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Solutions to Problems
1.
a.
CH
2
CHCl
b.
CH
2
CCH
3
C
OCH
3
O
c.
CF
2
CF
2
2.
Poly(vinyl chloride) would be more apt to contain head-to-head linkages, because a chloro substituent is
less able (compared with a phenyl substituent) to stabilize the growing end of the polymer chain by elec-
tron delocalization.
3.
CH
2
CH CHCH
2
CH
2
CH CHCH
2
CHCH
2
CH
2
CHCH
2
CH
4.
HO OH
2 HO
•
HO
+
CH
2
CH
Cl
HO CH
2
CH
Cl
•
HO CH
2
CH
Cl
+
CH
2
CH
Cl
HO CH
2
CHCH
2
CH
Cl
Cl
•
HO CH
2
CHCH
2
CH
Cl
Cl
+
CH
2
CH
Cl
HO CH
2
CHCH
2
CHCH
2
CH
Cl
Cl
Cl
•
•
•
•
5.
Beach balls are made from more highly branched polyethylene because branching increases the flexibility
of the polymer.
6.
CH
2
CHCH
2
CHCH
2
CCH
2
CHCH
2
CH
CH
2
CH
CH
2
CH