Illustrated Glossary of Organic Chemistry
Epichlorohydrin:
The
epoxide
having the
molecular structure
shown below.
IUPAC
name
2-(chloro
methyl
)
oxirane
. Has a wide variety of laboratory and industrial applications, for example, as a
monomer
in
epoxy resins
and other
copolymers
.
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Polymerization
Bisphenol A
Epichlorohydrin
Epoxy resin
Polymerization
of
bisphenol A
(a
monomer
) with
epichlorohydrin
(a
monomer
) yields a commonly used
epoxy resin
copolymer
. The
polymer
structure
is colored to show the
monomers
.
Related terms:
Epoxidation
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