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Chapter 27: Q32P (page 1209)

Explain why a random copolymer is obtained when 3,3- dimethyl- 1- butane undergoes cationic polymerisation.

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The rearrangement of the carbocation.

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01

Copolymer

Copolymers are polymers made of more than one kind of monomers. At the same time, homopolymers are polymers made of one kind of monomers.

02

Explanation

A copolymer is composed of more than one kind of monomer. Because the initially formed carbocation can rearrange, two different monomers are involved in the formation of the polymer.

Rearrangement

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