JEE Main & Advanced Chemistry Polymers / बहुलक Question Bank General methods of preparation and mechanism of Polymerisation

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    In the natural rubber ?Caoutchouc?, the isoprene units are joined by

    A)                 Head-to-head  

    B)                 Tail-to-tail

    C)                 Head-to-tail       

    D)                 All of these

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    \[\overset{\text{Head}}{\mathop{C{{H}_{2}}}}\,=\underset{C{{H}_{3}}}{\mathop{\underset{|\,\,\,}{\mathop{C-}}\,}}\,CH=\overset{\text{Tail}}{\mathop{C{{H}_{2}}}}\,+\overset{\text{Head}}{\mathop{C{{H}_{2}}}}\,=\underset{\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,C{{H}_{3}}}{\mathop{\underset{\,\,\,\,\,\,|}{\mathop{C-CH}}\,}}\,=\overset{\text{Tail}}{\mathop{C{{H}_{2}}\,}}\,\to \]                                                               \[{{(-C{{H}_{2}}-\underset{C{{H}_{2}}\,\,\,\,\,}{\mathop{\underset{|\,\,\,\,\,\,\,}{\mathop{C=}}\,CH}}\,-C{{H}_{2}}-C{{H}_{2}}-\underset{C{{H}_{3}}\,\,\,\,\,\,}{\mathop{\underset{|\,\,\,\,\,\,}{\mathop{C=}}\,CH}}\,-C{{H}_{2}}-)}_{n}}\] From steric effects, the polymer formed has head to tail configuration.


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