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Polymers of this functional group typically make up the top layer of a thin-film composite membrane. A polymer of this functional group can be synthesized via the Schotten-Bauman reaction by pulling on a film at a water-cyclohexane interface in a namesake “rope trick.” A class of polymers linked by aromatic instances of this functional group includes Nomex. Polymers linked by this functional group can be synthesized via ring-opening polymerizations of (*) lactams. Urethanes contain an additional oxygen bonded to the carbon of these functional groups, which appear in Kevlar, nylons, and DMF. One of these functional groups is formed when a carboxyl and amino group condense. For 10 points, name this functional (10[1])group consisting (10[1])of a nitrogen (10[1])bonded to a carbonyl, which links (10[1])amino acids in proteins. ■END■

ANSWER: amides [or polyamides; accept polypeptides; accept aramids or aromatic polyamides]
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Tianyu XuGeorgia Tech BGeorgia Tech C11010
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