Question

Polymers with this functional group are added to sorbitan and then esterified with a fatty acid to form Tween. These compounds are common headgroups for non-ionic detergents. Lipids modified with a polymer with this functional group coat drugs or mRNA in solid lipid nanoparticles, which are stabilized similarly to stealth liposomes. A group of (*) cyclic compounds containing this functional group are named systematically with two numbers, (10[1])the first of which is three times larger than the second. This non-alcohol functional group is repeated in PEG, a polymer of ethylene oxide whose repeating unit matches that of so-called ‘crown’ shaped compounds. (10[2])For 10 points, what functional groups feature an oxygen sandwiched by two carbons? ■END■ (0[2])

ANSWER: ethers [or polyethers; prompt on PEG or polyethylene glycol or polyethylene oxide before “PEG” by asking “what is the actual functional group that repeats in that compound?”]
<AW, Chemistry>
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Darryl WangRochester ACornell Fire6510
Cade ReinbergerRITColumbia Ly-α9910
Nathan ZhangCornell WindCornell Earth9910
Archita AmudhanRochester CRochester B1130
Gianna PetineRochester BRochester C1130

Summary

2023 ILLIAC (Cornell)2023-10-21Y475%0%0%87.67