(a) Write structural formulas for portions of the chain of the atactic, syndiotactic, and iso-tactic forms of...

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(a) Write structural formulas for portions of the chain of the atactic, syndiotactic, and iso-tactic forms of polystyrene. 

(b) If solutions were made of each of these forms of polystyrene, which solutions would you expect to show optical activity?


Practice Problem 10.15

Can you suggest an explanation that accounts for the fact that the radical polymerization of styrene (C6H5CH=CH2) to produce polystyrene occurs in a head-to-tail fashion, rather than the head-to-head manner shown here?

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Organic Chemistry

ISBN: 978-1118875766

12th Edition

Authors: T. W. Graham Solomons, Craig B. Fryhle, Scott A. Snyder

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