raed2001 Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 What would be the structure of the polymer when the monomers, HO-CH2-CH2-OH and HOOC-C6H4-COOH, combine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrP Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 I would guess that it would be a condensation chain reaction looking at the monomers. Remove H2O from them and what is left? Might it form an ester of some kind on the back bone with a benzene ring on every other link? idk - but those are my thoughts. I can imagine it alternating rather than being a random/statistical co-polymer, but you would need to know the reactivity ratios of the monomers to know that for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypervalent_iodine Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 This appears to be a homework question. DrP has already hinted at condensation polymerisation. What do you know about this type of polymerisation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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