Identify the polymer from the following that is obtained by using one of the α -amino acids.

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Nylon-2-nylon-6 is an alternating polyamide copolymer synthesized from glycine and aminocaproic acid.

Glycine ( $H_{2} N - C H_{2} - COO H$ ) is an $α$ -amino acid, whereas aminocaproic acid ( $H_{2} N - (C H_{2})_{5} - COO H$ ) is an $ϵ$ -amino acid.

Nylon-6 is formed from caprolactam.

PHBV is formed from 3-hydroxybutanoic acid and 3-hydroxypentanoic acid.

Bakelite is formed from phenol and formaldehyde.

Thus, Nylon-2-nylon-6 is the polymer obtained by using an $α$ -amino acid.

Answer: Nylon2- nylon6

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