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trouble with finding out the monomers that make up a polymer
« on: January 04, 2007, 11:46:34 PM »
i am having a lot of trouble finding out the monomers that make up a polymer  ??? i posted an example and i was wondering if i could get some one to guide me through finding out the monomers that make up the polymer :-\
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Re: trouble with finding out the monomers that make up a polymer
« Reply #1 on: January 05, 2007, 12:54:44 AM »
Can you see any pattern in the polymer you posted?  Like a series of identical structures?  I think you may just be overthinking this one.
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Re: trouble with finding out the monomers that make up a polymer
« Reply #2 on: January 05, 2007, 01:21:56 AM »
ok well this is the portion that repeats but i'm having trouble finding out where the extra bond goes...it doesn't repeat anymore so it has an extra bond  ???
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Re: trouble with finding out the monomers that make up a polymer
« Reply #3 on: January 05, 2007, 01:26:01 AM »
oh wait! i think this would be it  :o but i have no idea what it would be called  :-[ :-X :-\
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Re: trouble with finding out the monomers that make up a polymer
« Reply #4 on: January 05, 2007, 03:21:31 AM »
Start with the longest carbon chain. Not that long in this case :)
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Re: trouble with finding out the monomers that make up a polymer
« Reply #5 on: January 05, 2007, 12:39:47 PM »
hmm well it looks like ethylene attached to a benzene molecule  :D but what would it be called?  ???
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Re: trouble with finding out the monomers that make up a polymer
« Reply #6 on: January 05, 2007, 03:16:12 PM »
I don't see ethylene here.
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Re: trouble with finding out the monomers that make up a polymer
« Reply #7 on: January 05, 2007, 04:36:05 PM »
o... :-[ :-X well if u start from the top carbon atom it could b propene  ???
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Re: trouble with finding out the monomers that make up a polymer
« Reply #8 on: January 07, 2007, 07:57:50 PM »
o wait it looks like isopropyl-benzene  :o but it has a double bond...so would that make it isopropylene-benzene? or isopropenyl-benzene?  ??? ??? :-\
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