Another way of producing highly crosslinked polyesters is to use glycerol. Alkyd resins are a polymer of this type. The polymer forms very tough coatings when baked onto a surface and is used in paints for automobiles and large appliances. Draw the struc¬ture of the polymer formed from the condensation of

Explain how individual polymer chains could be cross- linked.

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CO2H CH CH CH, and CO,H OH OH OH 2 Glycerol Phthalic acid