A Polymer Made in a Polymerization Reaction That Produces Small

question 31

Multiple Choice

A polymer made in a polymerization reaction that produces small molecules (such as water) as well as the polymer is classified as a/an ________ polymer.

• A) addition
• B) natural
• C) condensation
• D) elimination
• E) copolymer

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Definitions:

Cyclic Product

A chemical compound that forms a ring structure during a chemical reaction.

Ring Closing Metathesis

A form of metathesis reaction that forms cyclic compounds by the rearrangement of carbon-carbon double bonds.

Octa-1,7-diene

An organic compound with the formula C8H14, characterized by a linear chain of eight carbon atoms with double bonds at the first and seventh positions.

Enantiomers

Mirror-image isomers of a molecule that cannot be superimposed on each other, typically affecting the molecule's interaction with biological systems.