sebacic acid instead of sebacoyl chloride?

Question

could this polyer be prepared via this procedure subsituting sebacic acid for sebacoyl chloride?
this procedure means the reaction making nylon 6, 10 between sebacoyl chloride and hexamethylenediamine

Answer 1

In principle, yes, you can form amides by mixing acid and amines and heating. However, better yields are usually obtained by going through intermediates like the acid chloride or activated esters.

Answer 2

I suspect Gervald is correct

In theory, it should work, possibly with an acid catalyst and heat.

In reality, you're probably just going to get shorter polymer chains, because the reactants aren't so high in energy.

Answer 3

No - carboxylic acids themselves are not reactive enough to make the addition-elimination reactions required for this kind of condensation polymerisation.