Chem 336 - Spring 2000
Organic Chemistry III

Dr. Carl C. Wamser


Chapter 23 Homework

Brown & Foote, pages 941 - 946 :
Problems 23.5 - 14 , 19 - 22 , 24 - 29 , 31 - 34


1. Draw the polymer expected from reaction of phosgene with hydroquinone. What category of polymer is this?

2. A mixture of styrene and methyl methacrylate gives different products depending on the type of initiation. With cations, only polystyrene is formed; with anions, only PMMA is formed; with radicals, a 1:1 alternating copolymer is formed. Explain each of these observations. In particular, explain why a 1:1 alternating copolymer is formed with radical initiation.