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Pent-4-enenitrile, H2C=CH-CH2-CH2-CN\text{H}_2\text{C=CH-CH}_2\text{-CH}_2\text{-CN}H2​C=CH-CH2​-CH2​-CN, can be used as a starting material for the synthesis of hexane-1,6-diamine, as shown in this reaction scheme:

H2C=CH-CH2-CH2-CN→HBrReaction 1Br-CH2-CH2-CH2-CH2-CN(Isomer Y) \text{H}_2\text{C=CH-CH}_2\text{-CH}_2\text{-CN} \xrightarrow[\text{HBr}]{\text{Reaction 1}} \text{Br-CH}_2\text{-CH}_2\text{-CH}_2\text{-CH}_2\text{-CN} \quad (\text{Isomer } \mathbf{Y}) H2​C=CH-CH2​-CH2​-CNReaction 1HBr​Br-CH2​-CH2​-CH2​-CH2​-CN(Isomer Y)
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Use IUPAC rules to name isomer Y\mathbf{Y}Y.

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Reaction 1 produces a mixture of Y\mathbf{Y}Y and two other isomers. Draw the structures of these two other isomers and explain, by considering the mechanism of this reaction, why all three isomers are formed.

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Identify the reagent and condition needed for Reaction 2.

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Identify the reagent and reaction conditions needed for Reaction 3, and write a balanced equation for it.

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An incomplete equation for the formation of nylon 6,12 from eight molecules of hexane-1,6-diamine and eight molecules of dodecanedioic acid is shown below:

8 H2N(CH2)6NH2+8 HOOC(CH2)10COOH→H−[−NH-(CH2)6-NH-CO-(CH2)10-CO−]x−OH+y H2O 8\,\text{H}_2\text{N(CH}_2)_6\text{NH}_2 + 8\,\text{HOOC(CH}_2)_{10}\text{COOH} \rightarrow \text{H}-\left[-\text{NH-(CH}_2)_6\text{-NH-CO-(CH}_2)_{10}\text{-CO}-\right]_x-\text{OH} + y\,\text{H}_2\text{O} 8H2​N(CH2​)6​NH2​+8HOOC(CH2​)10​COOH→H−[−NH-(CH2​)6​-NH-CO-(CH2​)10​-CO−]x​−OH+yH2​O

Deduce the values of xxx and yyy in this equation.

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Describe how hydrogen bonding occurs between two adjacent sections of the nylon 6,12 polymer, identifying the atoms involved and the geometry of the hydrogen bond.

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