Phthalic Anhydride derived Polyesters and Nylon structures+reactions?

[ptpatil]

Phthalic Anhydride derived Polyesters and Nylon structures+reactions?

Homework Statement

Im doing a lab for Materials science for engineers.
they want to know how phthalic anhydride and ethylene glycol makes a polyester. They also want to know how that and glycerin make a polyester.

After that we made nylon from sebacoyl chloride and hexamethylenediamine.

Im a first year student and I have no clue how these reactions work, they didnt teach us about the chemistry just the mechanical properties once the polymer chains are formed.

Homework Equations

Phtalic anhydride:

ethylene glycol:glycerin:

sebacoyl chloride:

hexamethylenediamine:

The Attempt at a Solution

I figured that the OHs would probably react with each other on the ends of the molecule but I have no idea what the polyester structure would be of the either the phthalic anhydride derived polyesters or the nylon-6,10.

I do know that there are probably two reactions from the ethylene glycol with the oxygens in the phthalic anhydride but nothing further than that.

 

[ptpatil]

oops the pictures for the different chemicals don't work, ill try and fix it

 

[Borek]

http://www.chemguide.co.uk/organicprops/anhydrides/oxygen.html