Chapter 27: Q35P (page 1210)
Five different repeating units are found in the polymer obtained by cationic polymerisation of 4- methyl-1-pentene. Identify these repeating units.
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The answer is,
Addition of carbocations
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Chapter 27: Q35P (page 1210)
Five different repeating units are found in the polymer obtained by cationic polymerisation of 4- methyl-1-pentene. Identify these repeating units.
The answer is,
Addition of carbocations
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Explain why, when propylene oxide undergoes anionic polymerization, nucleophilic attack occurs at the less substituted carbon of the epoxide, but when it undergoes cationic polymerization, nucleophilic attack occurs at the more substituted carbon.
Describe the polymerization of 2,2-dimethyloxirane by
(a) an anionic mechanism. (b) a cationic mechanism.
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Draw the product of each of the following reactions:

a. Draw three segments of the polymer that is formed from 1,4-polymerization of 1,3-butadiene in which all the double bonds are trans.
b. Draw three segments of the polymer that is formed from 1,2-polymerization of 1,3-butadiene.
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