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The biodegradable polymer obtained by polymerisation of glycine and aminocaproic acid is

  1. A nylon 6
  2. B PHBV
  3. C nylon-2, nylon-6
  4. D nylon-6, 10
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(C) nylon-2, nylon-6

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The biodegradable polymer
Nylon-2, nylon 6, is an alternating polyamide copolymer of glycine \(\left[\mathrm{H}_2 \mathrm{~N}-\mathrm{CH}_2-\mathrm{COOH}\right]\) and amino caproic acid \(\left[\mathrm{H}_2 \mathrm{~N}\left(\mathrm{CH}_2\right)_5 \mathrm{COOH}\right]\)