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pop000
Jan 19, 2011, 11:33 AM
You can see in the picture two polymers A and B.

I tried to write the monomer for A I am not sure if is correct and I need help to write the monomer for B.

Hope you understand what I mean :).

http://p1cture.me/images/00881033236789706745.jpg
Thanks.

DrBob1
Jan 19, 2011, 04:11 PM
Your first monomer is correct: it is chloroethene aka vinyl chloride. The polymer is the very common PVC: polyvinylchloride.
Your second polymer would be polyallyl acetate. The monomer would be allyl acetate: CH3COOCH2CH=CH2. This is not a common polymer; I wonder if you wanted to show polyvinyl acetate; it would look like the first polymer but instead of pendant -Cl groups you would have pendant -OCOCH3 groups rather than the -CH2OCOCH3 groups you have shown.
Do you see how to find the monomer?

pop000
Jan 20, 2011, 03:05 AM
Yes I see and thanks for help.
Is really amazing that you know even the name of this tow polymers :)

So thanks again.