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A short fragment of the polymer chain (two repeat units, end groups shown) is drawn. From which monomer among the structures shown is this chain made?

  1. AStructure A
  2. BStructure B
  3. CStructure C
  4. DStructure D

Answer: B

A saturated carbon chain with a chlorine on alternate carbons is poly(vinyl chloride), PVC. Each repeat unit -CH2-CHCl- comes from chloroethene (vinyl chloride), , whose double bond opens during addition polymerisation. 1,1-Dichloroethene would put two Cl atoms on one carbon.
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