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Nylon rope trick template
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A-level / high school demonstration: hexane-1,6-diamine in water under decanedioyl chloride in hexane in a beaker; the nylon film at the interface is pulled out with tweezers and wound onto a glass rod.
What the template shows
- Make a polyamide at the boundary between two liquids that do not mix
- Glass rod
- Turn it to wind up the rope as fast as it forms
- Upper layer
- 5% decanedioyl (sebacoyl) chloride in hexane, poured gently down a glass rod. Corrosive: fume cupboard
- Lower layer
- 5% hexane-1,6-diamine in water with a little NaOH to neutralise the HCl formed. Gloves on
- Grip the film at the interface, lift out the nylon rope and wrap it round the rod; wash the nylon before touching it
- n ClOC(CH₂)₈COCl + n H₂N(CH₂)₆NH₂ → nylon-6,10 + 2n HCl. Hexanedioyl chloride gives nylon-6,6
- Reaction setup
Drawn with 11 shapes – every one editable in MolDraw.
Sources
How to use this template
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Frequently asked questions
Is the Nylon rope trick template free?
You can preview the Nylon rope trick template here and open and edit it in MolDraw for free. Downloading or exporting it is part of MolDraw Pro, together with the other premium templates.
Can I edit the Nylon rope trick template?
Yes. It opens as an ordinary MolDraw drawing, so every structure, arrow, label and colour can be changed, and you can add your own content around it.
Is the chemistry checked?
Every structure is checked with RDKit and every curly arrow passes MolDraw’s electron-flow audit. The sources used are listed on this page.
Can I edit the glassware?
Yes. Every piece of glassware is a MolDraw apparatus object: move, resize, recolour the liquid or swap a piece and the joints stay connected.