\phantom{..................}\ce{O}\phantom{......}\\
\phantom{}|\phantom{..........................}||\phantom{....}\\
\ce{\underset{ethylene glycol}{H2C - OH} ->[D,KMnO4/H+] \underset{Formic acid}{2H - C - OH}}
\end{array}\]