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Q.What is the type of polymerization in the following examples ?

(i) 2n CH2=CH-CH3 -> H3C-(CH2-CH(CH3))n-(CH(CH3)-CH2)n-CH3
(ii) n HO-(CH2)x-OH + n HOOC-(CH2)y-COOH -> HO-[(CH2)x-O-CO-(CH2)y-CO]n-OH
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Step 1 (i). 2n CH2=CH-CH3 forming H3C-(CH2-CH(CH3))n-(CH(CH3)-CH2)n-CH3 simply links propene monomer units together with no small molecule lost, so this is addition (chain-growth) polymerization -- it is the formation of polypropene.

Step 2 (ii). n HO-(CH2)x-OH + n HOOC-(CH2)y-COOH forming HO-[(CH2)x-O-CO-(CH2)y-CO]n-OH joins a diol and a diacid through ester linkages, and (as with terylene) this reaction eliminates water at each ester bond formed, so this is condensation (step-growth) polymerization -- …

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