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Offline christina

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polymers and copolymers
« on: February 17, 2008, 04:45:31 PM »
I have few problems I need help with...

1. Draw the structure for the polymer produced form the monomer, vinylidene chloride (CH2=CCl2)
I drew this  rxn first in the pic below.Is it correct?

2. Draw the structure of the copolymer produced from vinyl acetate and vinyl chloride. This copolymer is employed in some paints,adhesives, and paper coatings.
I put the rxn as the rxn below the first one. (in picture)
I'm not sure about this rxn. Is it the same as the one above except this time the 2 molecule's double bonds break and then they connect through that - to form one molecule? Or is it more complicated than that?

Note: I put both reactions into the picture below...thus 1st rxn is above and second #2 question reaction is below that one. They aren't one rxn.



Thank you
« Last Edit: February 17, 2008, 06:39:32 PM by ~christina~ »
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