CAIE A-Level Chemistry 20.1.3 Monomer(s) present
Practise working backwards from an addition polymer section to identify the alkene monomer or monomers that could have formed it.
- Syllabus
- 2028–2030
- Course
- Chemistry 9701
- Level
- AS
Exam points
- Reconstruct an alkene monomer from an addition-polymer repeat unit by restoring the carbon-carbon double bond
- Identify both alkene monomers in a copolymer section by separating its carbon-chain substituent pattern
- Distinguish alkene positional isomers when tracing a substituted polymer chain back to its monomer
20.1.3—Monomer(s) present question 1
X reacts with another reagent to form Y.
Molecules of Y react together to form addition polymer Z. The diagram shows the repeat unit of polymer Z.
repeat unit of polymer Z
Draw the structural formula of monomer Y.
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