Nylons are polyamides.
Nylon 6, shown in the Chime plugin above, is used in automobile tires. Learning goals for Chapter 20. 1. You can provide a proper, unique name for a carboxylic acid derivative, given its structure. This includes acid chlorides, anhydrides, esters, amides and nitriles. You can draw a correct structure for any of these carboxylic acid derivatives, given its name.