Question

Question. What two monomers are needed to prepare each polymer?

a.

b.

Short answer

Answer

a,

b.

Step-by-step solution

Step-by-Step solutionStep 1: Polymerisation

The process by which one or more types of repeating monomer units are joined head-to-tail via condensation reaction is known as ‘polymerization.’

Monomers

The monomer units of the given polymers are as follows:

a. The monomer units of the polymer are ethylene glycol and but-2-ene-dioic acid.

Retrosynthesis of a

b. The monomer units of the polymer are ethylene glycol and hex-1,2-dioic acid.

Retrosynthesis of b