Question

Draw the structure of the polymer formed by step-growth polymerization of each monomer or pair of monomers.

a.

b.

Short answer

Answer

a.

b.

Step-by-step solution

Step-growth polymerization

The polymers are created by the reaction between the different functional groups of the monomer units. An example of step-growth polymerization is condensation polymerization.

Structure of the polymer formed by step-growth polymerization of each monomer

a. The bond line structure of the ball and stick model can be given as:

Structure of monomer

The polymerization of structure a can be given as:

Polymerization of structure a

b. The skeletal structure of b can be given as:

Skeletal structure of b