Q. The raw material used in nylon-6 is
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Solution:
Caprolactum is a monomer of nylon-6.
$ \xrightarrow[\text{heat}]{{{\text{H}}_{\text{2}}}\text{O}}\underset{\begin{smallmatrix} \text{amino}\,\text{caproic} \\ \text{acid} \end{smallmatrix}}{\mathop{{{H}_{2}}N-{{(-C{{H}_{2}})}_{5}}-COOH}}\, $ $ \xrightarrow[-{{H}_{2}}O]{Heat}\underset{nylon\,-6}{\mathop{{{\left[ -NH-{{(C{{H}_{2}})}_{5}}-\overset{O}{\mathop{\overset{||}{\mathop{C}}\,}}\,- \right]}_{n}}}}\, $
