CAIE A-Level Chemistry AS 20.1.1 Addition Polymerisation Questions

Practise CAIE 9701 addition polymerisation by opening alkene C=C bonds, preserving substituents and drawing poly(ethene) or PVC repeat units.

Syllabus
2028–2030
Course
Chemistry 9701
Level
AS

Exam points

  • state that many alkene monomers join when C=C opens, with no small molecule eliminated
  • represent poly(ethene) from ethene and PVC from chloroethene with substituents preserved
  • identify addition polymerisation from an all-carbon backbone derived from unsaturated monomers

CAIE A-Level Chemistry AS 20.1.1 Addition Polymerisation Questions question 1

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Which of the molecular formulae represent at least one compound that can undergo addition polymerisation?
1 C4H8\mathrm{C}_{4} \mathrm{H}_{8}
2 C2H3Cl\mathrm{C}_{2} \mathrm{H}_{3} \mathrm{C} l
3 C3H6O\mathrm{C}_{3} \mathrm{H}_{6} \mathrm{O}

A

1, 2 and 3 are correct

B

1 and 2 only are correct

C

2 and 3 only are correct

D

1 only is correct

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